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Hi there,
We all know Steve Santos. He *really* is an advertising and job-hunting machine.

A lot of us have asked him *many* times and in different ways to stop his blatant advertising.
This has been repeated for years and years now. Result: Unfortunately nada.
He just doesn't give a shit. He is only very offensive in his answers to these requests.
Also he has been 'kill-filed' by many of us. Result: Nada.

He did not get enough answers anymore, so he went hiding his identity.
He asked questions as Ron, Tom, Rachel, Kathy, Katherine, Marie, Kristine, Heather and ????
Steve has *clearly* been trolling with his questions.
Nobody can stop him from doing this. A troll like he is, can change his/hers identity over and over.

It's obvious that he is *very* determined and willing to keep on advertising.
Maybe he thinks he has the 'right' to do so because he is a 'major player' in this and other newsgroups ?
But, I think maybe he can be forced to stop the advertising-shit.
No need for arguing, shouting or flaming (this has been done and won't help).
I have a little and simple plan for this. It might work . . .

Since a couple of weeks now I am sort of 'chasing' his advertisings as some of you may have noticed.
Result: Steve is *a little* annoyed.
While he accuses me of acting like I am GOD ??? , he now wishes me 'snake-hell' ????
(If you are interested: see last thread: 'MDE file shareware?')
Well I am not pretending to be any God at all. I am also not a 'major player' in this ng, like Steve thinks he is ...
I *just* want PC DataShit to stop his advertising-shit, that's *all* I am after.

Arno R
Nov 13 '05
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"PC Datasheet" <no****@nospam. spam> wrote in message
news:jb******** *********@newsr ead3.news.atl.e arthlink.net...
Yes, you see "Contact me if you would like my
help" from time to time but if you determine the percentage of times you
see
this to the times I respond to posters otherwise, it is a small
percentage.
But when your message is "contact me if you would like my help", there's no
mention that your help would not be free.
What makes my posts "bogus" if I post under a pseudonym? All these posts
have been legitimate questions and when answered, the entire newsgroup
community benefited from the answers. There was nothing bogus about it!


If your intent is to provide an FAQ, do so. I don't have evidence, but I'm
sure I've often seen your self-posted questions answered not only with some
advice, but also the suggestion "contact me if you would like my help"

You must realize that even if you aren't violating the wording of the
Microsoft Rules of Conduct, you are violating the spirit. And in my opinion,
you're definitely violating the charter for comp.database.m s-access, as
reproduced at http://www.mvps.org/access/netiquette.htm

--
Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP
http://I.Am/DougSteele
(no e-mails, please!)

Nov 13 '05 #11
I agree 100% with Doug. I happen to know there are many MVPs who attempt to
make their living from consulting. They are generally not a busy or billing
out the hours that they would like. Yet, I have not seen any of these MVPs
(or other prolific posters) attempting to pull in contract work like Steve.
The quality of their replies and their experience and knowledge is above
Steve's and yet they respect the spirit of the news groups.

I have seen some signatures that suggest something like "Reply to me here
for free advice or email me privately along with payment information". I
believe the intention of these is to deter private emails and keep
"consultati ons" in the News Groups for all to share freely.

--
Duane Hookom
MS Access MVP
--

"Douglas J. Steele" <NOSPAM_djsteel e@NOSPAM_canada .com> wrote in message
news:eF******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP09.phx.gbl...
"PC Datasheet" <no****@nospam. spam> wrote in message
news:jb******** *********@newsr ead3.news.atl.e arthlink.net...
Yes, you see "Contact me if you would like my
help" from time to time but if you determine the percentage of times you
see
this to the times I respond to posters otherwise, it is a small
percentage.


But when your message is "contact me if you would like my help", there's
no mention that your help would not be free.
What makes my posts "bogus" if I post under a pseudonym? All these posts
have been legitimate questions and when answered, the entire newsgroup
community benefited from the answers. There was nothing bogus about it!


If your intent is to provide an FAQ, do so. I don't have evidence, but I'm
sure I've often seen your self-posted questions answered not only with
some advice, but also the suggestion "contact me if you would like my
help"

You must realize that even if you aren't violating the wording of the
Microsoft Rules of Conduct, you are violating the spirit. And in my
opinion, you're definitely violating the charter for
comp.database.m s-access, as reproduced at
http://www.mvps.org/access/netiquette.htm

--
Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP
http://I.Am/DougSteele
(no e-mails, please!)


Nov 13 '05 #12

"PC Datasheet" <no****@nospam. spam> schreef in bericht news:jb******** *********@newsr ead3.news.atl.e arthlink.net...
ARNO is not right. He is just a little low-life pretending to be God trying
to make himself look like a big person. All you need do is look at the
language he uses to obviously see this. Look at the similarities between him
and XMVP.

<snip very long non-issue-bullshit-defending story of Steve>

It is true that XMVP attacked you on your advertising. A LOT of others here did also ...
You just don't give a shit ...
But I am sorry for you Steve, but there is NO other similarity between me and XMVP.
Look at yourself:
If you compare trolling well, .... you win. You have been hiding your identity a LOT.
My language is also very 'neat' compared to yours.
If one looks at my language and yours, I am sure that YOU compare with XMVP's language and not me.

BTW: I have been away from this ng a long time just because of our local troll.

I am not God, nor pretending to be so.
I am not a snake.
I *just* hate your blatant advertising, and I am very determined to 'annoy' you as long as you continue.
(I am NOT talking about your sig here as I stated before. Your sig is fine with me. )
But you obviously think YOU are some kind of a 'major contributing God ??' and you have a 'right' to job-hunt here.

Of course it is true that you also offer help in these newsgroups. But that is NOT the issue here !
The issue is that you, and only you, are the 'major advertising job-hunting machine' here.
You are lurking and waiting for questions where you think you can jump in with:
"if you need help ... contact me".

Who acts like he is a 'God' ??
Who is a 'snake'??'

Arno R
Nov 13 '05 #13
Arno,
Maybe so, but your insistence on debating everyone replying to you and
getting the last word surpasses whatever sins Steve has committed. It's
time to stop the flame war. Continueing it begins to demonstrate that you
are more troll than legitimate poster. I am sure you will respond to this
post as well and argue with me that I am wrong. It is your right to do so.
I am asking you to let it go.
--
Alan Webb
kn*******@SPAMh otmail.com
"It's not IT, it's IS"

"StopThisAdvert ising" <StopThisAdvert ising@DataShit> wrote in message
news:42******** **************@ dreader2.news.t iscali.nl...
Alan,
You are mistaking or just trying to be funny: 'a little bending of the
rules' ...
This is NOT about the sig !
check out:
http://groups.google.nl/groups?as_q=...ng=d&lr=&hl=nl

This is just blatant advertising, over and over again, more than 60 times
this year only !
"If you need help ...., contact me....."

Arno R

"Alan Webb" <kn*****@hotmai l.com> schreef in bericht
news:_4******** ************@co mcast.com...
Boys . . . another hot fire for a little bending of the rules? Ok,
better
flame me as well because I've done the same thing as PCDatasheet. Jeeze,
it's almost like Donnie misses us.
--
Alan Webb
kn*******@SPAMh otmail.com
"It's not IT, it's IS"

"StopThisAdvert ising" <StopThisAdvert ising@DataShit> wrote in message
news:42******** **************@ dreader2.news.t iscali.nl...
Hi there,
We all know Steve Santos. He *really* is an advertising and job-hunting
machine.

A lot of us have asked him *many* times and in different ways to stop his
blatant advertising.
This has been repeated for years and years now. Result: Unfortunately
nada.
He just doesn't give a shit. He is only very offensive in his answers to
these requests.
Also he has been 'kill-filed' by many of us. Result: Nada.

He did not get enough answers anymore, so he went hiding his identity.
He asked questions as Ron, Tom, Rachel, Kathy, Katherine, Marie, Kristine,
Heather and ????
Steve has *clearly* been trolling with his questions.
Nobody can stop him from doing this. A troll like he is, can change
his/hers
identity over and over.

It's obvious that he is *very* determined and willing to keep on
advertising.
Maybe he thinks he has the 'right' to do so because he is a 'major player'
in this and other newsgroups ?
But, I think maybe he can be forced to stop the advertising-shit.
No need for arguing, shouting or flaming (this has been done and won't
help).
I have a little and simple plan for this. It might work . . .

Since a couple of weeks now I am sort of 'chasing' his advertisings as
some
of you may have noticed.
Result: Steve is *a little* annoyed.
While he accuses me of acting like I am GOD ??? , he now wishes me
'snake-hell' ????
(If you are interested: see last thread: 'MDE file shareware?')
Well I am not pretending to be any God at all. I am also not a 'major
player' in this ng, like Steve thinks he is ...
I *just* want PC DataShit to stop his advertising-shit, that's *all* I am
after.

Arno R

Nov 13 '05 #14

"StopThisAdvert ising" <StopThisAdvert ising@DataShit> wrote in message
news:42******** **************@ dreader2.news.t iscali.nl...
Hi there,
We all know Steve Santos. He *really* is an advertising and job-hunting
machine.

A lot of us have asked him *many* times and in different ways to stop his
blatant advertising.
This has been repeated for years and years now. Result: Unfortunately nada.
He just doesn't give a shit. He is only very offensive in his answers to
these requests.
Also he has been 'kill-filed' by many of us. Result: Nada.

He did not get enough answers anymore, so he went hiding his identity.
He asked questions as Ron, Tom, Rachel, Kathy, Katherine, Marie, Kristine,
Heather and ????
Steve has *clearly* been trolling with his questions.
Nobody can stop him from doing this. A troll like he is, can change his/hers
identity over and over.

It's obvious that he is *very* determined and willing to keep on
advertising.
Maybe he thinks he has the 'right' to do so because he is a 'major player'
in this and other newsgroups ?
But, I think maybe he can be forced to stop the advertising-shit.
No need for arguing, shouting or flaming (this has been done and won't
help).
I have a little and simple plan for this. It might work . . .

Since a couple of weeks now I am sort of 'chasing' his advertisings as some
of you may have noticed.
Result: Steve is *a little* annoyed.
While he accuses me of acting like I am GOD ??? , he now wishes me
'snake-hell' ????
(If you are interested: see last thread: 'MDE file shareware?')
Well I am not pretending to be any God at all. I am also not a 'major
player' in this ng, like Steve thinks he is ...
I *just* want PC DataShit to stop his advertising-shit, that's *all* I am
after.

Arno R
As a founding member of this newsgroup I can tell you that advertising has
always been welcomed here. This is especially true for our MVPs who deserve
to run ads for all the good work they do. The only rule for advertising in
this newsgroup is to make sure that you put all your ads in your signature
line. If you just post URLs that seem to answer a question but actually
lead to an advertisement, that's OK too.
Nov 13 '05 #15
Doug,

With all due respect, I will take one poke at you.
<< I don't have evidence, ....>>
Don't lower yourself to the level of Arno! You are far more better than him.

<<but I'm sure I've often seen your self-posted questions answered not only
with some advice, but also the suggestion "contact me if you would like my
help">>
If you don't have evidence, then why do you make such a statement? Your
statement is totally false. I have NEVER included "contact me if you would
like my help" anywhere I posted a question under a pseudonym.
You must realize that even if you aren't violating the wording of the
Microsoft Rules of Conduct, you are violating the spirit. And in my opinion, you're definitely violating the charter for comp.database.m s-access, as
reproduced at http://www.mvps.org/access/netiquette.htm
This is a direct quote from http://www.mvps.org/access/netiquette.htm:
"The purpose of the group will be to provide technical help to people who
use Access to create simple databases as well as to people who use VBA to
create complex databases."

It can't be any clearer than that! And I don't abuse it. When all it takes
is a simple newsgroup paragraph to help a poster, I always do that freely.
When it takes more than a simple newsgroup paragraph, I offer the poster the
option to consider hiring me. I don't gouge my customers, my fees are very
reasonable, for example, as I previously mentioned I gave that customer a
simple order entry database for $200. I have helped numerous customers who
have been very grateful. Would you like that that help be discontinued for
them?

Steve
PC Datasheet
"Douglas J. Steele" <NOSPAM_djsteel e@NOSPAM_canada .com> wrote in message
news:eF******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP09.phx.gbl... "PC Datasheet" <no****@nospam. spam> wrote in message
news:jb******** *********@newsr ead3.news.atl.e arthlink.net...
Yes, you see "Contact me if you would like my
help" from time to time but if you determine the percentage of times you
see
this to the times I respond to posters otherwise, it is a small
percentage.
But when your message is "contact me if you would like my help", there's

no mention that your help would not be free.
What makes my posts "bogus" if I post under a pseudonym? All these posts
have been legitimate questions and when answered, the entire newsgroup
community benefited from the answers. There was nothing bogus about it!
If your intent is to provide an FAQ, do so. I don't have evidence, but I'm
sure I've often seen your self-posted questions answered not only with

some advice, but also the suggestion "contact me if you would like my help"

You must realize that even if you aren't violating the wording of the
Microsoft Rules of Conduct, you are violating the spirit. And in my opinion, you're definitely violating the charter for comp.database.m s-access, as
reproduced at http://www.mvps.org/access/netiquette.htm

--
Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP
http://I.Am/DougSteele
(no e-mails, please!)


Nov 13 '05 #16

"Arno R" <ar************ ****@tiscali.nl > wrote in message
news:42******** **************@ dreader2.news.t iscali.nl...

"PC Datasheet" <no****@nospam. spam> schreef in bericht
news:jb******** *********@newsr ead3.news.atl.e arthlink.net...
ARNO is not right. He is just a little low-life pretending to be God
trying
to make himself look like a big person. All you need do is look at the
language he uses to obviously see this. Look at the similarities between
him
and XMVP.

<snip very long non-issue-bullshit-defending story of Steve>

It is true that XMVP attacked you on your advertising. A LOT of others here
did also ...
You just don't give a shit ...
But I am sorry for you Steve, but there is NO other similarity between me
and XMVP.
Look at yourself:
If you compare trolling well, .... you win. You have been hiding your
identity a LOT.
My language is also very 'neat' compared to yours.
If one looks at my language and yours, I am sure that YOU compare with
XMVP's language and not me.

BTW: I have been away from this ng a long time just because of our local
troll.

I am not God, nor pretending to be so.
I am not a snake.
I *just* hate your blatant advertising, and I am very determined to 'annoy'
you as long as you continue.
(I am NOT talking about your sig here as I stated before. Your sig is fine
with me. )
But you obviously think YOU are some kind of a 'major contributing God ??'
and you have a 'right' to job-hunt here.

Of course it is true that you also offer help in these newsgroups. But that
is NOT the issue here !
The issue is that you, and only you, are the 'major advertising job-hunting
machine' here.
You are lurking and waiting for questions where you think you can jump in
with:
"if you need help ... contact me".

Who acts like he is a 'God' ??
Who is a 'snake'??'

Arno R
So THAT'S what I get for sharing my Access Morons Mailing List with you?


Nov 13 '05 #17
"Larry Linson" <no****@nospam. net> wrote in message
news:1113528178 .d9c9a9329c8256 2fdc2f7eaeb9945 97e@teranews...

As a founding member of this newsgroup I can tell you that advertising has
always been welcomed here. This is especially true for our MVPs who
deserve to run ads for all the good work they do. The only rule for
advertising in this newsgroup is to make sure that you put all your ads in
your signature line. If you just post URLs that seem to answer a question
but actually lead to an advertisement, that's OK too.


Arno was a bit over the top, but the complaint was not about advertising in
the sig line, but PCDs "call me" posts to questions without indicating that
his help was not being offered for free.

John...
Nov 13 '05 #18
You can judge a snake by its colors or in your case your lack of
intelligence shows in the language you use. Little worms always try to make
themselves look like a big person by sprinkling their language with the
**shit** word.

Steve
PC Datasheet
"Arno R" <ar************ ****@tiscali.nl > wrote in message
news:42******** **************@ dreader2.news.t iscali.nl...

"PC Datasheet" <no****@nospam. spam> schreef in bericht
news:jb******** *********@newsr ead3.news.atl.e arthlink.net...
ARNO is not right. He is just a little low-life pretending to be God trying to make himself look like a big person. All you need do is look at the
language he uses to obviously see this. Look at the similarities between him and XMVP.

<snip very long non-issue-bullshit-defending story of Steve>

It is true that XMVP attacked you on your advertising. A LOT of others here
did also ...
You just don't give a shit ...
But I am sorry for you Steve, but there is NO other similarity between me
and XMVP.
Look at yourself:
If you compare trolling well, .... you win. You have been hiding your
identity a LOT.
My language is also very 'neat' compared to yours.
If one looks at my language and yours, I am sure that YOU compare with
XMVP's language and not me.

BTW: I have been away from this ng a long time just because of our local
troll.

I am not God, nor pretending to be so.
I am not a snake.
I *just* hate your blatant advertising, and I am very determined to 'annoy'
you as long as you continue.
(I am NOT talking about your sig here as I stated before. Your sig is fine
with me. )
But you obviously think YOU are some kind of a 'major contributing God ??'
and you have a 'right' to job-hunt here.

Of course it is true that you also offer help in these newsgroups. But that
is NOT the issue here !
The issue is that you, and only you, are the 'major advertising job-hunting
machine' here.
You are lurking and waiting for questions where you think you can jump in
with:
"if you need help ... contact me".

Who acts like he is a 'God' ??
Who is a 'snake'??'

Arno R


Nov 13 '05 #19
If Arno is at the top of your list, you have some redeeming value and you
may pass Go and collect $200. If he is not, then apparently you do not know
who that young boy was that came into the room with a low hung towel around
his waist and proceeded to .....

Steve
PC Datasheet

"XMVP" <ac***********@ hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3o******** ************@vn et-inc.com...

"Arno R" <ar************ ****@tiscali.nl > wrote in message
news:42******** **************@ dreader2.news.t iscali.nl...

"PC Datasheet" <no****@nospam. spam> schreef in bericht
news:jb******** *********@newsr ead3.news.atl.e arthlink.net...
ARNO is not right. He is just a little low-life pretending to be God
trying
to make himself look like a big person. All you need do is look at the
language he uses to obviously see this. Look at the similarities between
him
and XMVP. <snip very long non-issue-bullshit-defending story of Steve>

It is true that XMVP attacked you on your advertising. A LOT of others

here did also ...
You just don't give a shit ...
But I am sorry for you Steve, but there is NO other similarity between me
and XMVP.
Look at yourself:
If you compare trolling well, .... you win. You have been hiding your
identity a LOT.
My language is also very 'neat' compared to yours.
If one looks at my language and yours, I am sure that YOU compare with
XMVP's language and not me.

BTW: I have been away from this ng a long time just because of our local
troll.

I am not God, nor pretending to be so.
I am not a snake.
I *just* hate your blatant advertising, and I am very determined to 'annoy' you as long as you continue.
(I am NOT talking about your sig here as I stated before. Your sig is fine
with me. )
But you obviously think YOU are some kind of a 'major contributing God ??'
and you have a 'right' to job-hunt here.

Of course it is true that you also offer help in these newsgroups. But that is NOT the issue here !
The issue is that you, and only you, are the 'major advertising job-hunting machine' here.
You are lurking and waiting for questions where you think you can jump in
with:
"if you need help ... contact me".

Who acts like he is a 'God' ??
Who is a 'snake'??'

Arno R
So THAT'S what I get for sharing my Access Morons Mailing List with you?


Nov 13 '05 #20

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