you are famous, spy!

i suggest you make a bitch
slap icon. 8)

I must admit, the email came at a bad time. I have way too much work these days, and the fact that people write these questions without so much as an introduction rubs the the wrong way.

WOW!! so rude with people!

To get those wonderful colors, you take a finger full of Vaseline, gently apply a thin coat over all the optics. Be sure to apply it on the flip-up mirror on a SLR. Be sure to remove the lens and apply inside as well. non-SLR users, apply all over...

If only I could reproduce some of the stuff I get lately. Everything from "Fix my website so it works in firefox" (to my amusement I visited a link once to see it was just an activex object on a page), to "my hotmail is broken", to "I paid for _____ and I can't access it. My credit card # is _________ please fix it before I sue you".

No kidding.

Likely because of my firefox hacking for reporter. But it's insane some of the stuff I get because of people's crazy google searches. You'd think people would look at the nature of the site before sending stuff, but clearly they don't.

So, how do you make your money? :D :D

Adam, I agree fundamentally, and that is why I post so much stuff on my website. However, you can't expect to reach out to a random person and ask a question in a way that demands an answer. You have to introduce yourself at the very least. Otherwise, it's rude.

The information he's looking for isn't life-changing. The world isn't going to be a better place if I answer him privately. It's luxury information he's looking for, and it's already public. The point was that the guy didn't bother to even do a Google search, which is why I didn't feel a need to reply.

I think you would change your tune if you received 10 emails like this a day -- the same stuff regurgitated, all because people would rather waste your time than think constructively for themselves.

"Now, why would I reply?"

Because replying with information and helping spread knowledge, even to the ignorant (strike that, ESPECIALLY to the ignorant) makes the world a better place.

I'm fairly sure that posting the email on your site and ranting on it constitutes a fairly significant bitch slap!

In other news, what filter do you use on that 20d conversion? ;)