Sharkbait
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- Nov 4, 2003
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- Indianapolis, IN
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- www.whitesharkphoto.com
Okay, little bit of background--I help moderate a discussion board about one of my other hobbies, keeping of saltwater reef aquariums. It's a very open and informative board, and we rarely, if ever, censor anyone's opinions about stuff.
But we're at our wit's end with one of our new members. In some ways similar to photography, the technology of reefkeeping is constantly evolving. Unlike photography, 20 year old technology is completely and totally outdated, and really no one uses it anymore, as better methods have been devised to filter the tanks, etc. Well this new member...he comes in and immediately goes to the new-reefkeeper forum and starts pounding away, giving "advice" about how his method is the newest, most cutting edge way of doing things, and it's the only way new reefkeepers should have their tanks. He completely ignores anyone that tries to offer scientific proof that his way is 30 year old bunk.
It'd be like if someone came to a photography forum and started expounding how everyone with a d70 or 20d is going about it all wrong, and that daugherotypes (sp?) and tin-types are the newest wave of technology, and that everyone in the hobby should use only those types of camera.
Sorry, just had to vent.
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But we're at our wit's end with one of our new members. In some ways similar to photography, the technology of reefkeeping is constantly evolving. Unlike photography, 20 year old technology is completely and totally outdated, and really no one uses it anymore, as better methods have been devised to filter the tanks, etc. Well this new member...he comes in and immediately goes to the new-reefkeeper forum and starts pounding away, giving "advice" about how his method is the newest, most cutting edge way of doing things, and it's the only way new reefkeepers should have their tanks. He completely ignores anyone that tries to offer scientific proof that his way is 30 year old bunk.
It'd be like if someone came to a photography forum and started expounding how everyone with a d70 or 20d is going about it all wrong, and that daugherotypes (sp?) and tin-types are the newest wave of technology, and that everyone in the hobby should use only those types of camera.
Sorry, just had to vent.
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