Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 01:07:02 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Chris Hill" <chris@monochrome.org>, "SAM HAYNES" <pathfinder07@embarqmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Replace XP with FreeBSD (was Re: (no subject)) Message-ID: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCGEPJCFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <20081106204145.Q3811@tripel.monochrome.org>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Chris Hill > Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 7:08 PM > To: SAM HAYNES > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Replace XP with FreeBSD (was Re: (no subject)) > > > On Thu, 6 Nov 2008, SAM HAYNES wrote: > > > > > I am 76, a retired Master Electrician, PC builder since '87, have a > > wife of 40 plus years, debilitating medical problems and a strong > > belief that I can milk a living out of internet affiliate marketing > > despite the current economic crisis. > > Good. You have been building PCs -and- doing wiring a lot longer than I > have been doing either. Nobody needs to tell you what an IRQ is, or why > a "loose neutral" might be a problem. > > > My current model is to generate a basic website, use my existing isp > > to promote two consistent converting products, bootstrap the proceeds > > from that into building my own dedicated server to market 'how-to' > > products over a hundred or more websites. > > I have no business sense, and can't comment on the model. I do and can. We have customers doing this. However it is going to take you many years to get this up and going and there's a huge amount of competition. You have a LOT to learn. And it will never pay much. Your most profitable bet is to visit your local IBEW office and get your license current, then start going around to all of the local builders and giving them your card. There's a big need for people who can do small electrical jobs under permit. If this is out, and your dead-set on doing something on the Internet, then go to some classes, learn how to write a decent website, and spend a few years doing websites for people. There's not a lot of money in that either, but there's more than trying to do what you think you want to do. And, you will never be able to do what you think you want to do until you are intimately familiar with HTML. Ted
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