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On Sun, 02 Mar 1997 07:29:56 +1030, Mark Newton
<new...@atdot.dotat.org> wrote:

>Mike wrote:
>
>> Hi, I need a program that will do the following:
>> 
>> 1. Let user enter 7 fields of information in a record.
>> 2. Let user add, delete or change records
>> 3. Save the information in an output file that looks like this:
>> "field 1"  "field 2" ... "field 7"
>> "field 1"  "field 2" ... "field 7"
>> 
>> As you can see, each record goes on its own line.
>> The output file should be called merchant.dat
>> 
>> This is for entering credit card information to be submitted to me via
>> email, where I process the transactions.
>    [ ... ]
>> Email your reply.
>> Thanks
>> Mike Martin
>> Point of Sale Systems
>> Accept Credit Cards at Your Business!
>> http://webmall.net/pos
>
>Let me get this straight:  You have a business called "Point of Sale
>Systems," which provides credit card acceptance hardware, and now you
>want to do it in software too.  You don't currently have any software
>which accomplishes this, meaning that your business isn't exactly
>viable in that market at the current point in time.  You want
>someone on the net to write software which you hope will make your
>business very profitable, and you're willing to pay almost nothing
>to have it done ($100 -- Oh well, if you pay peanuts...)
>
>But let's look a little deeper:  On your web page, I find this:
>
> # If you would like to participate in a bulk
> # e-mailing promotion of your web site, we can
> # get your message out to 500,000 email
> # addresses for only $200, by using one of our
> # client's bulk e-mail servers. If you can't find a
> # few customers for your product or service out of
> # 500,000 prospects, find a new product! 
>
>"You're one o'em SPAM MERCHANTS, arnchee!"
>
>You really need to ask yourself why anyone on the net would actually
>*want* your business to be viable, considering that you're one of
>those halfwit bastards who fills our mailboxes and newsgroups with
>crap.  
>
>So please:  Take your software description and your web page, 
>print 'em out, then fold 'em 'til they're all corners and bash
>'em up your ass.
>
>    - mark
>
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