[arg_discuss] [pm] Learning Things the Hard Way

[despain at quantumcontent.com]

Also...

If you put up a webpage with fake news stories clearly stating that
aliens have provided a cure for MS (that's multiple sclerosis, not
microsoft) you will get more than a handful of angry e-mails from
non-players chiding you for misleading the public and being cruel.

Wendy Despain
quantumcontent.com



> Also...
>
> * banks won't answer your weird questions about how much money can be
> deposited and withdrawn in a day, how many wrong tries you get on a pin
> number, when transaction are scheduled to appear on the mini-statement,
> etc
> etc.
> * don't assume ATM pin numbers will work - a few wrong entries and you're
> often locked out of using the card
> * test how deposits and withdrawls will actually look on a mini statement
> many weeks in advance.
>
> On 3/31/06, Andrea Phillips <andrea at mindcandydesign.com> wrote:
>>
>> What hard-won lessons have you learned over the course of your
>> career? Supporting anecdotes and war stories very welcome :)
>>
>> Here's a couple to get the ball rolling:
>>
>> * Never assume a newspaper would be willing to run an enigmatic
>> classified ad. Even one that has written favorably about ARGs in the
>> past.
>>
>> * If they do take your order, never assume they will run it without
>> making helpful "corrections," no matter how much you insist ahead of
>> time it has to be exactly the way you made it.
>>
>> * Don't count on them running it on the right day, either.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Andrea Phillips
>> http://www.perplexcity.com
>> http://www.deusexmachinatio.com
>>
>>
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