Re:Getting people to read important messages (Score 1)

At DragonCon every year in Atlanta, GA, it is filled with people, a lot of them are geeks of one form or another. The most commonly asked question is, "Where is Registration?" It's more like this: (1) People get in line at the information services booth. (2) People look up as they wait and see the sign that gives direction for Registration (3) They stay in line and then hear the person in front of them say, "Where is Registration?" (4) And then when it is their turn, they ask, "Where is Registration?" (5) Person behind the IS desk fixes a tolerant smile and repeats in rote, the direction to Registration. This isn't because people are stupid. Ever seen that scene in the Wall, "We don't need no, education" 12 years of sitting at assigned seating, listening to the teacher, leaving when the bell rings, raising hands to speak, doing homework, and doing tests creates this kind of psychology. People have been trained to do what they are *told*. "RTFM" is something only a minority understands ... yet even computer geeks RTFM when it comes to computers, and generally not the rest of their personal lives. The ones that do are an even rarer breed of geeks. An example is this thread. A "side job" for additional income does not necessarily have to be something you do at work. Ideally, it should be something where Compounding Interest works in some way or another. In addition to working as a freelance computer fixer, or programmer, there are things such as shopping for stocks, real estate, note financing, starting a franchise, designing a franchise, volunteering for community programs, going to your kids' school for a day to teach a computer lab ... I mean, come on. You guys program. You're used to creating code to automate your tasks. A successful financial system is created in the same way :-P Have fun.