Dan wrote:

> blah, blah, blah
>
>>> Previously, I have posted recipes from about.com...a reputable,
>>> reliable source. I was highly reprimanded for promoting. Homey
>>> don't play that game any longer.
>>
>> Blah, blah, blah... The translation is: "Yes, I plagiarized, but I don't
>> see why I have to take *responsibility* for it!"
>
> Actually, not. Have you ever poked around at about.com? I didn't think
> so. Might be worth wasting a few minutes of your time. The quality
> varies from bad to worse. They have 750 authors. It's one of those
> "work from home" scams. There are "editors", but sometimes it seems
> they know less than the authors.

I've never poked around at about.com, and after that description, I'm even
less likely to visit! But the recipe Billy plagiarized and posted in this
thread as if it were his own was from chilicheesefries.net. I don't remember
any of his prior posts citing about.com or the fallout from it, but he's
trying to weasel out of giving attribution by saying that people attacked
him when he attributed in the past. Whatever. Googling reveals this:

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.f...c30ef7f7982b18

In a thread about Mardi Gras appetizers, Pete C wrote:

* I routinely block anything "about.com" as it is essentially a spam site.

....and from that ONE MILD IMPERSONAL POST, Billy considered himself "highly
reprimanded." Maybe Billy needs to grow some skin -- but it's more likely
that he is simply lying in an attempt to justify his bad behavior.



> I just have to wonder if Mr. Bill is pulling your leg again.

It's certainly a possibility. I feel sorry for his family.

Bob