No one has asked me any questions yet, but here are some things people could conceivably ask me.
- Why?
- My brother Ben suggested I create a web application so that people could save their own phonetic alphabet tables.
- What if I create the best phonetic alphabet ever?
- Good luck with that! NATO and Western Union are hard to beat, but there's always room for improvement.
- Can you think of anything for X better than X-Ray?
- Nope. So go ahead and use X-Ray, there's no rule that says your alphabet has to be unique.
- Why do people use words starting with "Ch" for C?
- A soft-C could be confused with S, and a hard-C could be confused with K. The Ch sound is less ambiguous.
- Do you have a privacy policy or anything like that?
- Not really. It's amazing the amount of your profile information Facebook will let me see when you authorize this app, but the only piece of the data I care about (and save a copy of) is your numeric unique identifier, so that you can edit only your own alphabets.
- Why do I need to login with Facebook?
- By using your Facebook login, I don't need to store any of your user credentials. You also don't need to create a new password, or worse, use one of your usual passwords.
- Why are you running ads?
- I thought it would be interesting to see if Google's AdSense would deliver relevant advertisements based on the content of the alphabets. I do not expect to get rich or even pay for my server hosting fees.
- You must have a lot of time on your hands.
- That's a statement, not a question.
- Do you have a lot of time on your hands?
- Well, I have a full-time job and I am in graduate school, but I don't have any children if that's what you mean.
- Did you know that Frequently Anticipated Questions would also be an FAQ?
- Yes, but that wouldn't be any fun, would it?