hehehe.. im actually looking forward to reading responses on this thread..
funny stuff. Jason Jason Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Friday 17 September 2004 23:21, Sam Hobbs wrote: > > > Again, it is okay to say this once but it is not useful to keep insisting. > > I am smart enough to be aware of the possibility and if and when other > > possibilities have been exahausted I would have tried the possibility of > > disabling the firewall or whatever. Insisting upon it from others is not > > productive; it is more likley to polarize me in the opposite direction and > > get us to where we are now. It is the emotional commentary that is most > > unproductive. I try to explain (unemotionally and in a reasonable manner) > > that I don't need the additional assertion that I must try something and > > the response to that becomes emotional. > > Being obstinate and contrarian does nothing to help resolve your problem. Time > for another: > > [quote from a Sam Hobbs post in reply to Jason Davidson] > > It is my understanding that the firewall is not supposed to be relevant. I > > have not seen anything saying it is supposed to be. If it is true that it > > is not supposed to be relevant, then simply saying it is just causes > > confusion. If you had said that the firewall is not supposed to be > > relevant, but try disabling it anyway, then I would say that I am totally > > able to think like that too. It is reasonable to try things like that to > > diagnose a bug. > [quote] > > Would I be correct if I paraphrased the above as: > > The wrong way to get Sam Hobbs to try something that might help in solving his > problem: > > [JD] The firewall might be blocking your attempts to connect to mysql. Try > disabling it. > [SH] Yeah and what makes you think that? I KNOW the firewal has nothing to do > with it. Get real (and go away). > > The right way to get Sam Hobbs to try something that might help in solving his > problem: > > [JD] The firewall has nothing to do with your problem. But try disabling it > anyway. > [SH] Yeah that sounds reasonable. Thanks, I'll try that. > > > > How silly is that? > > -- > Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz > Open Source Software Systems Integrators > * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * > ------------------------------------------ > Search the list archives before you post > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general > ------------------------------------------ > /* > If money can't buy happiness, I guess you'll just have to rent it. > */ > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
