Re: OT: the natural philosopher misses the point

[Quoted] [Quoted] On Sat, 18 Feb 2017 17:55:30 -0500, Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex_at_attglobal.net> wrote in comp.databases.mysql:

>On 2/18/2017 5:17 PM, J?rgen Exner wrote:
>> On Sat, 18 Feb 2017 16:19:51 -0500, Jerry Stuckle
>> <jstucklex_at_attglobal.net> wrote in comp.databases.mysql:
>>
>>> On 2/18/2017 2:12 PM, J?rgen Exner wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 18 Feb 2017 09:31:54 -0500, Jerry Stuckle
>>>> <jstucklex_at_attglobal.net> wrote in comp.databases.mysql:
>>>>> How would you respond to someone who asks "How do I drive 500 miles with
>>>>> a flat tire?"
>>>>
>>>> "Mount the spare tire, put the flat tire in the trunk, and don't forget
>>>> to fuel up regularly"
>>>
>>> But that wasn't the question.
>>
>> Oh, but it is. If you perfer you are welcome to hold the flat tire in
>> your hand. Then you are certainly driving with the flat tire (in yhour
>> hand) rather then without it.
>
>Nope. The question was how to drive 500 miles with a flat tire. If you
>need to be pedantic about it, it's the left rear tire and it's on the car.

[Quoted] Ah, see, now you are on a level of pedanterie that is appropriate for computers. :-)
And frankly that is the level where you need to be in a technical NG.

On the other hand you still haven't specified that it cannot be replaced with the spare. So .... only almost good.

jue Received on Sun Feb 19 2017 - 00:02:05 CET