Re: OT: the natural philosopher misses the point

On 18/02/17 23:02, J�rgen Exner wrote:
> 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.
>
> 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
>
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