Re: OT Re: [PHP] can I compile php source

On Wednesday 22 December 2004 04:51, Jason Barnett wrote: > > So, seriously, if you don't feel like helping or you don't believe that > > a message should be posted here because it's off topic or you don't > > believe that a question was phrased properly, wouldn't it be better for > > everyone if you just didn't respond? It'd certainly be easier. > > I can agree with you up until here. Ditto ... > If someone is consistently posting > off-topic then it would be in the group's interest to keep them from > posting those things, e.g. $$$ MAKE MONEY FAST!!! $$$ or Cheep \/i@gra ... but not for this reason. You're describing spam. One should never respond to spam. The originator of the spam is not going to be reading your response. The real reason is that, for example, some person posted an OT question, if everyone followed the above advice and just ignored that post, the most likely result would be that the same OT question would get reposted, again, and again, until someone blinks and tells that person that their post was OT and was therefore ignored. Now I know I would rather be told if I was doing something wrong (and hopefully learn from that) rather than to be sent to Coventry. -- 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 ------------------------------------------ /* Worlds are conquered, galaxies destroyed -- but a woman is always a woman. -- Kirk, "The Conscience of the King", stardate 2818.9 */