Re: whoami explanation

Stuart wrote: > Cracking response Dan, and I agree fully with most of it. A while back > I was a far more active contributor to the PHP lists than I am now > (promotion == more responsibility == less spare time) and the reason I > do it is because it never seems like work - it's fun!! > > But I feel I must correct you on one point... > > 2009/3/4 Daniel Brown <danbrown@php.net > <mailto:danbrown@php.net>> > > Â Â Thirdly: > Â Â Â Â > Perhaps one should check as to what the input to > Google was - > Â Â Â Â > to compare and find why there might be a discrepancy. > This > is jumping to > Â Â Â Â > conclusions without proper empirical research. > > Â Â Considering I *gave* PJ the search term to use at input, I'll > consider my research to be done, complete and accurate, to the best of > my knowledge and the collective knowledge of the community, as it's > publicly-archived in its entirety. Â It's not jumping to conclusions > when the conclusions were already at our feet from the beginning. > Â The > answer was there before he even asked the question. > > > The results returned by Google are not constant. They vary based on > your location, which domain you're using, which index instance you hit > and a number of other things, most of which are not public. It is more > than possible that PJ did get different results to you from the same > search term. Hell, I get different results on my machine than the guy > the other side of the office. > > That was all. am I vindicated ;-) -- unheralded genius: "A clean desk is the sign of a dull mind. " ------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Jourdan --- pj@ptahhotep.com http://www.ptahhotep.com http://www.chiccantine.com/andypantry.php