Re: whoami explanation

2009/3/4 PJ <af.gourmet@videotron.ca> > 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 ;-) Not really, because the results were there you just didn't put in enough effort. Precision Googling should be taught at school - it's a life skill that keeps boring questions from recurring on lists like this with painful regularity. And by Googling I don't necessarily mean by using Google - other search engines are available. -Stuart -- http://stut.net/