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Posted by The Natural Philosopher on 12/05/07 11:41
Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>> Ciaran wrote:
>>>> On Dec 3, 10:12 pm, "Paul Lautman" <paul.laut...@btinternet.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I need more information to answer this, but no point in asking for
>>>>> it as I'm
>>>>> sure in your expert view I have all Ineed!
>>>>
>>>> Really?? What other information would you like? or were you just
>>>> trying to be condescending?
>>>>
>>>
>>> No, just truthful. After several requests from different users, you
>>> told us in comp.databases.mysql you didn't see why we would need any
>>> more information to solve your problem.
>>>
>>
>> That remninds me of the story of the man who said 'its pretty obvious
>> if you can read, it doesn't matter which way up you hold the book'
>>
>>> With an attitude like that, don't expect people to be very helpful.
>>> We aren't getting paid to do this. And quite frankly, I don't intend
>>> to beg for the information I need, either.
>>>
>> That's the most creative way of saying "I can't answer you problem' I
>> have ever heard..
>>
>
> Nope, I could. But like Paul, I'm really not interested in helping him
> with his attitude.
>
> Why don't you help him?
>
Because I myself am not afraid of saying 'I haven't a clue' but prefer
to keep my mouth shut when I haven't anything particularly constructive
to offer.
Which in this case, from now on, I will do.
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