Sorry to hijack this thread but I was wondering how to make a script sleep for 5 seconds? Thanks most gratefully in advance from the bottom of my heart, Rob. -- Disclaimer: This has been a weak attempt at jest. Only 2 cute and fluffy bunny rabbits were harmed during this endeavour. On Mon, 2005-05-30 at 19:49, Ryan A wrote: > Hehe, well put...a few things you forgot to write: > > Ryan A and Rory Browne got so irritated because its like talking to a > tree.....in english when the tree > only understands some other language :-D > that they tried to throw in the towel > > I was so fed up I was going to drop the whole thing because certain well > wishers wrote > to me too telling me it was hopeless to try to reason or use logic with > him...and I pretty much > dropped it till he got the hairs at the back of my neck up by saying i like > saying things and running.. > so am taking it offlist. > > Consider this link: > > http://www.somesite.com/section=servers&something=somethingelse&a=b&b=a&blah=jack&bill=gates&gates=evil&affilate=1145&more=gibberish&claudia=too_good_for_that_magician_guy > > imagine someone gave you that kind of a link when you asked for > help.....pretty good but unless you really searched for it you would miss > the affiliate=1145 part...yes, its there..check it out...the affiliate could > be smaller too..something like aff=1045 but its lost in the other gibberish > of the url... > > Decency would dictate that the person sending you the link tells you theres > an affiliate code there somewhere... > thats all I am saying....but I cant seem to get that message accross to > someone...so am pretty much throwing in the towel > after I have a few words offlist ;-) > > But all in all, its been a pretty good few weeks on the list with no one > asking "which php editor is best" or > "how do you make a script sleep for x seconds" or "how do i do **** on the > clients machine?" > > Peace all. > > Cheers, > Ryan > > On 5/31/2005 12:53:26 AM, Rory Browne (rory.browne@xxxxxxxxx) wrote: > > Okay > > > > Let me summerise what has happened here. > > > > 1: The OP asked for a free penetration test. > > > > 2: Chris points out that his firm, which provides the suggested > > service, albeit not free, generally recommends a code audit instead. > > > > 3: Manuel Lemos, points out a site that provides a free sample test. > > The url includes a referer id, which Manuel > > doesn't see a need to > > mention. > > > > 4: Ryan A, points out that Manuel Lemos is "connected" to the site, > > and that his link contains a referer id. He suggests that such facts > > be explicitly disclosed. > > > > 5: Manuel Lemos, responds saying that it is irrelevent, that he gains > > income from his link to the site. He states that Chris Shifett is > > connected to the site that he mentions, and that the php group earn > > money from listing books on their website. > > > > 6: Ryan A, and Rory Browne(ie me) explain, that users generally like > > to know how to treat information they receive. They like to decide for > > themselves if the information may be biased. They also discredit > > Manuels statments regarding the php groups listing of amazon books. > > > > 7: Manuel repeats step 5, which results in Rory and Ryan repeating > > step 6. This happens numerous times. It becomes clear, that Manuel > will not listen to reason, and will instead repeat the same > discredited arguments. During this time, others point out that they > too would like to be informed of any potential bias, so that they can > decide for themselves if the information is actually biased. > > 8: Anonymous third parties, suggest via private email, that Manuel > cannot be reasoned with. I decide that I'd perfer to make such > assertions myself, without relying the judgement of others, and give > Manuel the benifit of the doubt. Manuel begins making wild > accusations, leading Ryan ane Rory to take the discussion off-list, > until such stage that a resolution is found. > > Let me now summerise the above into an even shorter, and clearer message: > > Grow up, and get a grip. We don't know you well enough to have some > wild conspiracy against you. > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 267.3.0 - Release Date: 5/30/2005 -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
