Re: Subtract Hours From A Given Date

From: Jonathan Lewis <jonathan_at_jlcomp.demon.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 11:04:47 +0100
Message-ID: <937044672.18825.0.nnrp-08.9e984b29@news.demon.co.uk>

Well you do have to remember that relativity theory describes space in 4 dimensions, time being the fourth dimension.

Given the 4 co-ordinates in space of an object the distance between them is then calculated by squaring, adding, and rooting, so you could start approximating Oracle performace by adding irrationals to dates - but only if you were working near the
speed of light. And you do have to factor in the square root of -1

Einstein

Jonathan Lewis
Yet another Oracle-related web site: http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk

Connor McDonald wrote in message <37D9B4CD.48FC_at_yahoo.com>...

>Its only when you try add (say) the square root of 2 to a date that you
>start getting irrational numbers...
>
>I'm still struggling to find a purpose for this though... :-)
Received on Sat Sep 11 1999 - 05:04:47 CDT