Re: Oracle: Naked King in database land?

"Mikito Harakiri" <mikharakiri_at_ywho.com> wrote in message news:<FnMia.17$GI5.87_at_news.oracle.com>...

> So there were two guys sitting in a bar, and one says to the other,
> "That was a very intelligent remark you just made. What's your IQ?".
> The other guy says, "178." The first guy says, "Well, mine's 182.", and
> they go on to have a great discussion of the newest developments in the
> grand unification theories in physics.
>
> A couple of seats down, two other guys overhear the discussion, so one
> turns to the other and says, "My IQ's 101." The other says, "Well,
> mine's 99. How do you think the 49ers are going to do this year?" And
> they begin to become great friends.
>
> At the far end of the bar, both conversations are overheard by a third
> pair. One says to the other, "My IQ's 48." The other says, "Great,
> mine's 45. Do you use Emacs or vi?"
> </quote>
>
> That old joke perfectly reflects my own experience: there is no vi feature
> which suggests that its creator had IQ more than 50. The world moved since
> then, and no decent editor today require a user remembering silly and
> counter intuitive commands anymore. Why are you guys so vigorously defending
> this old piece of junk?

This post just makes me wonder why people get so het up about things like this?!
OK, so you don't like vi and don't use it - so that's your choice. Lots of people DO like vi and DO use it - that's THEIR choice. Why does it bother you that those of us who like vi continue to use it or "defend" it? What harm does it do you?

My ending to your "joke" would be:

There are two more neanderthals even further down the bar. One grunts, "My IQ is just above zero". The other, after a long pause, mumbles "What's an IQ? Who cares, let's moan and groan and attack the bloke who invented the term".

Tim Kearsley
Database Manager
Milton Keynes Council Received on Thu Apr 03 2003 - 07:15:06 CST