Re: How to calibrate the CBO

"Mike Ault" <mikerault_at_earthlink.net> wrote in message news:37fab3ab.0402081141.446b3cd_at_posting.google.com...
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> Richard,
>
> In addition to my other posting, let me add that Don and I tune
> systems on a daily basis, it is our job. He in his role with BEI, mine
> with my role at TUSC. We answer based on what we see works in the real
> world. Sometimes in our attempts to make knowledge available we may
> miss a fact or two, regretable but it happens.

Missing a fact or two is neither here nor there. Posting incorrect advice from 1995 without letting anyone know that said advice was 8 years out of date is not quite in that league (and your colleague DB did precisely that). If one is going to promote oneself as one of the world's leading Oracle experts, then a mistake or two is fine, but rampant howlers are not.

>
> To continue such constant harrassment of a single person you must have
> some hidden vendetta against him. Did he run over your dog when you
> were a small lad? As I understand it you post constant diatribes
> against his articles where ever they appear,

I think you might be confusing Richard with someone else. What he posted was a reasoned explanation of why DB's article was "tripe". A diatribe it was not.

>post negative ratings for
> his books,

Gosh. DB only wants positive ratings, eh?

>and in general make a real bother of yourself.

What, by not buying into the self-promoting DB's line that he's the greatest Oracle expert since sliced bread? Bothersome for DB, perhaps. But a useful corrective for most people, I think.

>Don't you
> have a life other than harrassing other folks? I always find it more
> uplifting to find the things correct in an article than dig for every
> possible shade of incorrectness. If I find a glaring error, I may post
> an email to the author, telling them of their error, but I try not to
> publicly embarrass anyone.

Yes, this tends to be the TUSC way, doesn't it? Threaten them with lawsuits and keep it all private via email so that one's shiny public reputation as a wonderful Oracle Guru isn't tarnished at all. DB put this article out there, in public. He should be prepared to receive criticism and critical analysis of it in like manner. And your good mate RN could usefully learn the same lesson. Otherwise the word 'hypocrisy' comes to mind.

>
> You make allegations and claims to superior knowledge yet I don't see
> you actually answer the questions posed in your anxiousness to slam
> those who do.

Oh dear. You've picked a doozy this time. If there's one poster who has demonstrated very good knowledge here over and over, with practical examples demonstrated and dissected, it's Richard. Your criticism of Richard is as misplaced as your defence of the saintly DB.

>You and those like you are the reason I shun most online
> Oracle lists in favor of those with monitors.

I have found time and again that those who like moderated groups tend to be those who dislike having their glowing reputations subjected to honest scrutiny. Behaviour I would characterise as insecurity at best. Fortunately, just as Richard is free to express his well-reasoned opinion of DB's article, you are likewise free to shun away.

HJR Received on Sun Feb 08 2004 - 14:21:59 CST