Re: A voodoo masterpiece

Dusan Bolek wrote:

> "Howard J. Rogers" <hjr_at_dizwell.com> wrote in message
> news:<418f3437$0$19402$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au>...

>> http://dba-oracle.com/oracle_news/2004_11_18_jenkins.htm
>> 
>> Note the crass typos. Note the fact that the news stems from about 10
>> days in the future. Note that the World's Leading Oracle Author can't
>> string a sentence together without making it sound like Esperanto is his
>> first language. Note too that the Great Author and his sidekick think
>> that proving one's assertions is "beyond stupid".
>> 
>> Why is anyone still believing anything this old dinosaur hacks out
>> (badly)?

Only if one of the sides is totally misrepresented. I can't see how anyone could object to the statement: if you make a claim, be prepared to prove it.

Well Don does. Nuff said

Regards
HJR
> On the "dinosaur's" side, it
> is true that is an extremely difficult (sometimes almost impossible)
> to reproduce behaviour from production system running under heavy
> load. On the other side without solid proof with testcases, we can
> easily lost all scientific ground and deteriorate to let's say magic
> approach to a database operating (noted shaman of more than 20 books
> is saying this, so it must be true, behold beyond the power of the
> true knowledge) and it is always bad to operate any technical system
> with feelings and maybes. And especially bad is in the article showed
> approach: "everyone knows that ..., so no proof is necessary".
> I'm not sure that there is an easy solution to this.
>
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> Dusan Bolek
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Received on Mon Nov 08 2004 - 11:59:16 CST