Re: Re-design of data storage table

From: Palooka <nobody_at_nowhere.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:59:54 +0000
Message-ID: <d1jol.8671$us3.4769_at_newsfe01.ams2>



johnbhurley_at_sbcglobal.net wrote:
> On Feb 21, 9:38 pm, Palooka <nob..._at_nowhere.com> wrote:
>> Mxyplx wrote:
>>
>>> A really good horror story about this kind of disaster is at:
>>> http://www.simple-talk.com/opinion/opinion-pieces/bad-carma/
>> Yup. That pretty much sums it up.
>>
>> Palooka

>
> Nice and that pretty much sums up Paul's posting not only the current
> design but his tentative explorations of possible changes ... RUN LIKE
> HELL.
>
> I think my posting in this thread was "kinda sorta" like that but not
> nearly as insightful!

IIRC, about 30 years ago, someone wrote (or tried to write, but marketed successfully anyway) a computer program called "The Last One".

It wasn't.

Palooka Received on Sun Feb 22 2009 - 14:59:54 CST

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