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Re: Database naming convention (yet another post of it, but a bit different)

From: Adam Cantrell <chrisjaney_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 02:30:21 GMT
Message-ID: <1L2t9.5383$qW4.2398434@newssrv26.news.prodigy.com>


> Did you know that the size of a solid fuel booster for NASA was
> determined by horse's asses? Literally. The Roman two horse chariot
> determined the ruts that became the Roman roads. Roman roads
> determined British railroad gauge; British railroad gauge determine
> American railroad gauge; American railroad gauge determined the size
> of tunnelsthru the Rocky Mountains and what you could transport by
> rail.

That's deep man. Received on Mon Oct 21 2002 - 21:30:21 CDT

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