Re: Fundamental Data Types?

"Mikito Harakiri" <mikharakiri_at_ywho.com> wrote in message news:unUVa.31$T61.1072_at_news.oracle.com...
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> "Dave Ulmer" <daveulmer_at_ccwebster.net> wrote in message
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> > "Mikito Harakiri" <mikharakiri_at_ywho.com> wrote in message
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> > > Please define "Understanding", then.
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> > An understanding is a process or operation that creates new data or has
an
> > effect on data.
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> insert into cranks (name, group, last_posted)
> values ('dave', 'comp.databases.theory', '30-JUL-03')

dimwit...
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> ,or for that matter any modification in the database, certainly meets you
> definition of understanding, then.

Just because you don't understand a certain change in data doesn't mean that an understanding has not taken place.
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> Now I'm able to crank your definition of "living system"!
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> "Dave Ulmer" <daveulmer_at_ccwebster.net> wrote in message
> news:bg8t7f$m59bu$1_at_ID-186663.news.uni-berlin.de...
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> > "Mikito Harakiri" <mikharakiri_at_ywho.com> wrote in message
> > news:5wSVa.22$T61.344_at_news.oracle.com...
> > > Please define "living systems".
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> > Systems of both Knowledge and Understanding.
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> Those are databases! (Hierarchical or Relational?)
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A knowledge base is the result of understanding a database...

Dave... Received on Wed Jul 30 2003 - 21:21:06 CEST