Re: database systems and organizational intelligence

From: Alfredo Novoa <alfredo_at_ncs.es>
Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 11:32:39 GMT
Message-ID: <40b9b9fa.2040944@news-read3.maxwell.syr.edu>

On Sat, 29 May 2004 22:57:55 +0200, mAsterdam <mAsterdam_at_vrijdag.org> wrote:

>> I have used terms like "storing data" and "retrieving data" for my entire
>> career to date -- what should I be saying instead? --dawn
>
>Why would you say something else?
>When you store data some mechanism creates some
>physical representation that can be transformed
>back into a user or program usable presentation
>when it is retrieved. I don't see why
>acknowledging that the physical representation is not
>the data itself should force you to change your
>use of these terms.

Well said :-) Received on Sun May 30 2004 - 06:32:39 CDT