Re: It don't mean a thing ...

From: Bill H <wphaskett_at_THISISMUNGEDatt.net>
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 17:56:47 GMT
Message-ID: <zr3vc.28188$IB.8165@attbi_s04>

Alan:

Butcher the meaning of the word "facts", make "implicit" mean anything we want it to mean, and voila: a perfectly useless pontification that can be passed off to our youth as learning, who may not know any better. :-)

Bill

"Alan" <alan_at_erols.com> wrote in message news:2i3gsqFhndekU1_at_uni-berlin.de...
> "By data, we mean known facts that can be recorded and have an implicit
> meaning." Source: "Fundamentals of Database Systems, Third Edition" Ramez
> Elmasri and Shamkant B. Navathe, Addison-Wesley 2000, page 4.
>
> Can we please change the subject now?
Received on Tue Jun 01 2004 - 12:56:47 CDT