Re: A Normalization Question

"Marshall Spight" <mspight_at_dnai.com> wrote in message news:0CzHc.23237$WX.15287_at_attbi_s51...
> "VHarris001" <vharris001_at_aol.com> wrote in message
news:20040709084350.29796.00001157_at_mb-m18.aol.com...
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> > Why would it ever be necessary to change the 'r' in brown? If it was
necessary
> > to have another thing spelled 'clown,' shouldn't the correct approach be
to
> > create the new thing 'clown' in the thing table and point to the new
'thing?'
>
> Ah, but then the "lown" is still redundant, you see. Also, if
> terrorists take over the country and require us to kill all
> the clowns, we'll have an easy way to locate them all.
>
Yes, those terrorist streets and colors will still be identifiable. We can rest easy at last since thankfully they are all tied together as a single identifiable non-redundant terrorist object name. Hopefully streets and colors name 'brown' or 'clown' will get as much due process as the people named such.
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> Marshall
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- Dan Received on Fri Jul 09 2004 - 21:28:04 CEST