Re: Two examples of semi structured data.

From: mAsterdam <mAsterdam_at_vrijdag.org>
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 19:44:55 +0200
Message-ID: <4140969a$0$25965$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl>

Kenneth Downs wrote:

> Laconic2 wrote:

>>I never really wanted to learn anything about either the registry or
>>cookies. In both cases, I was forced into it by people who wanted to
>>control the desktop machine I had purchased with my own money. In some
>>cases, they felt they were acting on my behalf, doing what I would
>>approve
>>if only I were as smart as they are. In other cases, it was a deliberate
>>attempt to control my eyeballs and eardrums against my will.

> 
> Since nobody else has tossed in this off-topic comment, I will: That's why
> my desktops and servers run Linux.  My computers are my property and they
> run only what I wish them to run.

LFS: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/

> We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread.

Just 2 Eurocents: The "information principle" (Codd, rephrased by Date) also has this
honest, open ring of "I want to be able
to know my stuff" to me. Received on Thu Sep 09 2004 - 12:44:55 CDT