Re: All hail Bob!

From: JOG <jog_at_cs.nott.ac.uk>
Date: 21 Apr 2006 10:06:07 -0700
Message-ID: <1145639167.044180.14110_at_v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com>


Neo wrote:
> > The question then becomes, how do you confront someone's ignorance without being rude to the person?
>
> :) This is easy. Just demonstrate it. For example, if someone says the
> following data (ie judge example) is difficult in RMDBs but easy in Db
> for Dummies, just post the script to do the equivalent so that others
> including the dummy can verify it. Verification is the key.

Clearly it is not easy if the given person refuses to be receptive to the arguments presented to them.

http://members.aol.com/intwg/antiprocess.htm

As an example, you keep asking people to post SQL, when it is clear that the onus is not on others to refute you, but rather on you to convince them. If one cannot do this it should be back to the drawing board. Received on Fri Apr 21 2006 - 19:06:07 CEST

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