Re: Lucid statement of the MV vs RM position?

From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 10:54:48 GMT
Message-ID: <YZ%5g.2549$A26.68483@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>

JOG wrote:

> dawn wrote:
>

>>[chop]
>>Not entities.  Entities are things.  It is a person, place, thing or
>>event.  Person, place, and event (e.g. transaction) are easy enough to
>>identify.  For things, if you cannot hit it with a stick or print it
>>out on paper, then think twice about whether it is an entity or a
>>property of an entity.

>
>
> No, this is way off base - with ERM Chen wrote extensively about
> associative entities for example, which are _exactly_ the sort of thing
> that cannot be hit with a stick. But I don't want to get sidetracked by
> this so hey, if the colour green as an abstract entity is too out
> there, fair enough. Just substitute in something more physical into
> those original statements - fruits for the colours for example, or
> perhaps academic papers:

Keep in mind the ignorant you address is utterly incapable of abstract reasoning. Even with the concrete examples, she doesn't stand a chance of ever grasping a clue. Received on Wed May 03 2006 - 05:54:48 CDT