Re: Storing derived and derivable data
From: paul c <toledobythesea_at_oohay.ac>
Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 23:20:33 GMT
Message-ID: <55R6g.127757$7a.73147_at_pd7tw1no>
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> I fixed the typo early this morning after seeing Marshall's post.
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> But those poor folks with the crappy data will pay you plenty to clean it
> up, there are whole industries that do this. The code will sooner or later
> be thrown away.
Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 23:20:33 GMT
Message-ID: <55R6g.127757$7a.73147_at_pd7tw1no>
Kenneth Downs wrote:
> paul c wrote:
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>>> >>>Marshall >>> >> >>I didn't catch the typo, but the whole first paragraph seems like >>wishful thinking. Lots of people know they have crappy data which was >>derived by crappy code.
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> I fixed the typo early this morning after seeing Marshall's post.
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> But those poor folks with the crappy data will pay you plenty to clean it
> up, there are whole industries that do this. The code will sooner or later
> be thrown away.
yeah, i had a feeling that the crappy idea of cleaning crappy data would crop up. not many in IT have the courage or scruples to tell the poor folks to just throw it all out.
p Received on Sat May 06 2006 - 01:20:33 CEST