Re: Impossible Database Design?

From: Alfredo Novoa <alfredo_novoa_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 18 May 2006 03:25:39 -0700
Message-ID: <1147947938.967644.265830@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>

Bob Badour wrote:

>>>It also
>>>uses a "Chronons" (discrete points of time) model for temporal data,
>>>which is rejected by virtually all of the temporal database academics
>>>because it fails to model time as a continuum.

>Can you think of any better evidence that Joe is a self-aggrandizing
>ignorant who wouldn't recognize logic if it bit him on the ass?

Indeed, virtually all the temporal database research is based on discrete models.

In fact, there are quantum theory models which propose that time (like distance) is discrete. The the smallest possible measurement of time is known as Planck time, roughly: 5.391 10-44 sg.

But in most practical situations, miliseconds are more than enough.

Regards
Alfredo Received on Thu May 18 2006 - 05:25:39 CDT