Re: Impossible Database Design?
From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 22:08:08 GMT
Message-ID: <cx5cg.10840$A26.266354_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>
>>Bob Badour wrote:
>>
>>>Marshall wrote:
>>>
>>>>Regardless, a discrete representation is the only kind of
>>>>representation
>>>>possible with digital computers. You play the cards you're dealt.
>>>
>>>Marshall, if you are going to interact with the self-aggrandizing
>>>ignorants please take the time to call them on their bullshit.
>>
>>Geeze, I thought that was what I was doing. I knocked down
>>the complaint about needing to represent time as continuous,
>>since it's impossible, and provided the counter of how we
>>use a discrete representation of a subset of the reals, even
>>though the reals are continuous. I also knocked down the idea
>>of there being a problem with applying an order to any
>>arbitrary discrete domain.
Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 22:08:08 GMT
Message-ID: <cx5cg.10840$A26.266354_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>
David Cressey wrote:
> "Marshall" <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com> wrote in message > news:1148169765.938093.238990_at_i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... >
>>Bob Badour wrote:
>>
>>>Marshall wrote:
>>>
>>>>Regardless, a discrete representation is the only kind of
>>>>representation
>>>>possible with digital computers. You play the cards you're dealt.
>>>
>>>Marshall, if you are going to interact with the self-aggrandizing
>>>ignorants please take the time to call them on their bullshit.
>>
>>Geeze, I thought that was what I was doing. I knocked down
>>the complaint about needing to represent time as continuous,
>>since it's impossible, and provided the counter of how we
>>use a discrete representation of a subset of the reals, even
>>though the reals are continuous. I also knocked down the idea
>>of there being a problem with applying an order to any
>>arbitrary discrete domain.
> > Yes, but you weren't insulting about it, so Bob dind't recognize your > correction as such.
Frankly, that has absolutely nothing to do with what I wrote or why I wrote it.
I suggest you go back and re-read the parts Marshall omitted from his reply. Received on Mon May 22 2006 - 00:08:08 CEST