Re: The wisdom of the object mentors (Was: Searching OO Associations with RDBMS Persistence Models)

From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 16:34:36 GMT
Message-ID: <wAjfg.15560$A26.362212_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>


Robert Martin wrote:

> On 2006-05-30 16:36:38 -0500, Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca> said:
>

>> Tony Andrews wrote:
>>
>>> Bob Badour wrote:
>>>
>>>> Tony Andrews wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Considering the use of so many button-pushingly ludicrous statements
>>>>> such as "a DBMS is a bucket of bits" and "swapped out for another at a
>>>>> whim", do you not think perhaps Mr Martin was teasing (or goading) 
>>>>> you?
>>>>
>>>> Are you suggesting that makes Mr. Marin any less of an idiot?
>>>
>>> Maybe - if it means he doesn't actually believe something as
>>> mind-bendingly stupid as it suggests he believes.  However, in that
>>> case it was somewhat foolish of him not to signal that he was joking
>>> via an emoticon or whatever, even if perhaps he thought it would be
>>> obvious.  I haven't read enough of his posts to know for sure.
>>
>> So, in your view it is not idiotic to post something mind-bendingly 
>> stupid as long as one doesn't believe what one posts? What is your 
>> word for it? Mischievous? I would call it idiotic. A mischievous idiot 
>> is still an idiot.

>
> Gentlement, gentlement. I deeply appreciate the long and arduous
> discussions of my idiocy. However, I think they might be boring to many
> of the other attendees here.
>
> Thank you for your support.

With all due respect, what on earth makes you think anything you write is the least bit interesting? Received on Wed May 31 2006 - 18:34:36 CEST

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