Hann's Law
From: David Cressey <dcressey_at_verizon.net>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 11:47:03 GMT
Message-ID: <X2n%g.7970$gZ2.5000_at_trndny07>
I've been misspelling your name. I've been writing it as "Roy Hamm". Just a simple error, no hidden message.
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 11:47:03 GMT
Message-ID: <X2n%g.7970$gZ2.5000_at_trndny07>
I've been misspelling your name. I've been writing it as "Roy Hamm". Just a simple error, no hidden message.
The reason I want to get your name right is that I want to attribute to you one of the great sayings of all time in information science. The phrase is "make of it what you will." I'm gonna call this Hann's law.
It originally arose in one of the many discussions of nulls, where it's particularly apropos. But I find it's useful in more contexts than that.
This is right up there with Spight's law: sooner or later, you are going to need a database. Received on Tue Oct 24 2006 - 13:47:03 CEST