Re: Databases as objects

"Marshall" <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com> wrote:

>On Dec 22, 7:01 am, kvnkrkpt..._at_gmail.com wrote:
>> I introduced myself to this group with a little parody
>> ...
>> At the time, I had a hard time understanding how certain members of CDT
>> failed to see right through it. In my mind, it was utterly transparent
>> baloney - how could it possibly be mistaken for anything but parody?
>
>Heh. I did the same thing on sci.math. There are so many nutjobs
>over there; it's amazing! So I wrote up a post in which I "proved"
>that every odd number except two and "infinity minus one" was
>prime. I thought it was a fairly clever use of absurdity, but my
>responses were mostly angry debunking. Turns out that when
>you're defending yourself from a tidal force of nonsense,
>parody becomes harder to recognize.

     It is a matter of competition in a tight market. The nonsense is another form of parody, unrecognised by the artist(e)s themselves. Humour is hard.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:

     I have preferences.
     You have biases.
     He/She has prejudices.