Re: Temporal database - no end date

JOG wrote:

> Given there is physical limit to the smallest point of time we can
> record, constrained by planck length, I cannot see how the fact that
> time may be an infinitely divisible continuum has any relevancy to
> databases.
>
> A chronon governed by this quantum of length is the ultimate point of
> whatever we as users can ever possibly require, and hence is sufficient
> to model any temporal proposition we can ever record, nevermind the
> ones which are actually practical considerations.
>
> Someone convince me the opposite, otherwise I condemn this debate to
> alt.inapplicable.philosophy.

Haven't you figured out that the very best Joe can ever aspire to achieve is alt.inapplicable.philosophy ? He belongs in your twit filter. Received on Sat Jan 20 2007 - 08:20:04 CST