Re: Temporal database - no end date

From: Marshall <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com>
Date: 20 Jan 2007 23:40:13 -0800
Message-ID: <1169365213.677859.77160_at_a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>


On Jan 20, 6:28 pm, "DBMS_Plumber" <paul_geoffrey_br..._at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> Bob Badour wrote:
> > No, I don't think his deficit relates to transmission. I think it
> > relates more to comprehension and to reasoning.
>
> Bob!
>
> FOR THE FOURTH TIME!
>
> WHAT is the Mean Time To Failure in the example I gave, given the DDL
> temporal model? 0 'chronons'/'time quanta'? 1 'chronons'/'time quanta'?
> What?
>
> It's a REALLY simple example. It's a REALLY simple question.
>
> What is wrong with the question? What is incomplete in my
> understanding?
>
> There is no issue of comprehension here. No issue of reasoning.
>
> There is simple ignorance.
>
> You haven't read the book, have you? And you're content to call other
> people "imbiceles" for commenting on it.

We can hear you just fine. YOU DON'T HAVE TO YELL.

As near as I can tell, Bob has already addressed any points your example brings up. What exactly are you thinking you're proving by asking the question of what the average of 1, 1, 1, 1, and 0 is? The average is 0.8.

Marshall Received on Sun Jan 21 2007 - 08:40:13 CET

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