Re: Nulls, integrity, the closed world assumption and events
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 02:15:32 +0000
Message-ID: <854gr290oj51dn70qnh6g0ouos2hidb1je_at_4ax.com>
On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 18:07:32 -0800, Gene Wirchenko <genew_at_ocis.net>
wrote:
>Lemming <thiswillbounce_at_bumblbee.demon.co.uk> wrote:
Observation, and personal experience. But yes, it's a generalisation,
and the problem with generalisations is that there are (almost[1])
always exceptions.
> I have left a forum due to bullying by another. I did not make a
>
>[snip]
>
>>There are two rules of usenet which I have never yet seen broken.
>>
>>1) Nobody ever leaves a group because of what someone else says; they
>>only ever leave because of what *they* say. (Or because the group has
>>no value to them, but that's another story.)
>
> How would you know?
>production of it. I simply left, and it most certainly was due to my
>treatment by another. His remarks were way past simple rudeness.
So have I; although when I look back my own responses to my
attacker(s) were more likely the real reason I left.
>>2) People who claim that although they are a "lone voice crying in the
Oh, come on; you know I'm right (exceptions notwithstanding, as
>>wilderness" but have lots of people emailing them in support are
>>liars.
>
> Again, how would you know?
>>OTOH: keep fighting your corner. You've got an opinion, share it.
>>You might even be right. But *please* don't resort to troll tactics
>>like claiming fictitious, off-group "supporters". It's transparent
>>and crass.
>
> Trolling is about all she does. (We are talking years here.) I
>finally killfiled her and have enjoyed the improvement. My killfile
>is set to mark her messages read, so if I decide to check out a post,
>I can. So far, what I have seen in quoted material leads me to
>believe that my killfiling decision came later than it should have.
I dunno. What's the real problem? Is it that she promotes a non-relational database model in a general database theory group which happens to be over-populated with RM practitioners?
Lemming
-- Curiosity *may* have killed Schrodinger's cat. [1] Hey, if every rule has an exception, then so does this one. Right?Received on Thu Jan 25 2007 - 03:15:32 CET