Re: The term "theory" as in "database theory"
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 09:41:46 -0500
Message-ID: <1169908935.222287_at_nntp.acecape.com>
Bernard Peek wrote:
> In message <1169836825.076438.178700_at_v45g2000cwv.googlegroups.com>, dawn
> <dawnwolthuis_at_gmail.com> writes
>>I have been working on a question related to the term "theory" and
>>decided I first should get a better idea of what this term means to
>>others. Below is the dictionary.com list of definitions. Which of the
>>following comes closest to the use of the term "theory" in this ng as
>>in "database theory", or is there another someone wants to provide?
>>Thanks in advance. --dawn
>
> It seems that you are approaching this from the wrong direction. The
> newsgroup's name is comp.databases.theory and it's up to each individual
> contributor to decide whether their posts are relevant. But they can be
> relevant to any plausible definition of the word. The word is a given.
> The meaning of the word is not.
>
This statement would probably get you an "A" in any post-WWII intro course to literary criticism.
-- Kenneth Downs Secure Data Software, Inc. (Ken)nneth_at_(Sec)ure(Dat)a(.com)Received on Sat Jan 27 2007 - 15:41:46 CET