Re: Lessons (was Re: Objects and Relations)
From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 23:22:34 GMT
Message-ID: <_0rBh.7431$R71.110893_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>
>
>
> 1. Expression bias was and is the source of much of my daily
> annonyance.
>
> 2. Expression bias was a huge problem for me even before I
> knew it's name.
>
> 3. Many unfortunate souls suffering under the yoke of
> expression bias likewise do not know what it is.
>
> 4. It's difficult and time consuming to distinguish a crank
> from an elite troll.
>
> 5. Contrary to what I had been told before (by a former IBM
> colleague no less) DBMSs are useful, in theory.
>
> 6. Somewhere out there is a revolutionary DBMS technology
> (TRM) as revolutionary as the multi-stage rocket. Sadly,
> it's not available, nobody knows when it will be, and
> those who know it's details won't leak the "secrets".
>
> Lessons reinforced:
>
> 6. VI have infected all the land and all walks of life.
>
> 7. Vast public resources are wasted on VI and BS.
>
> 8. Out of arrogance, many stupid people lazily dismiss the
> giants that came before them as ignorant.
>
> 9. Human arrogance wastes vast resources.
>
> What big questions remain unanswered in your mind?
>
> 1. When and who will provide us with an OS based on a
> relational file-system (that works well)?
>
> 2. Please, please when will we have an industrial strength,
> implemented, relational programming language?
>
> 3. If we develop a theory unifying bearing and probability,
> will it yield tools better able to express and analyze
> ignorance?
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 23:22:34 GMT
Message-ID: <_0rBh.7431$R71.110893_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>
Keith H Duggar wrote:
>>What lessons have you learned that you might want to >>relay?
>
>
> 1. Expression bias was and is the source of much of my daily
> annonyance.
>
> 2. Expression bias was a huge problem for me even before I
> knew it's name.
>
> 3. Many unfortunate souls suffering under the yoke of
> expression bias likewise do not know what it is.
>
> 4. It's difficult and time consuming to distinguish a crank
> from an elite troll.
>
> 5. Contrary to what I had been told before (by a former IBM
> colleague no less) DBMSs are useful, in theory.
>
> 6. Somewhere out there is a revolutionary DBMS technology
> (TRM) as revolutionary as the multi-stage rocket. Sadly,
> it's not available, nobody knows when it will be, and
> those who know it's details won't leak the "secrets".
>
> Lessons reinforced:
>
> 6. VI have infected all the land and all walks of life.
>
> 7. Vast public resources are wasted on VI and BS.
>
> 8. Out of arrogance, many stupid people lazily dismiss the
> giants that came before them as ignorant.
>
> 9. Human arrogance wastes vast resources.
>
> What big questions remain unanswered in your mind?
>
> 1. When and who will provide us with an OS based on a
> relational file-system (that works well)?
>
> 2. Please, please when will we have an industrial strength,
> implemented, relational programming language?
>
> 3. If we develop a theory unifying bearing and probability,
> will it yield tools better able to express and analyze
> ignorance?