Re: Career questions: databases

"Bob Badour" <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:468a7333$0$4341$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net...
> Bruce C. Baker wrote:
>
>> "dreamznatcher" <tashfeenmahmud_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1183454132.291334.241840_at_e9g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>>On Jul 3, 6:38 am, "Bruce C. Baker" <b..._at_undisclosedlocation.net>
>>>wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>>>Since you're mentioning the benefits of western European inventions
>>>and ideas, read above, and once again, check out a good library.
>>>Points to ponder: Jesus Christ was not white and actually Asian. Even
>>>today children from the Indian subcontinent are taught to count with
>>>their fingers differently than most parts of the world; but that's
>>>only because they discovered the decimal system, not to mention matrix
>>>algebra and the concept of zero in mathematics.
>
> More importantly, what are they doing with those inventions today? How are
> they using them to create large unified societies or to increase
> productivity for raising living standards?
>
> [snip]

For the benefit of those following this thread, Bob is actually responding to /dreamznatcher's/ post.

Bob, I'm sure you didn't mean to put dreamznatcher's words in my mouth, but please be more careful in your future posts. Received on Tue Jul 03 2007 - 18:17:42 CEST