Re: RM VERY STRONG SUGGESTION 4: TRANSITION CONSTRAINTS
From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:51:54 -0300
Message-ID: <4c86de39$0$11833$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net>
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> That doesn't matter. There is no useful mapping unless it is recorded.
> Eg., there is not 'time' in a db unless it is recorded. Brian S has a
> mental block about this. (For the sake of newcomers, this needs to be
> repeated once in a while. We all have various mental blocks, but most
> of us stop harping about them after a while.)
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:51:54 -0300
Message-ID: <4c86de39$0$11833$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net>
paul c wrote:
> On 07/09/2010 3:14 PM, Reinier Post wrote:
>
>> Brian Seltzer wrote: >> >> [...] >> >>> There is a mapping from every tuple in a database to something in the >>> microworld that is being modeled, but more importantly, every tuple >>> maps to something that has a location in time if not also space. >> >> Where exctly is 'there'?
>
> That doesn't matter. There is no useful mapping unless it is recorded.
> Eg., there is not 'time' in a db unless it is recorded. Brian S has a
> mental block about this. (For the sake of newcomers, this needs to be
> repeated once in a while. We all have various mental blocks, but most
> of us stop harping about them after a while.)
Actually, the real question is: When exactly is 'there'? Received on Wed Sep 08 2010 - 02:51:54 CEST