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Subject: RE: select * from astro where black_hole_count(blob_picture)>1
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 17:03:45 -0700
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There are projects which take pictures of the sky, and  make them into  movies.  You then watch the movies to see if everything is moving as expectd.  If not, you've got some  'splaining to do.  

Ian MacGregor
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
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-----Original Message-----
From: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Nuno Souto
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Subject: Re: select * from astro where black_hole_count(blob_picture)>1

Leandro Guimaraes Faria C. Dutra apparently said,on my timestamp of 9/08/2005 
4:46 AM:
> 
>>>        Can one actually take a picture of a black hole?!
>>it's a NULL.;-)
>         Yeah, it's context-dependent!

I find that multi-valued.

>>but at least it's not case sensitive.;-)
>         I hope there's not antimatter and relativity involved... I nearly
> flunked high school physics.

Physics was always a relative to me:
an uncle was a professor of the stuff.

-- 
Cheers (tongue firmly planted in cheek)
Nuno Souto
in sunny Sydney, Australia
dbvision@iinet.net.au
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