Re: Career questions: databases

From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 13:03:22 -0300
Message-ID: <468a7333$0$4341$9a566e8b@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] Received on Tue Jul 03 2007 - 11:03:22 CDT