Re: Welcome to comp.databases.theory!
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 09:48:27 -0700
Message-ID: <LScmb.22$A85.230_at_news.oracle.com>
"Mike Preece" <michael_at_preece.net> wrote in message
news:1b0b566c.0310222344.720f1c11_at_posting.google.com...
> Comp.databases/theory is just a way of wasting perfectly good,
> valuable time that could be spent doing things that fight for a better
> database. Look at what I'm doing now. The probiblity that something of
> any good comes from this is roughtly Infinitey to 1 again st. Give or
> take. The only people who study database theory are people who know
> everything (e.g. me) and the only people who read about it are people
> with nothing better to do with their lives than sit in front of their
> computer like a piece of potato and wander aroung aimlessly in the
> Net. E.G. you. If you want to actually learn about databases then you
> should go to a source that doesn't have "Theory" on the cover. When
> you think about that, it's pretty stupid title for a news group.
It's a usenet. Participating in the heated noisy discusissions damages anybody's mental heath, c.d.t. folks included.
If you want some civilized answers, for god's sake, post some SQL puzzle that a group can solve, or ask a question what 3rd Normal Form is. There is a little respect for crystal ball salesmen here. Received on Fri Oct 24 2003 - 18:48:27 CEST