Path: newssvr20.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!news.glorb.com!wn52feed!worldnet.att.net!attbi_s53.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Marshall Spight" Newsgroups: comp.databases.theory References: <404c9b34$0$281$4d4ebb8e@read.news.nl.uu.net> Subject: Re: Is this bad design ? Lines: 33 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.5.186.86 X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-Trace: attbi_s53 1078996617 24.5.186.86 (Thu, 11 Mar 2004 09:16:57 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 09:16:57 GMT Organization: Comcast Online Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 09:16:57 GMT Xref: newssvr20.news.prodigy.com comp.databases.theory:24665 "Dawn M. Wolthuis" wrote in message news:c2o8i0$d2k$1@news.netins.net... > > The answer is in the fact that the users and computer professionals, it > sounds like opted to add a department value to the end of the last name for > search purposes. I couldn't parse that. > I can buy into the theme of Total depravity (T in TULIP of the Canons of > Dordt). I think this requires some background I don't have. > However, learning more about how our brains naturally organize data > could provide some useful insights, don't you think? It's not clear. Since we have not yet significantly begun such an effort, it's hard to say what fruit it might bear. My best guess is that brains organize information by growing new neural connections; I'm not sure how that will help us with data management. > Now go take some zinc, Marshall, and get rid of that cold! > smiles. --dawn Thank you for your concern! Marshall