Re: In an RDBMS, what does "Data" mean?

In message <zpSdnckEYO7dVTHdRVn-sA_at_comcast.com>, Laconic2 <laconic2_at_comcast.net> writes
>
>> (The website I looked at said the precession was more like 540
>> arcseconds a year, but it also said there were 360 arcseconds in a
>> degree, so I think it has mislaid a few powers of ten somewhere :-)
>
>There are 3600 arcseconds in a degree.

Yup :-) 60 seconds times 60 minutes = 3600 seconds in a degree :-) I knew that.
>
>As far as the connection to this forum goes, I think the discussion in here
>reminds me more of the discussions between
>Simplicio, Salviati, and Sagredo in Galileo's writings.
>
>I can just hear Simplicio saying something like:
>
><quote>
>Aristotle's axioms are self evident, and his logic is irrefutable.
>Therefore his conclusions are correct.
>
>Therefore, if you report experimental observations that contradict his
>conclusions, then you are either lying or you have been misled by your
>infatuation with experimental observation.
>
>If you had the proper respect for your betters you would restrain yourself
>from making such rash claims, in contradiction of the wisdom of the
>ancients. And if you had proper training in philosophical thinking, you
>would be able to confirm Aritstotle's work for yourself, instead of all
>this nonsense about taking cannonball up to the top of a tower and dropping
>them.
>
></quote>
>
PERFECT! That's a quote I would have loved to have had available to me earlier :-)

Thanks.

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