Re: A Normalization Question

"Alan" <not.me_at_uhuh.rcn.com> wrote:

>"Gene Wirchenko" <genew_at_mail.ocis.net> wrote in message
>news:a85bg0t05j430skhh2mbcrmhpolff1s42o_at_4ax.com...
>> Hugo Kornelis <hugo_at_pe_NO_rFact.in_SPAM_fo> wrote:

[snip]

>> >Have you ever tried storing a real person in a computer? Did (s)he fit?
>> >Did (s)he object to your attempts? Of course you didn't. Instead, you use
>> >the persons' name as a reference to the person - names can be stored in a
>> >computer, persons can't.
>>
>> You need a mainframe for that sort of storage.
>>
>> [snip]

>You need a really old mainframe, like a UNIVAC IV. Although there is room
>for a person, it does get a little hot inside the CPU.

     Please remember that this is comp.databases.THEORY. Your quibble is over an IMPLEMENTATION detail.

     I recall reading of a mainframe (CPU only, I think) that was arranged in such a way that there was room inside. This was for an office (for the FE?).

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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