Re: Signal to Noise Ration on DBDebunk Declining
From: BobTheDataBaseBoy <gnuoytr_at_rcn.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 19:24:58 -0500
Message-ID: <sMKdnfijobyYkw3cRVn-rg_at_rcn.net>
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> I never really had a chance to be enchanted, so I can't really be
> disenchanted.
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> The site was very appealing at first because of its promise of rigor, but
> the overall nastiness drove me away pretty quick, plus some rather bitter
> anti-religious stuff told me this is just
Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 19:24:58 -0500
Message-ID: <sMKdnfijobyYkw3cRVn-rg_at_rcn.net>
Kenneth Downs wrote:
> Marshall Spight wrote:
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>>Has anyone else noticed the signal to noise ration on dbdebunk.com >>declining over time? I used to think those guys were the coolest, >>but I'm disenchanted lately. They don't have as much substance >>as they seem to. Ex.: they're always going on and on about being >>formal and precise, but they don't in fact use any formal methods >>whatsoever. The closest they get is the BNF in TTM, but apparently >>that's never even been run through a parser generator, as it has >>bugs in it. Otherwise: no formal semantics, no proofs, nothing. >> >>Maybe my next book should be SQL for Smarties, 3rd ed. :-) >>At least I never hear Mr. Celko slamming Mr. Pascal, although >>he certainly has just cause. >> >> >>Marshall
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> I never really had a chance to be enchanted, so I can't really be
> disenchanted.
>
> The site was very appealing at first because of its promise of rigor, but
> the overall nastiness drove me away pretty quick, plus some rather bitter
> anti-religious stuff told me this is just
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> of us get over it after college.
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> I'm not sure Mr. Pascal is fully aware of his own motivations.
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