Re: Demo: Modelling Cost of Travel Paths Between Towns

"Alan" <alan_at_erols.com> wrote:

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>Congratulations!!!!! You have managed to answer the age old question, "What
>is the sound of one hand clapping?"
>
>Ok, how would Xdb2 handle these questions:
>
>What if there were no rhetorical questions?

     Um, well. Never mind.

>Are we there yet?

     No.

>If Alice does not fall down the rabbit hole, can Dorothy get back to Kansas?

     Sure.

>Suppose an alien came and took Neo away. Is Neo coming back?

     We can hope. He did last time. That might not have been an alien who took him away though.

>If an alien decides to rename red to green, green to yellow, and yellow to
>red, what color is inside a refrigerator?

     It depends on the pizza. Peppers alone could complicate the answer.

>There once was a man name Bright, who could travel faster than light. If he
>went out one day in a "realtive" way, did he come back the previous night?

     Probably, though maybe not from his relative trip.

>Is the statement, "I think, therefore I am" a)true, b)not true, or, c)if I
>don't know, how can I ask?

     I will go with true. Note that it does not require that you think in order to exist. Many take advantage of this.

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>
>The point is, it is very easy to create imaginary scenarios having nothing
>to do with reality that can or cannot be solved by a given solution (in this
>case DB system or model). It ultimately proves absolutely null, er, I mean
>nothing. I think.

          ^^^^^^^
     Therefore?

     Thank you for an entertaining post.

     It just is not fair.  We post the humour, and yet it is Neo who

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:

     I have preferences.
     You have biases.
     He/She has prejudices.