Path: dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu!spool.maxwell.syr.edu!drn.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.glorb.com!newspeer.tds.net!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-06!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: Gene Wirchenko Newsgroups: comp.databases.theory Subject: Re: Database design, Keys and some other things Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 11:23:47 -0700 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: Reply-To: Gene Wirchenko References: <1127753043.539728.165710@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1127753335.528946.79940@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> <1127914716.567410.120030@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> <1127954152.036051.278410@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> <1127973815.601819.70770@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1127993601.169825.146750@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1128006072.359969.299630@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1128014625.276871.42390@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 2.0/32.652 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Lines: 26 Xref: dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu comp.databases.theory:33773 On 29 Sep 2005 10:23:45 -0700, "JOG" wrote: >I will try and reply civilly in spite of the vitriol. > >> You ride in here on King Milindi's chariot, make some >> vague ominous claims about set theory bolstered only by trite >> anecdotes about "identity", ignore my efforts to engage you, >> and at the first sign of my impatience, start in with the >> personal attacks? And you call *me* "unconstructive?" So far >> I rate your contribution to the newsgroup as negative. If you >> want a "database theory discussion" then you have to actually >> have one. > >No, I said your last post was unconstructive, which it plainly was. It was? How did I miss that, if it really was so plain? Rather, I find Marshall's posts to be generally quite clear and useful. [snip] Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko