Re: The horse race
From: Frank Hamersley <terabitemightbe_at_bigpond.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 06:11:27 GMT
Message-ID: <jmcLf.14248$yK1.4705_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au>
>>Bob Hairgrove <invalid_at_bigfoot.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 10:56:13 +0100, Bob Hairgrove
>>><invalid_at_bigfoot.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Relations are not sorted at all.
>>
>>But when they are,
>>the sort or result of the sort is by definition no
>>longer the - relation?
>>
>>Doesn't that just strike you as mere semantics? A relation is unsorted
>>because by definition any sort attribute - isn't?
>
> Troll. *plonk*
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 06:11:27 GMT
Message-ID: <jmcLf.14248$yK1.4705_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au>
Bob Hairgrove wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 15:22:08 -0800, Mark Johnson > <102334.12_at_compuserve.com> wrote: >
>>Bob Hairgrove <invalid_at_bigfoot.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 10:56:13 +0100, Bob Hairgrove
>>><invalid_at_bigfoot.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Relations are not sorted at all.
>>
>>But when they are,
> > They aren't!! >
>>the sort or result of the sort is by definition no
>>longer the - relation?
>>
>>Doesn't that just strike you as mere semantics? A relation is unsorted
>>because by definition any sort attribute - isn't?
>
> Troll. *plonk*
We should deed poll you to Bob Hairtrigger ;-)
After numerous posts I have reached the same conclusion - either ...
(a) Troll, or
(b) Crackhead (which might explain the sustained posting rate and
incoherency).
Cheers, Frank. Received on Thu Feb 23 2006 - 07:11:27 CET