Re: On what OLAP can and what OLAP can't - A little problem
Date: 12 Sep 2006 11:15:32 -0700
Message-ID: <1158084932.683419.64870_at_e63g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>
pamelafluente_at_libero.it wrote:
> David Cressey ha scritto:
> > On the subject of ignorance, I find that the more I learn, the more of my
> > own ignorance I become aware of.
> >
>
> What we know is such an insignificant part of what we don't that there
> is not even point
> to compare our ignorances.
Blah, blah...And the sky is blue and the fish swim...Go play philosophy
on comp.idophilosophybecauseIknowshitabuotdatamanagement.
> It more or less like whatching some ants down on the ground that are
> fighting to establish which one has a bigger penis.
If you think that people on this NG are necessarily doing nothing but
try to assert their manhood because they point out to you your
ignorance, you are learly delluding yourself. Moreover you are
insulting the people intent...
> I like to learn, even among insults and bashing. I just have an
> unstoppable desire to get everything I can, like a sponge ... even
> absorbing your soul, if I can ;)
You have been watching too many movies? This board is about discussing
seriously data management issues. Obviously, you are incapable of it
cause you refuse to admit your ignorance of data fundamentals...
> When you begin to start to think how good you are, you are just taking
> a photograph of your current state of ignorance and freeze it.
Have you noticed how ignorants have a tendancy to overgenerailzation...
> Computer world, and database theory is mostly intended for database
> which resides on computers, is growing so fast that just a little pause
> in keeping up turns you in an obsolete dinosaur...
Cookbook approach style...No substance whatsoever...If you think RM is
obsolete then
bring some arguments to justify that else just shut up...
> Also there are a lot of practical and programming related issues where
> theory and practice must often to reach a compromise...
Classical REAL WORLD vs THEORY argument...(heard that a zillion times)
Practice guided by ignorance leads to one thing and one thing only
which is failure of systems. It is because ignorants like you design
systems that we have to do compromises...
[Snipped BS]
>
> -P
Received on Tue Sep 12 2006 - 20:15:32 CEST