Re: the two questions

Re. the previous post, I seem utterly incapable of remembering to login. I obviously blame google for this and not myself.

On Nov 27, 5:17 pm, paul c <toledobythe..._at_ooyah.ac> wrote:
> JOG wrote:
>
> ...
>
> > This time I agree with you (although I did have to look up what
> > 'haeccity' meant) - it is often the case that the identifier we need
> > isn't available to us (I mean we can't often check a butterflies dna
> > right...).
> > ...
>
> In my more lucid moments I fancy I can discern the gist or essence of a
> db design (okay, let the mystics call it application model if they want
> and pretend that a db somehow contains "entities" as long as the
> pretense makes them feel better and doesn't distort what the user really
> needs) but "haecceity"? Eg., the haicceity of a database entity? Give
> me a break!

Surely the test should be whether it is possible to repeat the phrase fluently after half a bottle of scotch. I personally think 'haeceity' is in a lot of trouble... ;)

>
> As Ounslow would say, "nice"! Apparently
>
> http://www.thefreedictionary.com/haecceity
>
> gives a synonym - "quiddity". I would have guessed that had something
> to do with being flush, money-wise but it seems it has more to with
> obfuscation!
>
> I guess some people will forever want to chase butterflies.
Received on Wed Nov 28 2007 - 02:15:55 CET