Re: On Normalisation & the State of Normalisation

> On Wednesday, 4 February 2015 01:09:03 UTC+11, Derek Asirvadem wrote:
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> There is no point in "making it work" as is, via "superkeys" or popsicle sticks. The faults must be corrected first, following that "superkeys", etc, will not be an option.

What I find amazing is the kaleidoscope of alien patterns that people perceive when they don't have a clue what earthly patterns to look for. The task is to measure up the elephant and to determine that it is not deformed; not mutilated; if it is good enough to go into the circus. But people are finding one elephant tail hair here; a tree trunk there; a python in the front. Ok, that's pretty bad and I was going to leave. But to my absolute amazement, they have created, actually manifested, a very hirsute python with one hefty leg. Not only that, because they have a Complete Set of Tools for measuring such alien beasts, they can confirm that it is specifically the Venezuelan Eyeless variety and not the Mexican Hairless. Now the circus is much more interested in that, than an elephant that plays football.

Keep it coming, folks, this is good.

Please forgive me for providing drawings to the blind. It might seem like a sick prank, I really didn't mean to do it. I had no idea. I will see if I can get it printed in braille.

> AFAIC, the model fails, for a number of reasons, not identified by the readership thus far.

For those who are not distracted from their given task of measuring up an elephant, please keep the pressure up on that task.

Just to confirm, as per the detailed exchange with Jan, the company and I are using the established definition for 3NF, written in technical English, not the tiny fragmented non-definition written in gibberish or Swahili that they use to subvert it. We are well aware of the tricks that frauds use to represent deranged dwarves as able men, or a Venezuelan Eyeless as an elephant.

Cheers
Derek Received on Wed Feb 04 2015 - 05:49:55 CET