Re: Aaargh !!!! :o)

Norman Dunbar <Norman.Dunbar_at_lfs.co.uk> wrote in message news:<E2F6A70FE45242488C865C3BC1245DA7040E8CC5_at_lnewton.leeds.lfs.co.uk>...
> Morning Hans,
>
> >> - in Oracle you can: a) write external programs to interact with the
> database;
> >> b) write 'internal' programs to work inside the database space; c)
> have the
> >> external programs in 'a)' leverage these extension; d) extend the
> database by
> >> leveraging these internal programs; e) have external programs
> leverage the
> >> extended database; and f) have the extended database interact with
> external
> >> programs on it's own.
>
> <BEGIN RANT>
> Stop using 'leverage' - I'd rather set COMPRESS=Y on an exp tahn use
> leverage as a verb in a sentence !!!!! :o)
> The word is 'use' - why extend a three letter word just for the sake of
> it !
> That makes me soooooooo angry.
> <END RANT>
>
> Right having said that, I'm off round Billy's place for a coffeee :o)
>
> Cheers,
> Norm.

"Exploit" is far better than "leverage" or "utilize". It makes it seem like something or someone is being taken advantage of. ;)

I think that the game Scrabble (TM) should have more of the letter "Z", just to make things a bit more interesting.

Paul Received on Mon Aug 11 2003 - 09:34:07 CDT