Re: Update on the OraGeeks' Oracle Programming Contest

From: Gregory Conron <gconron_at_hfx.andara.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 16:49:43 -0400
Message-Id: <10732.125893@fatcity.com>

On Fri, 05 Jan 2001, you wrote:
> <html><head></head><body>Hi everyone. 
> 
>
> I'm pleased to announce that our new Oracle programming contest called "Twenty-Somethings"
> is under way! We've already had over 75*very* interesting submissions, but
> we're looking for some more before this first round of our new semi-perpetual
> contest comes to a close. 
> 
>
> What are Twenty-Somethings you ask? It's a program, procedure, query, Etc.,
> written in Oracle SQL or PL/SQL  in twenty (20) lines of code or less. Programs
> will be judged on: 
> 

Shouldn't it be called 'teensomethings' since it is 20 lines or less (20somethings infers less than thirty, as 20 is not a twentysomething, it is twenty).
HTML email? On an email list for Oracle (which runs on many un*x platforms and thus the dba's often use non-html email clients)? For shame.

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Carry on,
GC

oh, and somebody should point out the subtle irony of using pseudo-html tags to being and end a nitpick :)
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