RE: OT: cryptography speech

From: Christopher Spence <cspence_at_FuelSpot.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 07:23:33 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.0036D021.20010816071609@fatcity.com>

One good reason for this is:

What happens if it did put from there?

Now your going to write scripts, make that same mistake, the database is going to fix it for you.

Your going to port/share your scripts, and someone else's database won't be so helpful, they are not going to want to dig through the problem.

"Do not criticize someone until you walked a mile in their shoes, that way when you criticize them, you are a mile a way and have their shoes."

Christopher R. Spence
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Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 10:46 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Funny. I liked the self-referential acronym bit. I don't like computers (or computer languages or OSs) that "know" what I want to do but refuse to do it. An example from our own wonderful SQLPlus:

SQL> select table_name sys.dba_tables;
select table_name sys.dba_tables

ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00923: FROM keyword not found where expected

Now why doesn't it just put the "FROM" in and get on with it? It "knows" what's missing!! Is it doing this to embarrass and annoy me or am I just being paranoid (and if I'm going to be "nuts" I'd rather be paranoid than a single-noid).

                    "Ron Rogers"

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I am NOT the guy who beats up calculators. I might "slip stick" them a bit. Interesting concept. Almost like the "NorthStar" from american car monitoring and trying to control what you do. ROR mô¿ôm

>>> Jared.Still_at_radisys.com 08/15/01 06:43PM >>>

Well, if the subject didn't cause you to delete this message out of hand, you're in for a treat.

This is very funny, in a geeky sort of fashion. If you know anything at all about cryptography, you'll appreciate this.

http://www.conceptlabs.co.uk/alicebob.html

Jared

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