Re: Dreaming About Redesigning SQL

"Mike Preece" <michael(at)preece(dot)net> wrote in message
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> dwolt(at)iserv(dot)net (Dawn M. Wolthuis) wrote in message
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> > Bob Badour" <bbadour(at)golden(dot)net> wrote in message
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> > > "Dawn M. Wolthuis" <dwolt(at)iserv(dot)net> wrote in message
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> > > > Thank you, Seun, for asking your question with a bit of logic and
not
> > > > gut-reaction emotional baggage (and for also asking a question of me
> > > > off-list so I could ramble). I'll try to make this more suscinct.
> > >
> > > With all due respect, Dawn, you are an idiot. That statement has
nothing to
> > > do with my viscera or with my emotions; I write it with complete
dispassion.
> > > You simply are an idiot, and Seun simply lacks sufficient education to
> > > recognize that fact from what you have written.
> >
> > Thanks for the clarification, Bob. What seemed like an emotional
> > outburst from me was actually a logically-derived statement regarding
> > my capacity then, right? If I were you, I might be just a tad bit
> > concerned that I have taught many engineers calculus and you are
> > flying on planes or driving over bridges they designed. Let's hope
> > they learned it well in spite of me, eh? smiles.
> > --dawn
> >
> > Dawn M. Wolthuis
>
> Dawn: I'm sure you're not an idiot.

Mike, you have expressed certainty contradicting the patently obvious
before. Your opinion is only a useful gauge insofar as you are wrong so much
more frequently than you are correct.