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Fabian Pascal Reacts
Kardamon writes "Fabian Pascal reacts on the recent Slashdot discussion about SQL, XML, and the Relational Database Model, both on DBAzine and on his own web site Database Debunkings. An Open Source implementation of his ideas and those of C.J. Date and Hugh Darwen is REL."
Like the rest of us? Is he too good for it?
and this means what to us?
Check it out, it works http://www.
Get a real name freak.
I mention this to point out that because I actually lived in a communist state, ...
I was convinced that this guy was a total jackass.
At the same time he both embraces and denounces academic pretension. You know--the whole basis of an academe is that you can study things without necessarily being there (for example, I wasnt in the 15th century, but I know about columbus). So, to discount those who haven't been there as therefore not worthy of opinions is basically discounting the whole basis for yours and every other PhD--which is fine--if you then dont go to flaunt your PhD! (note: not to say that academics shouldnt try to 'get their hands dirty' in the field where they can--but to discount academics or whoever he's discounting because they didn't have his prepubescent experiences in "a dark corner of the ex ussr" before the age of 13 is simply pretensious, ad-hominem bullshit that kept me from reading the rest of his PhD political science genius rant.
By starting article with a quote from Chomsky, he warns off the thinking man not to even bother reading on.
I've never heard a gayer name.
Does Fabian Pascal smell? with a name like that , I assume there must be a "French Connection". I'm in no way saying that he does smell, I just want to raise awareness of the issue. Maybe he could use this comment for his quote of the week.
No, they don't.