. . . and trust me, giving them a device that will tell them when they are stressed is about as useful as taping a stethoscope to their chest so they can check whether their heart is beating.
You're right, but I can phase your response more succinct way:
Strategy flows from mission. If you think you understand your school's ICT mission, write it down. Stare at it.
If you agree with the mission, read the revised strategy document and see if it supports and advances that mission. If it does, say so. If it doesn't, say what needs to change so it does.
If you don't agree with the mission, say so, but prepare to be ignored (unless you are a signifigant shareholder at your institution.)
If you don't understand what the mission is, tackle that before you contribute to strategy.
. ..Which in turn means that those indexes would be excellent candidates for use by the optimizer when the query only references columns that are part of the index keys.
In other words, the index "covers" the query and allows us to efficiently extract the needed values from those densely packed index pages with few I/Os.
The "smartass pun" part of my brain operates quite independantly from the "relational database knowledge" part.
I appreciate your thoughtful comments. I agree that Keen is correct about *some* of the issues that the new media creates.
The difficulty is his proposed solution: we should all agree to defer to the opinions some "elite" group whose education, class and taste make them worthy to tell the rest of us what to like.
I decline.
His solution is worse than offensive. . . it's GOOFY. It can't be done.
It's not really a solution at all. It's just a yearning for how he thinks things used to be, and he's wrong about that, too.
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. . . and trust me, giving them a device that will tell them when they are stressed is about as useful as taping a stethoscope to their chest so they can check whether their heart is beating.
Day traders are *always* stressed. Always.
You're right, but I can phase your response more succinct way:
Strategy flows from mission. If you think you understand your school's ICT mission, write it down. Stare at it.
If you agree with the mission, read the revised strategy document and see if it supports and advances that mission. If it does, say so.
If it doesn't, say what needs to change so it does.
If you don't agree with the mission, say so, but prepare to be ignored (unless you are a signifigant shareholder at your institution.)
If you don't understand what the mission is, tackle that before you contribute to strategy.
I wonder what the scores are for "The Streets of San Francisco" or "The FBI".
I'm sure that "The Fugitive" is the highest of the bunch!
My girlfriend said "Kiss me where it stinks", so I drove her to Detroit.
. . . in his classic work "On the Origin of Feces".
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It won't take long for kids to find a safe spot at the public library to hide their phone for a few hours after school.
My suggestion: Stash it behind "Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke" (Dewey Decimal number: 920)
". . .to install a power plant fueled entirely by whiskey by-products."
How cool. . . a power plan fueled by vomit!
. . .Which in turn means that those indexes would be excellent candidates for use by the optimizer when the query only references columns that are part of the index keys.
In other words, the index "covers" the query and allows us to efficiently extract the needed values from those densely packed index pages with few I/Os.
The "smartass pun" part of my brain operates quite independantly from the "relational database knowledge" part.
Minor correction to your post: It actually refers to parsing the leaf level (the lower ridge) of a B (binary) tree.
Or (to put it more concisely):
A parse-ridge in a pair tree.
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... let's just say I wouldn't be holding my breath waiting for the space elevator."
Actually, you only need to hold your breath waiting for the ride DOWN.
Parrots can't drive.
"When in this position what do you folks usually do?"
I usually start looking for a new job.
What did one mushroom say to the other mushroom?
"You look like a real fungi."
I appreciate your thoughtful comments. I agree that Keen is correct about *some* of the issues that the new media creates.
The difficulty is his proposed solution: we should all agree to defer to the opinions some "elite" group whose education, class and taste make them worthy to tell the rest of us what to like.
I decline.
His solution is worse than offensive. . . it's GOOFY. It can't be done.
It's not really a solution at all. It's just a yearning for how he thinks things used to be, and he's wrong about that, too.
All you ever need to know about Andrew Keen can determined by reading this post at his blog:
http://andrewkeen.typepad.com/akfiles/eleven.htm
Then read Justin's post, and the accompanying comments, at classicalvalues.com:
http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives/2006/04/andrew_keen_sto.html
. . .I won't have to get out of my comfy chair, will I?
". . .and no, they don't have the right to prevent the rest of us from playing what we want."
Yet.
Let's fight 'em!
Try running the word "smegma" through a search engine.
"So why can't I buy human cheese? And don't say it's for the same reason I can't buy platypus cheese."
You can buy human cheese! "The Lawrence Welk Show" is available on DVD from many fine retail outlets!
Time to get DOWN!
Maybe an airline strike?