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Old September 29th, 2005, 02:14 PM
BruceM
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You yourself disparage the education and experience of others when it
runs
contrary to your preferences.


Show me where I have disparaged 'education and experience' for holding
an informed opinion contrary to mine and I'll issue an overdue apology.
(You know I'm really not Joe Celko, don't you g?)


Maybe "disparage" was the wrong word, but "You don't understand what PK
means" (and words to that effect) is probably not an effective way of trying
to win an experienced Access person to your viewpoint. Tends to come across
as "You don't know what you're talking about".

Did you ever try to test a 'point of view' to see if it would stand up?


Yes.

This is the basis of scientific testing (Popper's falsification): you
don't test your hypothesis ('All swans are white') directly; rather you
test your null hypothesis ('Some swans are not white') and if the null
hypothesis can be proven then you must reject your hypothesis.

I'm not familiar with Popper, but I recognize the logic. Trouble is, it
seems to me, there is a subjective element when the discussion turns to
which of two systems is better. Faster (and maybe More Efficient) are
testable, but may not be significant in the real world. In the absence of
detectable (by humans) differences between two systems, "faster" becomes
rather abstract. In the computer hardware world, one type of architecture
or BIOS configuration or whatever may be faster, but with a performance
difference that is undetectable for most purposes. Since I don't do video
editing or Auto CAD or processor-intensive things like that, I don't care.
I won't bother to upgrade or reconfigure for my purposes.

And BruceM, you are the most fun person round these parts. You listen
with an open mind, you respond and you have a voice. Big respect to
you, too.

You are an interesting character, I'll say that for you. Thank you for your
kind words. Peace.