If I could remember the names and numbers of millions of girlfriends simultaneously, I could still call any of them faster myself. Having a secretary to keep track of my dates and remind me when special occasions come up is also useful. Either way, I'm a pretty happy guy...
;) -----Original Message----- From: SIMICRO ML [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 1:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Advantages of Using SQL ? Peter Nixon wrote: > On Tue August 5 2003 06:37, Evren Yurtesen wrote: > Its like saying that example B is faster than example A in the following > scenario: > > A) You need to call your girlfriend. You know her number, so you dial it and > talk to her. > > B) You need to call your girlfriend, You don't know her number so you call > your secretary and ask her to look it up in the phone book. Your secretary > looks up the number, calls you back and give it to you, then you call your > girlfriend. > > Which do you thing is faster?? Bzzzt. WRONG ANSWER. Just because the phone > book has a great, wonderfully efficient index, and your secretary is very > good at using it, doesn't mean that it's faster than having the number in > your own head.... ... and what if you had _millions_ of girlfriends :-D @+ -- DouRiX [PLEBISCITE, n. A popular vote to ascertain the will of the sovereign. -- Ambrose Bierce] - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html
