...Jared snaps, er synapse, on off topic. :-) Tesla... isn't he a descendant of Rambaldi? ;-)
If you want to get "religious" about human "intelligence" check this out: http://www.followersoframbaldi.org/index.html ;-) >conserving synapses is something I find inherantly distasteful. And I thought you liked good scotch. :-) BTW, I couldn't agree with you more on your Edison/Tesla observation. Tesla was amazing. OK, struggling to get my brain back on topic now... -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 11:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Orr, Steve Importance: High > Economize synapses... paste and execute in SQL*Plus. Sorry Steve, I can't do that. Two great figures from the 19th/20th centuries were Nicola Tesla and Thomas Edison, with Tesla having a clear edge in the intelligence department, while Edison was from the PT Barnum School of Business. Given an irregularly shaped object and asked to determine its volume, Edison would promptly drill a hole in it, get a container with lines measuring of the volume of liquid it contained, fill the container and thereby determine the objects volume. While Edison would be farting around, Tesla would measure the object, write down the measurements, then proceed to calculate the volume of the object. Tesla's methods scaled. Edison's didn't We have Tesla to thank for our electric power, not Edison, due to his thinking ability. He also invented radio. When Marconi built on Tesla's work and tried to patent it, he found Tesla had already visited the patent office. As Tesla is my idol, conserving synapses is something I find inherantly distasteful. Jared "Orr, Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/25/2002 08:03 AM Please respond to ORACLE-L > I had to ponder this for a few seconds. Economize synapses... paste and execute in SQL*Plus. -----Original Message----- Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 12:53 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L LOL! I had to ponder this for a few seconds. Good one Steve. Jared On Tuesday 18 June 2002 14:23, Orr, Steve wrote: > Here's a performance tuning query to help identify the problem: > > SELECT column_name "The problem is the..." > FROM dba_tab_columns > WHERE owner='SYS' > AND table_name = 'DUAL' > / > > :-) > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Orr, Steve INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
