[AccessD] [dba-OT] Why You Shouldn't Use Spreadsheets For Important Work

Lol. Good post Gary.

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 9:14 PM
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Subject: Re: [AccessD] [dba-OT] Why You Shouldn't Use Spreadsheets For
Important Work

And so WHY exactly shouldn't we trust them?  I never got that. Because shit
is in there that could be fucked up?  Just like ANY freaking program.  What
a crock.

There are ways of testing spreadsheets. No doubt spreadsheets get misused.
But to say all spreadsheets are evil is not right at all either.

Here's a one word tip.  Crossfoot.

GK

GK


On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 8:50 PM, <aclawhon at hiwaay.net> wrote:

> I haven't read this (yet), but it looks like an economics professor 
> has written a book advancing a hypothesis that all us wage slaves are 
> doomed to misery and poverty while the folks who own and control 
> capital will eventually own and control everything.  (I suppose this 
> is the long overdue update of "Das Capital" by Karl Marx.)
>
> The only problem with this professor's theory is that he relied on 
> erroneous error-plagued spreadsheet data to support his "facts" and 
> conclusions.
>
>   http://science.slashdot.org/story/14/05/27/220202/why-you-
> shouldnt-use-spreadsheets-for-important-work
>
> Susan, maybe you can insert a chapter (or a few pages) into your 
> upcoming Excel book warning people not to get too infatuated with 
> spreadsheets.  (I wonder why articles like this aren't more prevalent 
> about the misuse and/or misinterpretation of data generated from 
> databases?)
>
> Positive Alan of Huntsville
>
>
>


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