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

John Bartow jbartow at winhaven.net
Wed May 28 13:23:00 CDT 2014


Lol. Another good post James.

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Maybe the lesson that needs to be absorbed is:

Don't trust declarations from those who are not truly competent in the
facilities they are using.

Now that would also cover lots of politicians dealing with social support,
law finance, regulatory and enforcement organisations as opposed to oration.


JimB



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Lol. Good post Gary.

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos
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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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