Andy Lacey
andy at minstersystems.co.uk
Tue Jul 19 00:56:36 CDT 2005
I agree. Sorry Arthur but this really is for OT. -- Andy Lacey http://www.minstersystems.co.uk > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of > John W. Colby > Sent: 19 July 2005 03:58 > To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' > Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Dearly Departed Databases (R.I.P.) > > > Hmmm.... Did this belong on this list (and subject)? Sounds > like OT to me. > > John W. Colby > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: > http://folding.stanford.edu/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of > Arthur Fuller > Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 10:48 PM > To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' > Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Dearly Departed Databases (R.I.P.) > > > I have been accused of Anti-Americanism more than once on > this channel, and objected to same... but that is all water > under the bridge. Consider the man called Lance. > > No matter what your ethnic-religious-political persuasion... > this is a MAN! (Even if you are a female, that does not > matter. Lance is a MAN for all of us to admire forever!) > > It is not steroids, nor politics, nor being white, nor > anything else. Lance is something special, like Gretzky, like > Schwarzenegger, like Fischer, like Mozart.... > > This kind of thing cannot be explained but only enjoyed! > Lance a Lot! A man that makes me, at least, feel profoundly > inadequate. I bicycle daily but fageddaboudit, I could not > dream of coming close. > > He is on some other planet of skill, courage, talent, and > desire ... Like Roger in tennis or Tiger in golf or Wayne in > hockey or Wolfgang in music... What explains this? I have no idea. > > All I know is that I love talent. Three years ago I bet a > close friend that Roger would be regarded as the best tennis > player of all time. I think I won that bet. Tiger just won > his 10th major, catching up with Jack...and he still has > about 30+ years to go. > > Looking at Lance, there is no one who would even take the bet. > > Maestro Reyes in 9-ball... Who would doubt that he is the > greatest 9-ball player who ever lived... Ask Corey Duel or > Earl the Pearl Strickland or Alex Pagulayan who is the best. > They will all answer Reyes! There is no question about this. > From time to time, Reyes may lose a match or even a > tournament, but that is not the issue. Reyes goes beyond > talent. So do Tiger, Wayne, Bobby and others in their > respective disciplines. > > I wish I lived on their planet. All I can do is admire from > the bleachers, try my best when playing and realize that I am > not even on the same planet > -- and recognize greatness when I see it. > > I have an eye for greatness. Four years ago I predicted > Justine and Roger and Corey and Alex. I can see them coming. > I wish that I could play them, but that is not the case. What > I can do well is spot the newcomers. I have an eye for > greatness. I would have preferred to be great, but that is > not what happened. I will settle for recognition of > greatness. There are worse fates. > > I wish I could play to their level but sadly all I can do is > see them coming. Alex Pagulayan will win the world > championship within two years. Trust me. This will occur in a > beautiful handing-off of the crown, when Reyes acknowledges > that Pagulayan won fair and square. There will be no > humiliation, just the transfer of the crown. I will pay you a > dollar if I am wrong. > > Since I have ventured such arrogance, why stop now? The > principal problem with 9-ball is the fluke-on-break rule. I > propose a radical change in the rules, guaranteed to piss off > the television broadcasters but f**k them. > > My new rules for 9-ball: > Anything that falls off the break does not count unless you > called it (i.e. 3-ball in the lower left corner (7-o'clock > position); Four balls must hit a rail or a ball sinks, else > ball in hand; > > In short, make the game like snooker. F**k the TV sponsors. > You call a ball off the break and if it goes in, you keep > shooting. If not, or if any other ball goes in, it is my shot. > > This would cause breaks like those in snooker, which in my > opinion would elevate the game MILES. Of course that is just > my opinion, and I recognize that others would prefer that > this not become a game of skill. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of > Kathryn Bassett > Sent: July 18, 2005 7:11 PM > To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' > Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Dearly Departed Databases (R.I.P.) > > LOL - my husband might object. Actually, I'm one of the "old" > ones on the list. Just had my 57th birthday, and Dave had his > 60th in May. > > -- > Kathryn Rhinehart Bassett (Pasadena CA) > "Genealogy is my bag" "GH is my soap" > kathryn at bassett.net > http://bassett.net > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of > > Arthur Fuller > > Sent: 18 Jul 2005 3:41 pm > > To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' > > Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Dearly Departed Databases (R.I.P.) > > > > Oh Kathryn, I had no idea you were as old as I. Do you want > to have an > > affair? LOL! > > > > Arthur the Ancient > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >