Porter, Mark
MPorter at acsalaska.com
Fri Aug 13 15:44:01 CDT 2004
Some would beg to differ... www.flat-earth.org Mark > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of > Arthur Fuller > Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 11:50 AM > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' > Subject: RE: [AccessD] Naming Conventions > > > Ah but the world is not round, except in the vaguest sense. > Certainly it > is more round than flat, but actually it's shaped more like a Japanese > orange (with squashed top and bottom) than a sphere. And in > fact, if you > happen to follow some modern physics and philosophy, even this analogy > may be wrong. If reality is in fact an involuted hypersphere, then > "round" or "flat" or "Japanese orange" are all moot. > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Brock, > Christian T, HRC-Alexandria > Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 9:44 AM > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' > Subject: RE: [AccessD] Naming Conventions > > > That is a canard. A myth told to children. Every educated > person since > the Ancient Greeks knew the world was round. > > Christian Brock > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: DWUTKA at marlow.com [mailto:DWUTKA at marlow.com] > Sent: Thursday, 12 August 2004 12:48 > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com > Subject: RE: [AccessD] Naming Conventions > > > True, and a lot of the 'old time' scientistics, people that > were in the > field for years, thought the world was flat. > > Hmmm, should we keep bringing up these kind of comparisons? > > Kodak balked at the idea of 'photo copies', because it didn't > come close > to their current photography standards.....guess Xerox is living proof > that 'our way, or the highway' should be reconsidered sometimes. > > Drew > > -- > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > *********************************************************************************** 13/8/2004 This transmittal may contain confidential information intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this transmittal in error; any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this transmittal is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by reply or by telephone (collect at 907-564-1000) and ask to speak with the message sender. In addition, please immediately delete this message and all attachments. Thank you. ACS -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: InterScan_Disclaimer.txt URL: <http://databaseadvisors.com/pipermail/accessd/attachments/20040813/37c8a597/attachment.txt>