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

Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com
Tue May 27 21:13:34 CDT 2014


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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Gary Kjos
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