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

As I have always heard it, figures don't lie but liars do figure.

I suppose we can add to that, ignoramuses also figure but they figure
wrongly.
On May 28, 2014 2:02 PM, "James Button" <jamesbutton at blueyonder.co.uk>
wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Bartow
> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 6:22 PM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] [dba-OT] Why You Shouldn't Use Spreadsheets For
> Important
> Work
>
> Lol. Good post Gary.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos
> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 9:14 PM
> To: Off Topic
> Cc: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> 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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