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Wednesday April 03, 2002
07:33 PM
no tv?
nothing on tv again?
24 rocks and I have been quite addicted.
This week I have come to the conclusion that users don't understand data. Most people can't seem to grasp that computers 'see' things differently to them. I was trying to explain that it is pretty hard to write a program that can tell a size from a color, no matter how easy it is for you. Yesterday's gotcha was that that you can't just stick 1/4", 1/4 (6mm), 1/4" ( 6mm) and 1/4",adjustable in the database and expect to be able to search them sensibly.
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A dummies guide to data (Score:1)
I started to explain that you have to convert them to... and he interrupted me and started moaning "I JUST WAAANT IT TO WOOOOOOORRRRRRRRK!!!". As if I would stop what I was doing, pull a Clifford the Big Red Dog Does Date Conversion For Yo
Re:A dummies guide to data (Score:2)
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You are what you think.
Re:A dummies guide to data (Score:1)
Best one yet!
J. David works really hard, has a passion for writing good software, and knows many of the world's best Perl programmers