On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 3:35 PM, C. Scott Ananian <[email protected]> wrote:
[...]
> I'm assuming you didn't mean to be insulting.  Yes, "unstructured
> database" is a bit of an oxymoron, and I intentionally used the words
> in this clever way, which humans can not only interpret with ease but
> often find amusing.

... or conflate with ease making for easy confusion among those who
don't know better.  Biologist choose, carefully, to speak of
"phenotype" or "genotype."  Category theorists speak of a "monad" and
its specific laws rather than, loosely, of a "container thingy."
Neurosurgeons are immensely careful to say "postganglionic" or
"preganglionic" fiber rather than just "nerve" since the difference
can lead to paralysis.  And, everyday, people in computing industry
and academia speak and reason with a sloppiness that would get a
medical intern kicked off a rotation.  That's "pop culture."

Regards,

Mike

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