But he's missed out the ones that really bug me - the unknown knowns, that is to say the things that I know but don't remember I know.
Regards Jonathan Lewis http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk The educated person is not the person who can answer the questions, but the person who can question the answers -- T. Schick Jr One-day tutorials: http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/tutorial.html Three-day seminar: see http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/seminar.html ____UK___November The Co-operative Oracle Users' FAQ http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/faq/ind_faq.html ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 10:39 AM > > It is not only database designers who have these problems - check out this > extraordinary verbatim quote from a certain well known international > politician... > > > "Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to > me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we > know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there > are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - the > ones we don't know we don't know." > > > Who? None other than US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. > > > peter > edinburgh > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Jonathan Lewis INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
