To extrapolate, then, do you think that Neanderthals(at a cranial capacity of over 1700 cc) would have been using Oracle 11h, or do you think they would have prefered OODBMSs?
-----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 3:49 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L On 12/16/2003 04:09:34 PM, "Orr, Steve" wrote: > Correction... Homo sapiens does not have the largest brain in the animal > kingdom. Elephants have larger brains and sperm whale brains weigh in at > a whopping 20 pounds. So this is not necessarily a case where size > matters, it's the spirit within that makes the difference. Of course the > size of the cerebral cortex may have something to do with it. ;-) There > reason for larger brains in larger animals is the increased need for > "connection pooling" because of the larger size of the nervous system. > So you see, even nature recognizes the need for enhanced connectivity > requirements. :-) > > > > -----Original Message----- > Mladen Gogala > Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 9:24 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > On 12/15/2003 10:54:27 AM, "Mercadante, Thomas F" wrote: > > But Mladen, sooner or later, somebody is going to wise-up and catch > > you in your attempt at passing the blame. When this happens to me, I > > quote to 80-20 rule. 80% gain in application thruput is brought thru > > Sql tuning (or rewrite). If they say "The database is slow", I say > > "Show me the sql that is slow". If they say "I can't because it is > > coming from the app", i say "Then I can't help you". > > You're very optimistic about your fellow humans. I am not. Homo sapiens > sapiens is a funny species. It is bestowed with the largest brain in the > animal kingdom and usually very grateful when not forced to use it. As a > matter of fact, any excuse is welcome to prevent the little grey cells > (here I'm shamelessly > stealing from Poirot) from ever getting tired. > At any rate, it's politics. I'm trying to achieve something for the > benefit of > my employer and I'm being obstructed by sleazy sales person aided and > abetted by > damagement. Chances of them figuring me out are remote. I'm a DBA, I > interpret > database statistics and it says what I say that it says. There are > complications > when sleazy sales people bring in their own consultant DBA personnel. > Then it is > a matter of discrediting the hostile DBA. > I have to say that this tactics has to be applied only there where there > isn't > enough common sense to talk it through with the DBA and make him present > the situation as it really is. Those are the places which distrust and > fear their own DBAs. That is the first and foremost sign that the > damagement has taken over. We, the DBAs hold > this truth to be self evident. > > > Mladen Gogala > Oracle DBA > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Mladen Gogala > 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). 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