Re: OT: Bonusquestion - is the CBO a He, a She, an It, or a hermaphrodite

[rjamya <rjamya@xxxxxxxxx>]

CBO part is drfinitely a _she_. We don't know how exactly it works, some 
sketchy details appear and a whole lot of _guys_ claim to know how CBO 
works, and the internals and varied experience.

Yup, a definite _she_.

sorry Wolfgang ... couldn't resist.
Raj

On 7/31/05, Mark W. Farnham <mwf@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> I fail to discern any sex in the CBO, so I suppose the CBO is an it.
> 
> The CBO neither lusts nor exudes allure; it (see?) grinds the grist of 
> facts
> against algorithm.
> 
> Mark
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wolfgang Breitling [mailto:breitliw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 6:51 PM
> To: Mark W. Farnham
> Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: OT: Bonusquestion - is the CBO a He, a She, an It, or a
> hermaphrodite
> 
> 
> Mark,
> 
> very nice. I agree with your conclusion; instinctively without having
> put as much thought or articulation into it. I suppose that triggered
> the question because the OP referred to Oracle as a "he".
> 
> Now for the bonus question in the subject - before Steve shuts the
> thread down :-)
> Here too I have an instinctive opinion.
> 
> For an explanation/excuse - it's 30 degrees outside (Celsius - 86 F
> for our metrically challenged friends in the US of A) which is rather
> rare up here in the north. I believe my brain has shriveled up and
> only silly thoughts remained. We're more used to -30 (Celsius = -22
> F) as Cary can attest to.
> 
> At 04:01 PM 7/31/2005, Mark W. Farnham wrote:
> >In Hellenic (Greek/Western) cultural history, the Oracles of Apollo at
> >Delphi are arguably the preeminent reference of "Oracle."
> >
> >So I'm thinkin' Oracle is a high flyin' she, which partly explains why 
> she
> >thinks a zero length string is a null value but simultaneously 
> understands
> >that a numeric zero is not a null.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Wolfgang Breitling
> Centrex Consulting Corporation
> http://www.centrexcc.com
> 
> 
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