Jared, I *almost* spilled hot Dunkin donuts coffee on my monitor and keyboard... Thanks for the laughs ... Messages like these ought to come with a warning ...=20 I will probably be spending most of my day writing a self-monitoring program that computes baud rates of its own transmission and corrects itself by restarting ... Yey !!! Raj ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------=20 Rajendra dot Jamadagni at nospamespn dot com=20 All Views expressed in this email are strictly personal.=20 select standard_disclaimer from company_requirements;=20 QOTD: Any clod can have facts, having an opinion is an art ! -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jared.Still@xxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 6:58 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: 10G New Features Book When a post goes unanswered, this is what happens. * message is re-posted * that goes unanswered * poster then asks the list: "Hey, why hasn't anyone answered this?" * poster asks me: "Hey, why hasn't anyone answered this?" * I reply: * * maybe no one knows the answer * * maybe it's so dead easy no body bothers * Mladen G. says to RTFM, along with a technical explanation down to the bit level. * Ian M. takes it further, down to the quantam level. * Jonathan L. posts a concise, insightful and clear reply * poster asks for clarification * Tim G. writes the first chapter of a book on the subject and posts it to the list. * Juan P. points the poster to asktom * Paul D. explains why the RAID is misconfigured * Poster asks Tim for all the implementation code for the first chapter of the book. * Kathy D. implies the poster has no social life and has much imbibing to catch up on. * Tim G. writes the second chapter to the book and posts it. * Poster tries RTFM but is overwhelmed by the table of contents. * Dennis W. does a googles search and posts the answer to to the problem 2 minutes after reading the email. * poster sends resume to Starbucks * resume returned - DBA's are under-qualified. That's the general flow, anyway. Jared ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------