I'm guessing that was not just good planning to avoid drunk pilots on New Year's Day..... ... 600 sounds kinda high, even for the Air Force's mothball airport. -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Carel-Jan Engel Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 4:03 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Is it just me > If you ever saw a system that was write-mostly over the long term, then > there's data going in that's never coming out. You'd have to wonder why > someone would pay money to store things that are never retrieved.>> I used to work for a company that sold airport information systems. At a Swedish airport, they had a year with 600 more arriving aircraft than deprtures. They might still be looking for the aircraft wreckage..... Best regards, Carel-Jan Engel === If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. (Derek Bok) === ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------