1. Quote of the Week
Table (n.) – a collection of information (data?) describing a population of entities which possess some common characteristics, called attributes. Tables are the building block of relational databases. Tables must generally be “normalized,” at least to 1NF. That may be an appropriate way to think of databases when implemented in a modern day DBMS. However, it is not the way the world thinks logically. People have no problem with commonly occurring phenomena such as:
* A multi-valued attribute, e.g., an Employee possesses multiple Skills.
* Many-to-many (M:N) relationships, e.g., as between Employees and Projects
* A relationship with attributes
--Gordon Everest, Recognizing and Treating Tableitis
2. To Laugh or Cry?
SQL Hegemony -- a sad state of affairs (h/t Greg Jorgensen)3. Online Debunkings
Is Logical Data Modeling obsolete?4. Of Interest Elsewhere
5. And now for something completely different
"The PostWest" Series (or the future of the West is all behind it)
- US said to prepare new Iran sanctions for missile test
- Iran hits back at US sanctions threat, steps up missile production
- Iran: 'We'll make missiles for as long as US supports Israel'
- US Delays Sanctions Against Iran's Missile Program
- Charlie Hebdo editor:No one questions when Jews are killed
- Anti-Semitic incidents soared in France in 2014
- Year after attack, France's Jews learn to live under armed guard
- ‘Mein Kampf’ sells out on first day in Germany
- Erdogan: Hitler had a 'perfectly working' presidential system
- 1 in 3 Americans unhappy with Israeli influence on US politics
- U.S. tax dollars help fund UN 'hate camp' in Gaza
- PA officials hail slain terrorist Kuntar as hero and symbol
- Islamic State's Sinai chief said in Gaza to coordinate with Hamas
- UNRWA Camps Showing Children Calling for Jihad (video)
Book of the week (order via this link to support this site)
- Chang, Ha-Joon, 23 THINGS THEY DON'T TELL YOU ABOUT CAPITALISM
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