Sunday, November 2, 2014

Weekly Update



1. Quote of the Week
Those who argue for natural keys typically do so from a position of philosophical purity, as is the case in the Simple Talk article you cited. In my (25+) years of experience, people who argue from this position are long on education and short on real-world experience. In the real world just about every natural key I've ever come across is subject to duplication and/or redefinition. There are very few cases outside of smallish code tables where it is practical to take the philosophical high ground regarding natural keys. --StackExchange.com

2. To Laugh or Cry?
R2G a Tool for Migrating Relations to Graphs
H/t Erwin Smout.

3. Online debunkings

4. Interesting elsewhere
The Delusions of Big Data
Must read.

5. And now for something completely different
Ebola-- Failures of Imagination
Not to worry, America, Ebola will go to India first.
Can you detect the stealth animals hiding in all these pictures?
Fascinating.

About The PostWest:
Jihadism is OK as long as it kills Jews. Nice people. Let's ...
Irish parliament calls on government to recognize Palestine
... give them a state. Really?
Pat Condell: 'Boo Hoo Palestine'




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