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  Re: Database Piece Count
 
(...) This could be a zen-ish question, but do you mean inaccurate, or insufficiently precise? I think that there are situations where knowing that something is 800 +/- 100 is very useful in the general case (as long as it's ACCURATE, that is, as (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.database)
 
  Re: Database Piece Count
 
(...) I may be wrong, but methinks the only reason you jumped in here in the first place was because you thought it would make you look cool to talk about it because you've got special stuff set up for you and other people don't, and because you (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.database)
 
  Re: Database Piece Count
 
(...) I agree, and more importantly, it gives things a higher probability of being double-checked, since everything is more visible, which is one of the reasons this newsgroup exists. A real ticket system with groupware stuff would be much better, (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.database)
 
  Re: Database Piece Count
 
(...) Dan doesn't need an unsolicited lecture about this from the sidelines. (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.database)
 
  Re: Database Piece Count
 
(...) It wouldn't work. It would get blocked. (...) Actually there are lots and lots of them, and there have been since 1994, but they tend not to stay up for very long, or have access restrictions, or aren't very flexible. (...) I get bcc'd on (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.database)
 
  Re: Database Piece Count
 
(...) No, you're the only one using it. A couple of years ago it was used by ldraw.org -- I wrote a simple remailer for Terry Keller to use for parts voting when the one he had been using at some other site suddenly went dead. I took that and (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.database)
 
  Re: Database Piece Count
 
(...) That's always been my philosophy as well. (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.database)
 
  Re: Database Piece Count
 
(...) Kyle, I totally agree and always hoped to have something like this in place...never got around to it...it's a big task, but as Larry pointed out, it could be done in smaller steps. (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.database)
 
  Re: adding minitalia to set ref
 
(...) Some weeks, neither do I! I have no idea where I am going to be next week yet..., should have said "this weekend", and I will try to remember on my own. 40% chance of that working... (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.database)
 
  Re: adding minitalia to set ref
 
(...) Sure, but I don't have your schedule handy ;) (...) I don't know the particular distinction other than on the boxes for the system ones, it says system underneath and the others don't.. Themes aren't my specialty. (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.database)


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