What I heard was that it was actually Eric's dad... One of the programmers has a son called Eric. Kindest regards, Eric van Loon KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 02:50 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: tsm internal design? => On Mon, 10 Jun 2002 17:39:55 -0700, "Joshua S. Bassi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > What the heck is that all about? Would somebody from the DB team (Mike > Karzmarski...) like to explain this one? They needed something to fill up a bunch of space. The three obvious choices are nulls, a fixed pattern, and random bits. Nulls could be "sparse"-ized down in some filesystems, causing problems down the line. Random bits have the problem that it can be very difficult to figure out, a posteriori, where you have and haven't overwritten anything. So you pick a pattern, and do it lots. Eric got to pick. :) - Allen S. Rout ********************************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. **********************************************************************
