Date:         Wed, 16 May 2007 15:24:19 +1000
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Subject:      Re: how to calculate the median by groups
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Interesting, Aida is pronounced in three syllables in the song, so
perhaps "Celeste SQL" does work, although "Ritorna Vincitor" also struck
me as a possibility for those people where it has left their toolset.

Someone else reminded me this morning that Mesopotamia had a major city
called "Ur", so my memory was flawed.

I gather the shorthand refers to "You and your", and if she can't be
bothered to spell it out to communicate the concept clearly, then I
can't be bothered to try to understand it.  And the language does
nothing to endear me to more aggressive and offensive noise.  Sounds
like she might be a friend of Hilton's.

Thankfully, I had the task of loading music onto her iPod we got her for
her birthday just prior to SGF.  The selection catered for a range of
music that did not extend to the profane, violent or anti social.  Her
first exposure to that was at the baggage carousel when we returned when
a rap band and their entourage rudely elbowed people aside to collect
their baggage.

Kind regards

David


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David L Cassell
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David.Johnson@CBA.COM.AU helpfully replied:
>
>Even though the "Triumphal march" is a big spectacle set piece (indeed
>the only spectacle set piece) in Aida, and it is usually staged with
>lots of animals, I can't see the SQL connection I'm afraid.  That is
>unless ancient egyptian translated into french, translated into English

>means all the vowels were lost.  Maybe it is the ancient word for
>Ethiopia <grin>


Actually, I was thinking of the aria "Celeste Aida", which Radames
sings, rather than the "Triumphal March", but I just wanted to emphasize
that Howard can make PROC SQL not just sing and dance, but sing really
well.


>>                "U + Ur Hand" by Pink
>>
>I don't know the other formula either.  The only "U" formula I can
>remember is "s = ut + 1/2 at**2".  The only other UR I know is on
>patient registries where it is "URS".


It's not a formula, as you guessed.  It's a rather funny punk/dance rock
song by Alecia Moore, and the title is a ruthless reference to what she
is telling guys to go do with themselves when they hit on her and her
friends in dance clubs.  I've heard it on the radio, but it has to be
censored in order for it to get airplay.  Let's just say that most
current rock singers would not use her choice of words to rhyme with
"luck".  :-)


>Kind regards
>
>David

Hey, your daughter is only 8, you don't have to worry about her
listening to stuff like this for, oh, maybe... a year or two...  :-)

David
--
David L. Cassell
mathematical statistician
Design Pathways
3115 NW Norwood Pl.
Corvallis OR 97330

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