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From: (Steve Hayes)
Subject: Re: Need for a six degrees program
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 18:01:45 GMT
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On 17 Aug 2003 23:30:47 +1200, Lesley Walker <delirium+>
wrote:

> (Steve Hayes) wrote:
>> May I suggest that instead of developing yet another genealogy
>> program, since there are already more than enough of those,
>> someone devise a "six degrees" program. This is where the real
>> need seems to be.
>>
>> This is based on the proposition that everyone on earth is no
>> more than six degrees of relationship away from anyone else. In
>> other words, my wife's cousin's boss's dog's mother's owner's
>> best friend's daughter knows me.
>
>It's an interesting idea, but if I was designing it I'd hate to have
>to figure out how to represent all those relationships in a database
>and keep them consistent. The error-checking required would be truly
>horrible.

True, but I would imagine one finds that in genealogy programs now.


Steve Hayes
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm

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