From: Eivind Eklund <eeklund@...>
Date: 2007-03-31T15:38:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Object/Relational Mapping is the Vietnam of Computer Sci

On 3/29/07, benjohn@fysh.org <benjohn@fysh.org> wrote:
> [1] I'd love it if there were knowledge consultants in the world. Just
> like I can go to a shop and have someone assist me in buying clothes,
> I'd like to be able to go to someone and say "I'd like to know about x",
> and they would say "ah perhaps you'd like this, this and this, then",
> and I'd say "yes, those sound good, but this isn't quite right", etc. x
> could be music, or part of biology, or international relations. And then
> I could just drink things up and appreciate everything out there that
> interests me.

They exists, though they have a different title: Librarians.

And yes, I'm fairly much serious.

Eivind.