Captain Paralytic <paul_lautman@yahoo.com> wrote in
<1191584421.969485.214300@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups. com>:
> On 5 Oct, 12:02, Pavel Lepin <p.le...@ctncorp.com> wrote:
>> Captain Paralytic <paul_laut...@yahoo.com> wrote in
>> <1191573275.035269.153...@k79g2000hse.googlegroups .com>:
>> > On 5 Oct, 09:00, "Rik Wasmus"
>> > <luiheidsgoe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >> I gathered the OP meant 'next empty slot'. In which
>> >> case these 'slots' should either have a table or the
>> >> OP should tell us more about them.
>>
>> Isn't that denormalisation? Anyway, maintaining a table
>> of empty time slots for a foreseeable future sounds a bit
>> like an engineering hell to me.
>
> You appended this to my post, but I wasn't suggesting that
> he would be using pre-defined slots.

And I was responding to Rik Wasmus' suggestion. That's why
my response addressing this point was right under his
words. It's part of what inline replying is about. By the
way, may I most respectfully advise you that with a little
effort it's perfectly possible to post properly quoted
replies even while using Google Groups? Of course, using a
real newsreader and newsserver it's even easier than that.

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