[HP4GU-FAQ] Re: Keyword Questions

[porphyria at mindspring.com]

Elkins wrote, on updating the database with keywords:

> So long as 
> everyone is updating the database only once a
> day -- whenever 
> their "day" might be -- then only 24
> hours worth of any given 
> discrepancy is likely to accumulate. No
> need to get any more 
> specific than that. 
> 
> The "once a day" idea is really just
> to prevent the situation in 
> which the database is being updated every hour
> on the hour by ten 
> different people. Ten different people in
> different time zones and 
> on different schedules doing so only once a day
> each, though, 
> is a situation that we can manage.

Erm, I hate to quibble with you on this, but the database will only be updated
with 24 hours worth of changes every 24 hours whether we update it one keyword
at at time or whether we all collectively update it once. People can only work
at a certain speed, so they'll only come up with new keywords relative to the
speed they catalog. I don't see how it makes a difference how often someone
updates the DB if they have the same number of new keywords at the end of the
day.

Unless I'm missing something here, it seems like no one should worry about
when they make updates and just resolve to print off a fresh DB at the
beginning of whenever their day starts. 

Forgive me if I'm totally offbase on this.

Irksome!Porphyria