While the average programmer (OK, me) might be wondering if Oracle 10g really will provide the scalability needed for his employer to prosper....

The number of individual E. Coil bacteria that the average programmer (me again) excretes in one day averages between 100 billion and 10 trillion.

Its taken the United States much longer to excrete 300 million people (that's not me, I am only responsible for two) by October 2006.

Take that USA !