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3D File Manager on Linux Wins NSF Prize

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the new-ways-of-looking-at-old-stuff dept.

MadFarmAnimalz writes "Science Magazine's reporting on the results of the NSF's Science and Engineering Visualisation Challenge and the first prize in the Illustrations category has been claimed by the Innolab 3D File Manager, which was developed on linux. Apparently this involves arranging data in a ferris wheel type structure." The data is arranged by its relationship with its content, rather than by its physical position on a hard drive or its file system.

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  1. ferris wheel type structure by bathmatt · · Score: 5, Funny
    Apparently this involves arranging data in a ferris wheel type structure.

    Does this mean that you have to wait for your files to get back down to the bottom to be able to read them???

    1. Re:ferris wheel type structure by natefanaro · · Score: 5, Funny

      But that shouldn't be a problem with a 7200rpm drive!

  2. Re:it's still overhead by ArmorFiend · · Score: 5, Funny
    I run OpenBox to avoid the overhead of KDE or GNOME, as well as for its better interface.
    You use graphics and windows? Ugh, the bloat! The overhead! I used to only program using the linux console. No pesky bloated bitmapped graphics there, no sir-e-bob! But then I realized I was wasting countless processor cycles redrawing a 2d grid of characters. That's when I stepped up to a truly responsive system - the line editor! Its the shit, man! I can get 1,400,000 frames per second on my Pentium4/3200mhz with Geforce4 Pro Titanium Ultra. It is RESPONSIVE!!!
  3. Re:OT: 3d file manager by rabidcow · · Score: 5, Funny

    Never underestimate the power of 0d!!!

    You have a point there.