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DB Query Becomes Browseable In Virtual World

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the kill-that-query-takes-on-a-whole-new-meaning dept.

Jani Pirkola writes to tell us that Green Phosphor's new project "Glasshouse" allows users to take database queries or spreadsheets and create 3D representations in a virtual world. Man what I wouldn't give to mash my level 80 death knight up with some of the ugly joins I have run across in the past. "Users can see data, and drill into it; re-sort it; explore it interactively - all from within a virtual world. Glasshouse produces graphs which are avatars of the data itself. We've tailored the system for the use of biotech companies, specifically for drug discovery and development. Dr. David Resuehr, a molecular biologist, recently joined Green Phosphor as our Chief Scientist."

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  1. It's a database query, I know this! by PotatoFarmer · · Score: 5, Funny

    But the real question, of course, is whether or not a teenage hacker girl can successfully use this to navigate your data and fix your TPS reports before the velociraptors eat you all.

  2. New excuse by clarkkent09 · · Score: 5, Funny

    No boss, I'm not playing rpg games at work, I'm working on my quarterly sales report

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    Negative moral value of force outweighs the positive value of good intentions.