A biometric like iris scan or a fingerprint would be an image. Whereas, DNA could be broken into sets of 'codons' and hence probably a text string. (See item 6 at http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/AB/BA/DNA_Fingerprinting_Basics.php) So, from a database point of view a biometric like iris scan would be an image whereas DNA would be VARCHAR ? Therefore, wouldn't it be easier to save/search/match/etc. DNA information ?
I am not talking or writing but, I am 'thinking'. Perhaps, there is some work in progress there too.
Ha ! But, I am dreaming. oh, that has been cracked by Dom and his team quite some time ago. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inception_(film)/
is the most secure, sacrosanct computer at a top secret location in most movies. There might be an element of truth, but somehow an ultra-secure computer has to be a mainframe in the movies.
I entered search string as "boiling point water" and got the result as 100 degrees C ; not half a million pages that had the combination of the search string; ranked or otherwise.
Of course, there are chinks here and there. The search string "Python" produces a result of the movie as opposed to the creature. Then again, with search string as "Eclipse" shows results about the celestial phenomenon and more along those lines. In both these cases, Google of course, shows something else.
The fact that, the results are quite pertinent than top of rankings sounds interesting.
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A biometric like iris scan or a fingerprint would be an image. Whereas, DNA could be broken into sets of 'codons' and hence probably a text string. (See item 6 at http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/AB/BA/DNA_Fingerprinting_Basics.php) So, from a database point of view a biometric like iris scan would be an image whereas DNA would be VARCHAR ? Therefore, wouldn't it be easier to save/search/match/etc. DNA information ?
... as seen in the first photo in the link, does it imply, there is cellphone reception at that depth ? hmm ...
just as, everything used to be filed in the file cabinet marked as 'Misc'. :-D
I am not talking or writing but, I am 'thinking'. Perhaps, there is some work in progress there too. Ha ! But, I am dreaming. oh, that has been cracked by Dom and his team quite some time ago. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inception_(film)/
Get the children read Calvin and Hobbes. Then, trying breaking the reality gently to them. Example : http://all-that-is-interesting.com/post/499738698/calvin-and-hobbes-on-war/
is the most secure, sacrosanct computer at a top secret location in most movies. There might be an element of truth, but somehow an ultra-secure computer has to be a mainframe in the movies.
Some part is open sourced already. http://www.theoscarproject.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6&Itemid=18.The OSCar. An OSCar has already debuted in Geneva road show.http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10193838-16.html/
I entered search string as "boiling point water" and got the result as 100 degrees C ; not half a million pages that had the combination of the search string; ranked or otherwise. Of course, there are chinks here and there. The search string "Python" produces a result of the movie as opposed to the creature. Then again, with search string as "Eclipse" shows results about the celestial phenomenon and more along those lines. In both these cases, Google of course, shows something else. The fact that, the results are quite pertinent than top of rankings sounds interesting.