Gzip here (as every unix shop) is a great tool... used daily by almost everyone.
My only complaint is its single-threadedness. As multiprocessor systems have become commonplace and data sets become larger given cheap hardware, alot of folks find themselves gzipping enormous files... and waiting...
Are you still active in gzip development? I haven't been able to find any info online about a multithreaded version of gzip and so I'd like to take this up as personal project. Is anyone (you?) working on this? How would you prefer people to contribute to gzip?
There's alot of work going on in this area. More direct communication with cells can be super useful for such a range of apps: wet neural-net research, neuron growth, specific cell therapy, etc...
So, if you're interested, here's some (although odl at this point) links to things that are going/have gone on in the pasadena neck-o-the-woods:
Score minus-one for foxnews (again) None of the folks involved would say (or afaict, have said) anything like "control the activity of the cell".
In that they talk mainly of using this join for easier voltage selected membrane penetration (and i would assume, recording), this is shy of direct control of cell processes. Sure -- indirectly one can do alot here, but don't look to mechanisms like this to slow down any process (ie: cancer) except outside of small cell populations... Some of the difficulties in engineering can be found here (a similar project). FWIW though, greater control for small populations is helpful in research. If people could obviate some issues (ie: the membrane) in cancer research, research could speed up:)
Sorry for the lame 2c... I'll poke about and post some more links for those interested.
Even tho a joke, the comparison is apt... Both 'secret wars' and these 'patent wars' are riduculously contrived even given the extreme faux-realities of the participants. The public audience doesn't seem to care regardless of the amount of mustered bluster. And the authors would have people believe these battles decide the 'fate of the world'.
not sure if anything could be duller than secret wars, -rob
This has been the most helpful general SQL reference I've been able to find in a single book. Don't worry about its age (1992) or the Oracle in the title... only a small portion of this book is Oracle specific (and thus also dated). Coupled with documentation of whatever built-in packages MySQL has, you'll be set. Good luck.
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My only complaint is its single-threadedness. ... and waiting ...
As multiprocessor systems have become commonplace and data sets become larger given cheap hardware, alot of folks find themselves gzipping enormous files
Are you still active in gzip development?
I haven't been able to find any info online about a multithreaded version of gzip and so I'd like to take this up as personal project.
Is anyone (you?) working on this? How would you prefer people to contribute to gzip?
-rob zXXt@jXbtrak.cXm (s/X/o for non-spam)
More direct communication with cells can be super useful for such a range of apps: wet neural-net research, neuron growth, specific cell therapy, etc...
So, if you're interested, here's some (although odl at this point) links to things that are going/have gone on in the pasadena neck-o-the-woods:
-rob
None of the folks involved would say (or afaict, have said) anything like "control the activity of the cell".
In that they talk mainly of using this join for easier voltage selected membrane penetration (and i would assume, recording), this is shy of direct control of cell processes. Sure -- indirectly one can do alot here, but don't look to mechanisms like this to slow down any process (ie: cancer) except outside of small cell populations ... Some of the difficulties in engineering can be found here (a similar project). FWIW though, greater control for small populations is helpful in research. If people could obviate some issues (ie: the membrane) in cancer research, research could speed up :)
Sorry for the lame 2c ... I'll poke about and post some more links for those interested.
-rob
Both 'secret wars' and these 'patent wars' are riduculously contrived even given the extreme faux-realities of the participants. The public audience doesn't seem to care regardless of the amount of mustered bluster. And the authors would have people believe these battles decide the 'fate of the world'.
not sure if anything could be duller than secret wars,
-rob
Why don't we pick up the ball from Pitr and call ourselves Zlotniks?
ISBN: 0-201-56545-5
This has been the most helpful general SQL reference I've been able to find in a single book.
Don't worry about its age (1992) or the Oracle in the title