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Post #10,726 by tablizer 9/27/01 11:16:16 PM Reply	quesitons >> become a lab rat for a while, then go to work for someone like .... << But I am physically kinda clumsly (the same way I am verbally clumsy :-) I would probably desolve my hand in acid within a month. Would they tolerate somebody like that long enuf for promotion (assuming I wear acid-proof gloves)? >> or writes it out in either a Properties file ...<< What is a "properties file"? A RAM-dump of object attributes? Why not put it into tables? (or will I start another fight by asking that)? Does anybody have a comment on this book?: [link\|http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1565926641/ref=pd_fr_h_w/ref=/104-9476582-3969550?coliid=I3MOZKKCVIDF6F\| [link\|http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1565926641/ref=pd_fr_h_w/ref=/104-9476582-3969550?coliid=I3MOZKKCVIDF6F\|http://www.amazon.c...MOZKKCVIDF6F]] (Developing Bioinformatics Computer Skills by Cynthia Gibas, Per Jambeck) Thanks for your suggestions ________________ oop.ismad.com
Post #10,813 by Fearless Freep 9/28/01 1:35:58 PM Reply	Stop kneejerking on phrases >> or writes it out in either a Properties file ...<< What is a "properties file"? A RAM-dump of object attributes? Why not put it into tables? He said "either stores them into our database, or..." A Properties file can be as simple as set of key,value pairs like an INI file or an XML dump of object attributes or whatever, just basically storing data as a flat file Jay O'Connor "Going places unmapped to do things unplanned to people unsuspecting"
Post #10,872 by tablizer 9/28/01 11:05:53 PM Reply	reply >> A Properties file can be as simple as set of key,value pairs like an INI file or an XML dump of object attributes or whatever, just basically storing data as a flat file << I find that collections often later need more features than raw flat files can provide. I don't like to change API's just to get the next step up in features. (Note that some ODBC drivers can read/write to flat files. The physical representation is just another attribute.......in theory.) ________________ oop.ismad.com
Post #11,121 by gdaustin 10/1/01 2:10:08 PM Reply	Re: quesitons >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> But I am physically kinda clumsly (the same way I am verbally clumsy :-) I would probably desolve my hand in acid within a month. Would they tolerate somebody like that long enuf for promotion (assuming I wear acid-proof gloves)? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Because of clumsy lab assistants, a lot of the lab tests are done via equipment. In many cases, you don't even take the lids off of blood, etc. The machine does. Secondly, you'll become a lot more careful when you realize that each vial of blood you carry potentially has HIV or Hepatitis B. Instead of being a goof, you become very careful because not being careful could be fatal. If you don't have that temperment, then perhaps you belong in sales (with all the other goofs). A careless/clumsy temperment doesn't work well in IT or programming, either. As for the properties file, understand that we're really using the database call interface the most, because it is the most valuable. We did the properties file because it was easy to implement. Glen Austin
Post #11,524 by tablizer 10/3/01 2:56:44 PM Reply	Burger Degree >> A careless/clumsy temperment doesn't work well in IT or programming, either. << I meant physically clumsy, and not necessarily mentally clumsy. Sometimes I tell my hand to go to coordinate x,y, but instead it goes to x+foo, y+bar without asking me. It is usually larger movements instead of smaller ones. Odd how they require that much education to move bottle from positition A to position B. What percentage of such a job actually uses biology knowledge? Mickie Dees is gonna require a degree in organic chemistry to flip burgers at this rate. I hear this is what is happening in Saudi Arabia because education > jobs, and that is why people go into terrorism instead. ________________ oop.ismad.com

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