Archive: November 02, 2005

Wednesday, November 2, 2005

1. Biopython (via Michael):

   The Biopython Project is an international association of developers of freely available Python tools for computational molecular biology.
   
   It is a distributed collaborative effort to develop Python libraries and applications which address the needs of current and future work in bioinformatics.

   Rock. Python has everything!

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2. Midterms are done. Piece of cake!

     ¶ (3) Tags: [Personal]

3. To my shock, Lisp appears to be actually easy to read once you're fluent! Not that I'm fluent, but I've been playing.

     ¶ (0) Tags: [Personal, Programming]

4. Michael J. Totten: The Ghost City of Cyprus (via LGF).

     ¶ (2) Tags: [Opinions/Politics]

5. Ned Batchelder: Oracle database XE:

   Oracle is jumping on the free database bandwagon: Oracle Database XE is a free (as in beer) Oracle database. This parallels Microsoft's SQL Server Express and of course all of the open source databases. The press release indicates that XE will be limited in both RAM (1 Gb) and storage (4 Gb). Microsoft's earlier free database, Desktop Edition, was unfortunately also limited in how many concurrent activities it would support, and made it just a toy.

     ¶ (0) Tags: [Programming]

6. ZDNet: Ruby on Rails chases simplicity in programming (via Steve Dekorte), an interview with Hanson (to read).

     ¶ (1) Tags: [Programming, Ruby on Rails]

7. Scobleizer - Microsoft Geek Blogger » Ross doesn’t trust Microsoft’s approach to Web, (via Sam Ruby and Simon Willison, and Simon again).

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8. Plamegate's real liar:

   But with his investigation all but over, prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has found no criminal conspiracy and no violations of the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, which makes it a crime in some circumstances to disclose the names of undercover CIA operatives. Among other problems, Plame doesn't seem to fit the act's definition of a "covert agent" — someone who "has within the last five years served outside the United States." By 2003, Plame had apparently been working in Langley, Va., for at least six years, which means that, mystery of mysteries, the vice president's chief of staff was indicted for covering up something that wasn't a crime.

   To finish reading. Via Glenn Reynolds.

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9. The Scheme Programming Language, 3rd Edition. Online, out of print book.

     ¶ (0) Tags: [Programming]