Re: [CODE4LIB] Code for Kosovo

2008-04-03 Thread Elizabeth Sadler
Hi, Karen. You and I have chatted off list as well, but I also wanted to remind everyone that eIFL-FOSS is about to start our first pilot programs for open source ILS migrations. This will include training for systems librarians from the pilot countries, and the pilot libraries will also be gener

Re: [CODE4LIB] K&R (was: Gartner on OSS)

2008-04-03 Thread Kyle Banerjee
> > We should all be mindful that some vendors get really touchy when you > > share their proprietary methods on open lists > > I'm quite sure the 1 million monkeys method is not a proprietary method. It was originally, but the patent expired. The method would be be used more often, but r

Re: [CODE4LIB] K&R (was: Gartner on OSS)

2008-04-03 Thread Ranti Junus
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Kyle Banerjee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We should all be mindful that some vendors get really touchy when you > share their proprietary methods on open lists I'm quite sure the 1 million monkeys method is not a proprietary method. ranti. -- Bulk mail.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Serials Solutions 360 API - PHP classes?

2008-04-03 Thread Godmar Back
Could you share, briefly, what this API actually does (if doing so doesn't violate your NDA?) - Godmar On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Yitzchak Schaffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > From: Code for Libraries on behalf of Yitzchak Schaffer > > Sent: Wed 4/2/2008 12:28 PM > > To: CODE4LIB@LIS

Re: [CODE4LIB] K&R (was: Gartner on OSS)

2008-04-03 Thread Kyle Banerjee
> But if you're in a hurry, you can speed up the process by using a > random-number generator to output random files of code, test them with > a batch script, and discarding those that generate errors... We should all be mindful that some vendors get really touchy when you share their proprieta

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code for Kosovo

2008-04-03 Thread Joshua Ferraro
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 5:01 PM, Karen Coyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joshua Ferraro wrote: > > > > If they got Aleph going, I think getting Koha 3.0 going would be a cinch > > by comparison. Also, once installed, the system's really easy to manage as > > nearly everything is exposed via the sta

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code for Kosovo

2008-04-03 Thread Karen Coyle
Joshua Ferraro wrote: If they got Aleph going, I think getting Koha 3.0 going would be a cinch by comparison. Also, once installed, the system's really easy to manage as nearly everything is exposed via the staff client administration and tools interfaces (everything is web-based, very little co

Re: [CODE4LIB] K&R (was: Gartner on OSS)

2008-04-03 Thread Keith Jenkins
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 9:28 AM, Sebastian Hammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A true hacker has no need for these crude tools. He waits for cosmic > radiation to pummel the magnetic patterns on his drive into a pleasing > and functional sequence of bits. But if you're in a hurry, you can speed u

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2008-04-03 Thread Casey Durfee
No, you could write them in J [1]. This is how you do quicksort in J: quicksort=: (($:@(<#[) , (=#[) , $:@(>#[)) ({~ [EMAIL PROTECTED])) ^: (1<#) --Casey [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_programming_language On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Tim Shearer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So now

Re: [CODE4LIB] Serials Solutions 360 API - PHP classes?

2008-04-03 Thread Rich Ackerman
WebFeat does have an API but it is, ahem, incomplete. We are in the middle of a WebFeat deployment and we are using it. Anyone currently considering federated search would be well advised to wait for the new platform. Rich Ackerman Manager of Library Electronic Resources Alvin Sherman Library Nov

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2008-04-03 Thread Tim Shearer
So now I have to compile my jokes? -t On Thu, 3 Apr 2008, Ryan Ordway wrote: #include main(t,_,a) char *a; { return!0 ..- .-.. .-.. .. .. -- --. --- .. -. --. - --- ... .- -.-- .- -... --- ..- - - .. ... - .-. . .- -.. .. ... - .- - -. --- -. . --- ..-.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code for Kosovo

2008-04-03 Thread Joshua Ferraro
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 11:47 AM, Karen Coyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm just barely recovered from the Code4lib conference, which was both the > best and the most exhausting conference I have ever attended ;-) > > Now I'm preparing for something totally different: I've been invited to > s

Re: [CODE4LIB] Serials Solutions 360 API - PHP classes?

2008-04-03 Thread Cloutman, David
Well, we haven't made a purchasing decision yet, so I don't have use for the API yet. I'm not even certain if the situation impacts what Yitzchak wants to do. I don't know if the people at Serials Solutions even know; or if they do, want to say. I just thought I'd mention it so that people doing de

Re: [CODE4LIB] Serials Solutions 360 API - PHP classes?

2008-04-03 Thread Andrew Ashton
My impression, from a recent conversation with a Serials Solutions sales rep, is that Serials Solutions (or one of its 15 parent companies) bought WebFeat, and they will be merging all the WebFeat-exclusive connections into 360. Since we don't have either of those products, I can't say what that m

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2008-04-03 Thread Ryan Ordway
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2008-04-03 Thread Ross Singer
Well, there's nothing as important as reliable backups. Including, but not limited to, your wrist, evidently. -Ross. On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 2:49 PM, Genny Engel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, the whole reason my wrist is so bad is the stress on it from > writing out code -- wouldn't be

Re: [CODE4LIB] Serials Solutions 360 API - PHP classes?

2008-04-03 Thread Jonathan Rochkind
Has that made you decide to hold off on API work with 360 search? Me, I tend to forge forward anyway. If you're always waiting for the next thing, you're always waiting. But I think the chances are fairly good that the 360 Search API would remain. Does WebFeat even have an API? Although if nob

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2008-04-03 Thread Genny Engel
Actually, the whole reason my wrist is so bad is the stress on it from writing out code -- wouldn't be so bad except for having to press down hard to write it in triplicate through all that carbon paper. Genny >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/03/08 08:54AM >>> ..- .-.. .-.. .. .. -- --. --- .. -

Re: [CODE4LIB] Serials Solutions 360 API - PHP classes?

2008-04-03 Thread Cloutman, David
Just as a note, before you write your code- We are in the process of evaluating federated search tools, and one item we learned that Serials Solutions and Webfeat are now owned by the same parent company. The stories we are getting from the two vendors are a little different, but essitially what we

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2008-04-03 Thread Tod Olson
Sure, but at least your input device was the only one talking. Not entirely true for anyone working in TECO, where a bit of line noise on the modem connection would be executed as editor commands! -Tod Tod Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Systems Librarian University of Chicago Library On Apr 3, 20

[CODE4LIB] Looking for an Associate Director of Library Technology at FSU

2008-04-03 Thread Jonathan Blackburn
(Please excuse the cross-posting.) Florida State University Libraries, in Tallahassee, Florida, has posted a position announcement for an Associate Director of Library Technology. Information about the position and how you can apply can be found here: http://www.lib.fsu.edu/files/pdfs/PD_AD_Libra

Re: [CODE4LIB] Serials Solutions 360 API - PHP classes?

2008-04-03 Thread Jonathan Rochkind
I wouldn't be surprised either. But it's kind of important if they actually want their APIs to be _used_ by anyone. Even if you can only share with other SerSol customers. What's the point of having APIs if the community can't share code they write to use them? I am interested in incorporating Se

Re: [CODE4LIB] Serials Solutions 360 API - PHP classes?

2008-04-03 Thread Yitzchak Schaffer
From: Code for Libraries on behalf of Yitzchak Schaffer Sent: Wed 4/2/2008 12:28 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Serials Solutions 360 API - PHP classes? Does anyone have/know of PHP classes for searching the Serials Solutions 360 APIs, particularly Search? Okay, having not

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2008-04-03 Thread Ross Singer
Grad student? Seems pretty low level to me. -Ross. On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Chick Markley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Years ago I was in a discussion with a physics professor about aspects > of some new programming language, he then said to me, "I use a high > level language", nat

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2008-04-03 Thread Chick Markley
Years ago I was in a discussion with a physics professor about aspects of some new programming language, he then said to me, "I use a high level language", naturally I tried to guess what it was, I went through a pretty extensive list, increasingly esoteric. "No, no," he said at last, "it's n

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2008-04-03 Thread Jeremy Frumkin
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2008-04-03 Thread Walter Lewis
Sebastian Hammer wrote: A true hacker has no need for these crude tools. He waits for cosmic radiation to pummel the magnetic patterns on his drive into a pleasing and functional sequence of bits. Alas, having been doing this (along with my partners, the four Yorkshiremen) since the Stone Age ..

Re: [CODE4LIB] K&R (was: Gartner on OSS)

2008-04-03 Thread Sebastian Hammer
A true hacker has no need for these crude tools. He waits for cosmic radiation to pummel the magnetic patterns on his drive into a pleasing and functional sequence of bits. --Sebastian Ross Singer wrote: All I use is a pen and legal size paper. Longhand is the real hacker's IDE. Then I feed m

Re: [CODE4LIB] K&R (was: Gartner on OSS)

2008-04-03 Thread Carol Bean
He *says* it's open source. Notice he didn't give his phone number... :P Carol On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 9:07 AM, Ross Singer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All I use is a pen and legal size paper. Longhand is the real hacker's > IDE. > > Then I feed my code in via a scanner and OCR. > > Python's

Re: [CODE4LIB] K&R (was: Gartner on OSS)

2008-04-03 Thread Ross Singer
All I use is a pen and legal size paper. Longhand is the real hacker's IDE. Then I feed my code in via a scanner and OCR. Python's a little tricker: needs a ruler or graph paper at the very least. All my work is open source, give me a call and I'll read it to you. Sorry, the fax machine isn't