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I am a database administrator for Campus Crusade for Christ International. (Oracle 10g on aix and MS SQL Server 2000) I work at the world headquarters in Orlando, Florida. There is much more about CCCI and us at our home page, ThePeckFamily.us
I was born in Kalamazoo, MI - grew up in Phoenix, AZ - spent a little time in the Navy, homeported out of Alameda, CA - picked up a B.A. in Theology at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, IL - picked up a B.S. in I.T. at DeVry in Phoenix - and here I am.
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Glass
Friday August 10 2007, @01:39PM
This article on glass and its properties is pretty interesting. But the best part of it was this hilarious quote:
"The ability to take microscopy movies has greatly improved during the past five to 10 years," Weeks says. "Back in the mid-90s, the raw data from one two-hour data set would be four gigabytes. It would have completely filled up your hard drive. Now, it's just a tiny part of your hard drive, like a single DVD."
I think I know what he means - but at least as I read it, it didn't come out that way. It would have helped if he had just said the ability to store microscopy movies has improved - not the ability to take them.
"The ability to take microscopy movies has greatly improved during the past five to 10 years," Weeks says. "Back in the mid-90s, the raw data from one two-hour data set would be four gigabytes. It would have completely filled up your hard drive. Now, it's just a tiny part of your hard drive, like a single DVD."
I think I know what he means - but at least as I read it, it didn't come out that way. It would have helped if he had just said the ability to store microscopy movies has improved - not the ability to take them.
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