12 Apr
2009
12 Apr
'09
4:29 a.m.
Example: The library is doing a "retrospective
conversion" of its card
catalog to an OPAC ("Online Public Access Catalog"). The cards are
mechanically scanned. They are nominally in order, however, due to being
handled by humans, a lot, there "might be" some errors in sequence.
"Might" - yeah, right. Which sort is "better"?
"Shell-Metzner" or
"shaker"?
Shell-Metzner I've at least heard of, but not that other one. I would
suppose that this stuff is covered in some texts (that I don't happen to
have), but do you know offhand if it's online anyplace? I'm still working
on getting a better understanding of all of this stuff...
--
Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
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Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin