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Magnus Libras II


JamesSavik

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The design of my knowledge-base is specific to me and my interests. Another persons knowledge base may look completely different with different topics and priorities.

  • Astronomy & Astrophysics
    • Astrophysics
      • Black Holes
      • Gravity
      • Cosmology
      • General Astrophysics
      • High Energy AP
      • Hubble Observations
      • Neutron Stars/Pulsars
      • Plasma Physics
      • Stellar structure & Evolution
      • Supernova

      [*]Basic Astronomy

      [*]Celestial Mechanics

      [*]General

      [*]History

      [*]Milky Way

      [*]NASA Pubs

      [*]Research Methods and Instruments

      [*]Spacecraft

      [*]Stars

      [*]Solar Astronomy

      [*]Reference

    [*]Business

    • Accounting
    • ATWork Skills
    • Business Tech
    • Cost-Benefit Analysis
    • CRM
    • Economics
    • Finance
    • Grant Proposals
    • Management
    • PR
    • Project Management
    • Risk Management
    • World Trade

    [*]Certifications

    • Cisco
    • DB 2
    • Java
    • Linux
    • Microsoft
    • MySQL
    • Security
    • Sun

    [*]Computer Hardware

    • Bus
    • Computer & Processor Architecture
    • Firmware
    • Hard Drives
    • Memory
    • PC Designs
    • Ports
    • Printers
    • Software
    • USB
    • Cables

    [*]Databases

    • Data Mining
    • Data Warehousing
    • Databases
      • Access
      • DB 2
      • Java Databases
      • MySQL
      • Oracle
      • Misc Databases

      [*]Data Conversion

      [*]DB Design

      [*]Relational Databases- Theory & Practice

      [*]SQL

    [*]Electronics- huge

    [*]Engineering

    • Aerospace
    • Architecture
    • Automotive
    • Blueprints & Diagrams
    • CAD
    • Chemical
    • Civil
    • Components
    • Construction
    • Electrical
    • Guides/Reference
    • Engines
    • Environmental
    • Machining
    • Materials
    • Mechanical
    • Metallurgy
    • Vibration
    • Pipes
    • Welding
    • Wiring

    [*]Fiction

    • Classics
    • Fantasy
    • Horror
    • Mysteries
    • Sci-Fi
    • Techno-Thrillers
    • Graphic Novels

    [*]Fun Stuff

    • aquarium/fish
    • backpacking
    • bikes
    • bonsai
    • Crafts
    • gardening
    • Darwin Awards
    • Humor
    • Model Rocketry
    • Modeling
    • Motorcycling
    • Music
    • Cat Care
    • Photography

    [*]Games

    • 007
    • Aftermath
    • Aliens
    • Babylon 5
    • Cyberpunk
    • D20
    • FASA
    • Gurps
    • Rifts
    • Space Opera
    • Star Wars
    • Stargate
    • Traveler

    [*]General Science

    • Anthropology
    • Archeology
    • Biology
    • Chemistry
    • Climatology
    • Ecology
    • Geology
    • Oceanography
    • Optics
    • Reference

    [*]History

    • Classical Period
    • Middle Ages
    • Colonial Period
    • Industrial Revolution
    • Modern

    [*]Home & Garden

    [*]Info Systems [to be reorganized]

    [*]Info Security [to be reorganized]

    [*]Intelligence

    • Sources & Methods
    • Organization
    • Analysis
    • Asia
    • Africa
    • Australia
    • Europe
    • North America
    • South America

    [*]Knowledge Theory [to be reorganized]

    [*]Legal

    [*]Manuals & Guides

    • Backup & Recovery
    • Hardware
    • Lab
    • MS Office
    • Net Services
    • Open Source
    • Reference
    • Software
    • Disaster

    [*]Math

    • algebra
    • algorithms
    • Basics
    • Bessel Functions
    • Calculus
    • Combinatorics
    • Complexity
    • Differential Equations
    • Dirac
    • Hilbert
    • Integrals
    • Probability
    • Sequences
    • Statistics
    • Tensors
    • Abbreviated List<<

    [*]Medicine

    • Anatomy & Physiology
    • allergies
    • Emergency
    • First Aid
    • Health Maintenance
    • Reference
    • Abbreviated List<<

    [*]Military

    • Administration
    • Basic Technologies
    • Disaster Response
    • Engineering
    • Equipment
    • FEMA
    • Field-craft
    • Hand2hand
    • NBC nuclear, Biological & Chemical
    • Weapons
    • Small Arms
    • Smithing
    • Small Unite Tactics
    • Guerrilla Warfare
    • Counterinsurgency

    [*]Operating Systems

    • Apple
    • BSD
    • Linux
    • Microsoft OS
    • OS Theory
    • UNIX
    • POSIX

    [*]Periodicals

    • Scientific American
    • Nature
    • Science
    • Jane's Defense Weekly

    [*]Physics

    • Acoustics
    • Classical Mechanics
    • Electromagnetism
    • General
    • Gravitation
    • Quantum Physics
    • Relativity
    • String Theory
    • Nuclear Physics
    • Radiation Physics
    • Mathematics for Physics
    • Study Guides
    • Thermodynamics
    • Spectroscopy
    • Optics
    • Statistical Mechanics

    [*]Programming

    • Computer Modeling
    • Data Compression
    • Graphics
    • Interfaces
    • Markup Languages
      • html
      • xtml
      • xml

      [*]Programming Languages

      • C Family
      • Pascal Family
      • FORTRAN
      • Java

      [*]Programming Theories and Methodologies

      • Structured Programming
      • Object Oriented Programming
      • Data Structures
      • Algorithms

      [*]Scripting Languages

      • Perl
      • TCL
      • Python
      • Ruby

      [*]Software Engineering

      [*]Web Development

    [*]Psychology

    [*]Reference

    • Maps
    • Cultures
    • Encyclopedias
    • Oxford Dictionary
    • Jane's military references

    [*]Technology

    • Aerospace
    • Audio
    • Bluetooth
    • boats
    • CD-DVD
    • Cell phones
    • Digital imaging
    • Energy
    • Fiber Optics
    • Lasers
    • Microprocessors
    • Multimedia
    • nanotechnology
    • neural nets
    • nuclear technology
    • Radar
    • Radio
    • Robotics
    • SAN
    • Satellites
    • Sensors
    • ships
    • signal processing
    • speech recognition
    • weapons
    • wireless

    [*]Writing

    • Craft
    • Business Writing
    • Journalism
    • Reference
    • technical
    • fiction

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Ah, you're making one of the classic mistakes -- knowledge bases aren't hierarchical, not really. They're best modeled as network databases; using a different model makes some things awfully difficult to do, and tends to restrict how you think about certain things. Not always a problem, but still... (It's a pity that the modeling tools tend to suck in this regard, forcing you to compensate for their mis-characterization of the domain. It's also one of the places XML's done active damage, as it has hierarchy deeply welded into it)

 

And are you sure you don't want to move somewhere within commuting distance of NYC? 'Cause, well, damn, I want to pass on your resume to my boss. :)

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The Network model is difficult to implement because software limits what you can do and people have been thinking relational/tabular data models since the 80s.

 

I can make horizontal links but that is merely a band-aid on a software system that is intended to be hierarchical because generations of computer science students have been told that the network model is passe.

 

Interestingly enough- the NSA and HomelandInsecurity databases, made by people with mega$ and the best and brightest tekkies, are said to use a distributed hybrid network/relational database.

 

I doubt that we can download it anytime soon. :(

 

We may talk business around the first of the year.

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