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Black Box. Larry Gall -- Peabody Museum of Natural History. … about computing [black boxes]. … about the [black boxes that comprise] EMu. … a black box inspired by Will Real & emuusers.org. … a black box inspired by Will Real & emuusers.org. “ This Bud’s for you, Will ”.
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Black Box Larry Gall -- Peabody Museum of Natural History
Moose Head’s ___ “ This Bud’s for you, Will ” ^
_________ Black Box’s Moose Head’s ___ ^ “ This Bud’s for you, Will ” ^
Black box nomenclature • Some EMu black boxes
Black box nomenclature • Some EMu black boxes • Will’s Black Box Hack
Black box nomenclature • Some EMu black boxes • Will’s Black Box Hack to be posted on emuusers.org ^
Peabody CollectionsCounts & Functional Cataloguing Unit • Anthropology 325,000 Lot • Botany 350,000 Individual • Entomology 950,000 Lot / Individual • Invertebrate Paleontology 325,000 Lot • Invertebrate Zoology 325,000 Lot • Mineralogy 35,000 Individual • Paleobotany 150,000 Individual • Scientific Instruments 4,000 Individual • Vertebrate Paleontology 125,000 Individual • Vertebrate Zoology 185,000 Lot / Individual 2.7 million database-able units => ~12 million items
Peabody CollectionsFunctional Units Databased • Anthropology 325,000 95 % • Botany 350,000 1 % • Entomology 950,000 13 % • Invertebrate Paleontology 325,000 80 % • Invertebrate Zoology 325,000 31 % • Mineralogy 35,000 85 % • Paleobotany 150,000 60 % • Scientific Instruments 4,000 100 % • Vertebrate Paleontology 125,000 60 % • Vertebrate Zoology 185,000 95 % 1,225,000 of 2.7 million => 45 % overall
“A piece of equipment provided by a vendor for the purpose of using that vendor’s product.” Wikipedia.org
“ A black box is any device whose inner workings are not understood or accessible to the user.” Whatis.com
“A piece of equipment provided by a vendor for the purpose of using that vendor’s product.” Wikipedia.org
“A piece of equipment provided by a vendor for the purpose of using that vendor’s product.” Wikipedia.org
“A piece of equipment provided by a vendor for the purpose of using that vendor’s product.” Wikipedia.org
“ The opposite of a black box is a system where the inner components or logic are available for inspection.” Wikipedia.org
“ …sometimes known as a white box, glass box, or a clear box.” Wikipedia.org
EMu code & infrastructure is accessible, hackable, extensible
“ …white box in [that] the program code can be seen, but the code is so complex that it might as well be a black box.” Wikipedia.org
EMu code & infrastructure is accessible, hackable, extensible
_________________ EMu code & infrastructure is accessible, hackable, extensible also requires coaxing to behave ^
_________________ EMu code & infrastructure is accessible, hackable, extensible also requires coaxing to behave ^
Black box nomenclature • Some EMu black boxes
Black box nomenclature • Some EMu black boxes they’re everywhere ^
The EMu Registry Group Default Insert Tab Order Group|Admin|Table|ecatalogue|Column Access| LocCurrentLocation duQuery dvEdit daReplace duEdit {Launch Temp %1} script
The EMu Registry duQuery dvEdit daReplace duEdit Like Windows registry,