Re: [ccp4bb] leonard TVþ

2009-10-10 Thread Vellieux Frederic
Hi again (I fell out of bed this morning). Yoel Sussman advised me to look into Proteopedia ( http://www.proteopedia.org ) as a way to explain to students, scientists and lay people what we (structural molecular biologists) do. I never had the time to check that site before. But I did last ni

Re: [ccp4bb] leonard TVþ

2009-10-10 Thread Sean Seaver
>I like any attempt to set up a proper science channel, but I don't think >it will solve the problem of too few people choosing to do science. >Neither will any Internet thing. The internet or tv will not solve the problem entirely, but I can say for certain that not every scientist is going

Re: [ccp4bb] leonard TVþ

2009-10-10 Thread Robbie Joosten
Hi Fred, I like any attempt to set up a proper science channel, but I don't think it will solve the problem of too few people choosing to do science. Neither will any Internet thing. I believe that any child is born with a 'scientific' mindset. Babies and todlers experiment with everything, searc

Re: [ccp4bb] leonard TV

2009-10-10 Thread Pavel Afonine
Hi Fred, may be it's written somewhere and I simply missed it: will the channel broadcast in French or/and in English (or any other language options)? I very quickly glanced through the web site (I understand French) and it doesn't say anything about it. And yes, good idea of course (if ava

Re: [ccp4bb] [off-topic] new initiative for science TV

2009-10-10 Thread Vellieux Frederic
Hi, thanks for your message. We have only progressed (we=mankind) through knowledge, science and research. Not forgetting the humanities of course. So if we don't do anything to stop this trend we're dead. Fred. b...@freesurf.fr wrote: We all love science Fred, but are you sure you would want

Re: [ccp4bb] [off-topic] new initiative for science TV

2009-10-10 Thread bas
We all love science Fred, but are you sure you would want to encourage young Frenchmen to start a career in it? After all, one's own glossy TV channel is poor compensation for a lifetime of precariousness. I'm afraid that if people in France choose to do an MBA instead, right now that may not be ig

[ccp4bb] leonard TV

2009-10-10 Thread Vellieux Frederic
Dear Subscribers, Here is the translation of the letter I received (as attached text file). It was created from home on a Windows computer and saved in ANSI format (don't know what ANSI format is but I can read it on my Linux box). I did my best, knowing that the French write very long sentenc

Re: [ccp4bb] [off-topic] new initiative for science TV

2009-10-10 Thread Sean Seaver
Hello Fred, Thanks for bring this to attention and am sure that it will receive support from those on the CCP4bb. I am huge a fan and supporter of science! I also feel that virtually any effort to spread the word about science and research should be taken. However, I am confident that the best

Re: [ccp4bb] scala maxbat compile problems

2009-10-10 Thread Pete Meyer
I don't have any suggestions, but I do have a few questions that might shed some light on this: 1. How exactly are you building scala (I assume it's something like: download source distribution -> edit & source config file -> ./configure ; make ; make install -> run test scripts (scala ok) ->

Re: [ccp4bb] [off-topic] new initiative for science TV

2009-10-10 Thread Vellieux Frederic
Me again, I've been asked privately what the leonardtv people are looking for. I'll translate the letter I received from them and post it on the bb. Btw, leonardtv is named after Leonardo da Vinci. Hope all is well with all of you. Fred. Vellieux Frederic wrote: Dear all, Sorry if this is

[ccp4bb] [off-topic] new initiative for science TV

2009-10-10 Thread Vellieux Frederic
Dear all, Sorry if this is a bit off-topic. But it concerns science. There is a new initiative to launch a free TV channel in France dedicated to science technology and innovation. They need support from scientists I think. Can you spare 2 minutes? http://www.leonardtv.fr/ . This is perhaps t