Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!us.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4a.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.178 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.68; '*S*': 0.03; 'binary': 0.07; 'enhancements': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; 'python': 0.11; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'hoping,': 0.16; 'subject:CSV': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'mon,': 0.24; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; '15,': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'am,': 0.29; 'see,': 0.30; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; "i'm": 0.30; 'sep': 0.31; 'yes.': 0.31; 'file': 0.32; 'probably': 0.32; 'raw': 0.33; 'maybe': 0.34; "i'd": 0.34; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'useful': 0.36; 'thanks': 0.36; 'too': 0.37; 'easily': 0.37; 'new': 0.61; 'more': 0.64; 'approaches': 0.68; "how's": 0.74; 'analysis': 0.75; 'discover': 0.82; 'coloring,': 0.84; 'hard.': 0.84; 'laid': 0.84; 'responding.': 0.84; 'seriously,': 0.84; 'thing,': 0.91; 'to:none': 0.92; 'convinced': 0.93 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:cc :content-type; bh=cIBcY2Hu67+RMDLJzIENATZVfveDkdii42pZhzMmmuc=; b=XLF+hQSP1C09bDpLrD4BlERsIYvTcxA4utRF6OUbHZyXrhLBYj6qUCzkbiiATxXhCW VxrNKlslI/t4RFafmJgDnc6116+ltJ4agG9I6jREgatMzZj+WrBhafchuGy9LLE3/+p6 nzhkdHJY6lkMqNv1wMJ0vAj5K2R9RkxsyqtJAwHpNZfTDqAJZ9YfCJHXy5jKIgsUqgqT D1tYAOnee6Ri0GMIW1F0uK69+B/tJKOk16wX5WukRi8UhlvkjLcyzXVZYpIEQkEGcWXQ f+ZByim/apN1CbcP7BC7UW+qcUldhzC6NPgKJ7QBkPNPumL1l2ZLytZlOERhV+DfwXtt Q4Pw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.66.234 with SMTP id i10mr5513407igt.34.1410714607193; Sun, 14 Sep 2014 10:10:07 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 03:10:07 +1000 Subject: Re: CSV methodology From: Chris Angelico Cc: "python-list@python.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 16 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1410714615 news.xs4all.nl 2882 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:34892 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:77867 On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 2:56 AM, jayte wrote: > Anyway, thanks (everyone) for responding. I'm very anxious to > try some data analysis (what I'm hoping, is to discover some new > approaches / enhancements to coloring, as I'm not convinced we've > seen all there is to see, from The Mandelbrot Set) I agree! For one thing, I'd like to see a Mandelbrot set built out of ice. Spiralling all around... and one thought crystallizes... *goes off humming* But seriously, yes. There's so much to be found in it. Python can probably help you more easily than you think - reading the raw binary isn't too hard. Maybe we can help you get it into a more useful data structure. How's the file laid out? ChrisA