April 1998 - chemweb - imperial.ac.uk

Molecule Editor in Java
by Denis M. Bayada 18 Feb '99

18 Feb '99

Dear all, I have just finished writing a molecule editor in JAVA. If anyone is interested, it is available at : http://www.chem.leeds.ac.uk/ICAMS/people/denis/moledit.html You may freely download the Java source code and modify it. Any comments are indeed welcome. Thank you Denis --------------------------------------------------------------------- Denis M. Bayada e-mail: denis(a)mi.leeds.ac.uk ICAMS voice: (44) (0)113 233 65 95 School of Chemistry fax: (44) (0)113 233 65 63 University of Leeds http://www.chem.leeds.ac.uk/ICAMS/people/denis Leeds LS2 9JT ENGLAND ... but as I proceeded in my labour, it became every day more horrible and irksome to me. Sometimes I could not prevail on myself to enter my laboratory for several days, and at other times I toiled day and night in order to complete my work. It was, indeed, a filthy process in which I was engaged. Frankenstein (Mary Shelley) --------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. Archived as: http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To unsubscribe, send to listserver(a)ic.ac.uk the following message; unsubscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (rzepa(a)ic.ac.uk)

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CONFERENCE: Electronic Commerce for Chemicals
by ChemConnect - Patrick M. van der Valk 28 Apr '98

28 Apr '98

Dear colleagues, I thought that the following conference announcement would be of interest to many of readers of this mailing list. If you plan to attend the conference, look us up. We like to hear from you. Regards, Patrick M. van der Valk C h e m C o n n e c t, I n c. ********************************************************** CONFERENCE: Electronic Commerce for Chemicals, 24-25 June, 1998 Park Hyatt Hotel, Philadelphia, PA This strategic conference is aimed at high level decision makers within the chemical industry. It will cover many key issues, including: * Customer care * Supply chain management * Selling over the Internet Delegates will hear a number of Case Studies from chemical companies such as BP, Engelhard, Amoco, Allied Signal, and Eastman Chemical who are leading the way in e-commerce. This conference is being organized by First Conferences, Ltd., a UK-based company specializing in global conferences aimed at the Oil and Gas, Chemical, and Internet/New Media markets. For more information about this and other conferences organized by First Conferences, visit: <http://www.firstconf.com> or, for this conference only, e-mail James Barclay at: <james(a)firstconf.com> (Be sure to tell him you found out about the conference from ChemConnect!) chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. To post to list: mailto:chemweb@ic.ac.uk Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@ic.ac.uk the following message; (un)subscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk)

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Objects in Bioinformatics conference
by Alan Robinson 27 Apr '98

27 Apr '98

Dear chemwebers, If you develop in Java or use CORBA (and other object-oriented and web technologies), I hope the following conference may be of interest to you. Yours sincerely, Alan Robinson. -- --ooOOoo-- Objects in Bioinformatics '98 Object-Oriented Technology, Reusable Software Components and Distributed Computing for the Life Sciences. ***************************** http://www.ebi.ac.uk/oib98/ ***************************** 3rd and 4th August, 1998. Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, near Cambridge, UK. Following last years successful OiB-97 conference, OiB-98 has been set for August 3rd-4th, 1998. The conference is organised by the European Bioinformatics Institute and will be held in the conference facilities at the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus in the grounds of Hinxton Hall, Cambridge, UK. 'Objects in Bioinformatics' focuses upon the role of object-oriented technology, reusable software components, design patterns and distributed computing in bioinformatics and the biological sciences. The conference is aimed at those who are interested in, are developing, or have developed object-oriented software that will be of use to the bioinformatics and biological community in both academia and industry. The conference aims to address the problems now facing our scientific community of: o Heterogeneous computing environments o Effective standards for the representation of data o The distributed nature of applications, resources and data across computer networks (i.e. intranets, extranets and the Internet) o The ever-present data deluge that is hitting biology o The development of tools and resources to aid the biologist and bioinformatician A theme of this year's conference will be the implication and application of distributed object technology (such as CORBA) to biology and bioinformatics, and the work of the Life Sciences Research Task Force of the Object Management Group in promoting standards. The conference will include lectures and poster sessions on the rapidly expanding and developing fields of object-oriented software and distributed computing from both an academic and industrial perspective. Invited talks will cover the application of reusable components, tools, software libraries, distributed object technology and the role of Life Sciences Research Task Force. Speakers will also include specialists from outside the domain of biology that have already experienced our current problems. Poster stands (including a limited number with a dedicated networked computer), are available upon which delegates may showcase their work and projects. Participants are encouraged to submit a brief abstract for a poster relevant to the conference themes to promote and display their work in the field, and fuel dialogue. In the same spirit as OiB-97 , the cost of registration for the conference has been kept as low as possible with a nominal fee of 50 GBP for early registration. The closing date for early registration and submission of abstracts is July 1st, 1998. Late registration will be possible from July 2nd onwards, however the registration fee will increase to 100 GBP. N.B. Following OiB-98, the Life Sciences Research (LSR) group will be holding a technical meeting with work groups where efforts will continue in encouraging the formation of domain standards. Interested OiB participants are encouraged to attend these (and other) meetings of the LSR group, although numbers will be limited for logistic reasons. Registration for this meeting is separate from OiB - details can be found in the group's web pages. Details of registration and accommodation may be found at the conference Web site - http://www.ebi.ac.uk/oib98/ Yours sincerely, Alan Robinson. -- ============================================================ Alan J. Robinson Tel:+44-(0)1223 494625 EMBL Outstation Fax:+44-(0)1223 494468 European Bioinformatics Institute Email: alan(a)ebi.ac.uk Wellcome Trust Genome Campus Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SD, UK http://industry.ebi.ac.uk/~alan/ ============================================================ chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. To post to list: mailto:chemweb@ic.ac.uk Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@ic.ac.uk the following message; (un)subscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk)

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Re: Netscape Navigator 4.x
by Frederic Denonne 21 Apr '98

21 Apr '98

> >I have been asked to comment on proposed software upgrades, one of >which is Netscape Navigator 4.x. Well, I've upgraded to Navigator 4.03 on a Power Mac with Mac OS 8.1 and it seems that the Chime Plug-in doesn't work anymore. At least, the test page they refer to at MDL's don't produce the expected results. They are working at MDL's on a new version of the plug-in that, I hope, will fix the problem. Did anyone experience the same phenomenon or is it my particular extension set that put Netscape into trouble ? Regards, -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Frederic Denonne <http://c267b.chor.ucl.ac.be> Universite Catholique de Louvain (UCL) Belgium <http://www.ucl.ac.be> Organic Synthesis Division (ORSY) <http://www.chor.ucl.ac.be> Voice: + 32 10 47 87 54 Fax: + 32 10 47 41 68 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - "Odi Profanum Vulgus et Arceo" chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. To post to list: mailto:chemweb@ic.ac.uk Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@ic.ac.uk the following message; (un)subscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk)

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Netscape Navigator 4.x
by C Anthony Lewis 21 Apr '98

21 Apr '98

Colleagues, I have been asked to comment on proposed software upgrades, one of which is Netscape Navigator 4.x. I understand from various sources, not least this list, that there are compatibility problems between earlier versions of Netscape and version 4.x. Specifically I am interested in chemically orientated helpers and plug-ins and I would like to know if there is any information available concerning the current state of play of, for example, products like Chime, NPJCAMP etc. Comments on Java and JavaScript compatibility between 3.x and 4.x would also be of use. Pointers to Web pages would be fine. Many thanks for your help. C. Anthony Lewis C. Anthony Lewis Petroleum & Environmental Geochemistry Group, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, Devon PL4 8AA, U.K. tel: +44 (0)1752 233000 ext. 2988 FAX: +44 (0)1752 233035 e-mail: calewis(a)plymouth.ac.uk chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. To post to list: mailto:chemweb@ic.ac.uk Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@ic.ac.uk the following message; (un)subscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk)

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Re: Printed Journals/Book => Electronic only versions (fwd)
by Annie Hodgson 21 Apr '98

21 Apr '98

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 10:12:45 -0400 (EDT) From: "Abby L. Parrill" <parrill(a)argus.cem.msu.edu> To: Annie Hodgson <abh2(a)york.ac.uk> Subject: Re: Printed Journals/Book => Electronic only versions Annie, Although I can read my mail with a browser - I also prefer to use a text-based system as this makes email much easier to keep track of when I travel and use other people's computers. So at the very least I have to exit from one mail reader and fire up the browser (if it isn't already running) and have it pick up my mail (it certainly doesn't know to only get the HTML-based messages) and so on. You are welcome to indicate to the list that I get as irritated as you do when people insist on HTML-izing messages that are easily conveyed as ASCII. Abby __________________________________________________________ Abby Parrill, Ph.D. Chemistry Department Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824-1322 parrill(a)argus.cem.msu.edu __________________________________________________________ chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. To post to list: mailto:chemweb@ic.ac.uk Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@ic.ac.uk the following message; (un)subscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk)

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by Michael Amico 20 Apr '98

20 Apr '98

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Re: Printed Journals/Book => Electronic only versions
by timp＠vt.edu 20 Apr '98

20 Apr '98

>Dear Henry, > >I read your message about the electronic journals with interest. However, >I find having to skip through the html code rather irritating and it was >rather difficult to maintain the thread of the text. I guess that some >people have fancy mail systems that would allow them to read it directly >on a browser. But I could not be bothered to export the message from PINE, >ftp the file to my PC (from my unix area) just to view it on a browser. > >I am writng this to the list to see if others have the same difficulty, or >is it just me! > >Annie > >************************************************************* >Dr Anne B Hodgson Tel: +44 (0)1904 433022 >Department of Chemistry Fax: +44 (0)1904 432516 >University of York >York, YO1 5DD, UK Email: abh2(a)york.ac.uk >************************************************************* For what it's worth, I have the same reaction as Anne to E-mail that is full of HTML mark-up code. Sources other than Chemweb are beginning to send this stuff, and it is really quite bothersome. A private communication with Henry suggested that recent such mailings from Chemweb were inadvertant, thank heaven. Tim Pickering Virginia Tech chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. To post to list: mailto:chemweb@ic.ac.uk Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@ic.ac.uk the following message; (un)subscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk)

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Printed Journals/Book => Electronic only versions
by Rzepa, Henry 20 Apr '98

20 Apr '98

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Do you visit ChemCenter?
by Dr. Wendy A. Warr 16 Apr '98

16 Apr '98

I would like to thank all the many people who replied to my two questions on CAS/ACS Web services. I kept the questions deliberately vague so as not to bias peoples thoughts towards any particular ACS Web site. (There is more than one.) What worries me now is that I had NO replies about ChemCenter except from one unfortunate person who went to ChemCenter trying to get supplementary material from JCICS. (At one time that was the URL given in JCICS.) Actually, it was really ChemCenter that interested me. ACS/CAS assure me that it does get lots of visitors. Where are you all? Now I have to bias the straw poll by asking directly for opinions from ChemCenter users Replies to wendy(a)warr.com, please, NOT to the list. Wendy Warr -- Dr Wendy A Warr Wendy Warr & Associates, 6 Berwick Court Holmes Chapel, Cheshire CW4 7HZ, England Tel/fax +44 (0)1477 533837 wendy(a)warr.com http://www.warr.com chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. To post to list: mailto:chemweb@ic.ac.uk Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@ic.ac.uk the following message; (un)subscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk)

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