[gcraig]

You just expressed my suspicion -- that these guys had this data on a server on the network that anyone at the college has read access to as long as they have an account at the university. Another interesting observation about this information is with respect to the size of the compressed archive (61.mb). I have worked on several software projects for different companies and it is not uncommon to generate 150mb or more just in artifacts related to describing and implementing the software solution. Data sizes are typically in the gigabyte or greater range.

If these guys don't have data connections to industrial size databases where they are crunching the data then it just adds to the skepticism. I am downloading the compressed archive now and will check it out thanks for posting that hyperlink for it.

[6ppc]

You really need to look at the HARRY_READ_ME file. Here’s a link to one of the many partial dissections of that file.

These guys had no clue about what they were doing. Apparently no version control, no configuration control, no documentation on the contents of each file...mass confusion. The HARRY_READ_ME file is a three year long diary of one programmers attempt to make some sense out of the mess he was handed.

http://bx.businessweek.com/world-economy/view?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F~r%2FTheDevilsKitchen%2F~3%2FlcdsH0o7Zh8%2Fdata-horribilis-harryreadmetxt-file.html