# File lib/genome-bootstrap/core.rb, line 77
    def fetch_data
      # Build out some mock objects so we don't have to couple to the genome
      # lib.  That lib has lots of funky metaprogramming stuff in it and it
      # might need to be changed in the future.  The fewer tools relying on it
      # the better.
      machine_types = restr_get("#{@genomed}/machine_types.xml", "machine_type")

      return machine_types.map do |m|
        def m.name
          self["name"]
        end

        def m.desc
          self["description"]  
        end
         
        m
      end
    end