lol holly molly stromboli! wow! geocities that's a name I haven't read in a long time,
On Mon, Dec 30, 2024 at 3:22 AM Benny Lichtner < benjamin_licht...@alumni.brown.edu> wrote: > Hi, Nick. Try neocities: https://neocities.org/. Inspired by good ol' > geocities. > > Benny > > On Sun, Dec 29, 2024, 6:04 PM <friam-requ...@redfish.com> wrote: > >> Send Friam mailing list submissions to >> friam@redfish.com >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> friam-requ...@redfish.com >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> friam-ow...@redfish.com >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Friam digest..." >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Re: Inexpensive Website Maker (Stephen Guerin) >> 2. Re: Inexpensive Website Maker (Nicholas Thompson) >> 3. Re: Inexpensive Website Maker (Sarbajit Roy) >> 4. Re: Inexpensive Website Maker (Stephen Guerin) >> 5. Re: Boltzmann Distribution (Robert Holmes) >> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Stephen Guerin <stephen.gue...@simtable.com> >> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com >> > >> Cc: >> Bcc: >> Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2024 17:44:56 -0700 >> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Inexpensive Website Maker >> Nick, >> >> a "easy website platform" can be divided into 3 components >> >> 1. creating the html/css/javascript content and linked media (pdf >> docs, images, videos, etc) >> 2. claiming and paying an annual fee for a namespace (eg >> naturaldesigns.org). More reliable long term than being a >> subdomain or path on someone else's domain like you did with >> earthlink.net. those can easily go away. >> 3. hosting the pages and media on a public server that the namespace >> points to >> >> I looked at your expired naturaldesigns site in the wayback machine where >> you were renting space on home.earthlink.net/~nicktompson/naturaldesigns >> >> https://web.archive.org/web/20150910084054/http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/index.html >> >> for shits and giggles, I did step 2 and claimed naturaldesigns.org and >> placed a copy of the limited archive of your site there. Still some broken >> links. see: >> https://naturaldesigns.org >> >> It is interesting to think about a long term strategy of setting up a >> trust, a kind of digital estate planning / "digital legacy" with an >> endowment of maybe 30x the annual cost to create an annuity stream to >> maintain the cost of a site so that your digital assets may be accessible >> forever. I suspect law firms will get into this space and some are already >> there. >> >> - annual domain name registration $4-$10/year >> - hosting $2-$10/month >> - human admin to move to new technologies which will pop up every >> 5-10 years ($300/annual). >> - trust admin fee ~$100/year >> >> ~30 * $500 ~= $15,000. >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Stephen Guerin >> CEO, Founder >> https://simtable.com >> stephen.gue...@simtable.com >> >> stephengue...@fas.harvard.edu >> Harvard Visualization Research and Teaching Lab >> <https://hwpi.harvard.edu/eps-visualization-research-laboratory/home> >> >> mobile: (505)577-5828 >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 26, 2024 at 11:49 AM Nicholas Thompson < >> thompnicks...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Does anybody have recent experience with a easy website maker >>> platform. I want to experiment with a website but GoDaddy wants ten bucks >>> a month just to talk to me. >>> >>> Nick >>> >>> -- >>> Nicholas S. Thompson >>> >>> .- .-.. .-.. / ..-. --- --- - . .-. ... / .- .-. . / .-- .-. --- -. --. >>> / ... --- -- . / .- .-. . / ..- ... . ..-. ..- .-.. >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom >>> https://bit.ly/virtualfriam >>> to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >>> archives: 5/2017 thru present >>> https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ >>> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >>> >> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Nicholas Thompson <thompnicks...@gmail.com> >> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com >> > >> Cc: >> Bcc: >> Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2024 21:24:08 -0700 >> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Inexpensive Website Maker >> if II knew what I was doing. It wouldn’t be mugging about, would it? >> Sent from my Dumb Phone >> >> On Dec 28, 2024, at 5:11 PM, steve smith <sasm...@swcp.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> Nick - >> >> Try HTMLinstant https://www.htmlinstant.com/ . It will let you edit a >> page WYSIWYG right inline while showing you the HTML it is generating at >> every keystroke. Conversely you can edit the HTML and the changes will >> show up in the lefthand WYSIWYG page. >> >> If this is the kind of interface you like you should be able to add it as >> an extension in Chrome (if you use that). Not sure what to do in MS >> products if that is where you are. >> >> the fundamental reference guide to HTML code is at: >> https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/ Maybe a little dense and >> abstract but a good reference. >> >> A screenshot of a simple page I created for you in just a few >> minutes/clicks >> ------------------------------ >> >> <Screen Shot 2024-12-28 at 5.00.32 PM.png> >> >> >> On 12/28/24 3:03 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote: >> >> Gil, >> >> I just want to muck about a bit. Nothing to monetize. No-one to >> convince. >> >> Thanks everybody for suggestions. >> >> N >> >> Nick >> >> On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 12:17 AM Gillian Densmore <gil.densm...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Since no one else has asked a silly question: >>> Nick, is there a reason you want a 'webpage builder'? What kind of >>> things do you want to do with it? or make? seems to me kind all bits >>> backwards if we know what what all he's wanting to do. >>> >>> On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 12:13 PM Sarbajit Roy <sroy...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> CMS (free) >>>> https://datenstrom.se/yellow/ >>>> >>>> Hosting (US$`10 for 200 GB unlimited bandwidth) >>>> https://www.2gbhosting.com/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 8:01 AM Tom Johnson <jtjohnson...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Nick: >>>>> Check this out: >>>>> https://www.wix.com/ >>>>> >>>>> Tom >>>>> >>>>> ======================= >>>>> Tom Johnson >>>>> Inst. for Analytic Journalism >>>>> Santa Fe, New Mexico >>>>> 505-577-6482 >>>>> ======================= >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Dec 26, 2024, 12:51 PM Nicholas Thompson < >>>>> thompnicks...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Does anybody have recent experience with a easy website maker >>>>>> platform. I want to experiment with a website but GoDaddy wants ten >>>>>> bucks >>>>>> a month just to talk to me. >>>>>> >>>>>> Nick >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Nicholas S. Thompson >>>>>> >>>>>> .- .-.. .-.. / ..-. --- --- - . .-. ... / .- .-. . / .-- .-. --- -. >>>>>> --. / ... --- -- . / .- .-. . / ..- ... . ..-. ..- .-.. >>>>>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>>>>> Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom >>>>>> https://bit.ly/virtualfriam >>>>>> to (un)subscribe >>>>>> http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>>>>> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >>>>>> archives: 5/2017 thru present >>>>>> https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ >>>>>> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >>>>>> >>>>> .- .-.. .-.. / ..-. --- --- - . .-. ... / .- .-. . / .-- .-. --- -. >>>>> --. / ... --- -- . / .- .-. . / ..- ... . ..-. ..- .-.. >>>>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>>>> Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom >>>>> https://bit.ly/virtualfriam >>>>> to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>>>> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >>>>> archives: 5/2017 thru present >>>>> https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ >>>>> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >>>>> >>>> .- .-.. .-.. / ..-. --- --- - . .-. ... / .- .-. . / .-- .-. --- -. --. >>>> / ... --- -- . / .- .-. . / ..- ... . ..-. ..- .-.. >>>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>>> Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom >>>> https://bit.ly/virtualfriam >>>> to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>>> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >>>> archives: 5/2017 thru present >>>> https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ >>>> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >>>> >>> .- .-.. .-.. / ..-. --- --- - . .-. ... / .- .-. . / .-- .-. --- -. --. >>> / ... --- -- . / .- .-. . / ..- ... . ..-. ..- .-.. >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom >>> https://bit.ly/virtualfriam >>> to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >>> archives: 5/2017 thru present >>> https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ >>> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >>> >> >> >> -- >> Nicholas S. Thompson >> Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology >> Clark University >> nthomp...@clarku.edu >> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson >> >> .- .-.. .-.. / ..-. --- --- - . .-. ... / .- .-. . / .-- .-. --- -. --. / >> ... --- -- . / .- .-. . / ..- ... . ..-. ..- .-.. >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom >> https://bit.ly/virtualfriam >> to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> archives: 5/2017 thru present >> https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ >> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >> >> .- .-.. .-.. / ..-. --- --- - . .-. ... / .- .-. . / .-- .-. --- -. --. / >> ... --- -- . / .- .-. . / ..- ... . ..-. ..- .-.. >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom >> https://bit.ly/virtualfriam >> to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> archives: 5/2017 thru present >> https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ >> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Sarbajit Roy <sroy...@gmail.com> >> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com >> > >> Cc: >> Bcc: >> Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2024 10:15:17 +0530 >> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Inexpensive Website Maker >> Where can I read >> *more, O., Guerin, S., Barr, S., Charles, E., & Thomspon, N. S. >> (2006). My way or the highway: A more naturalistic model of altruism tested >> in interative prisoners' dilemma >> <https://naturaldesigns.org/-nickthompson/naturaldesigns/id48.html>* >> >> Cant find it online or at >> https://naturaldesigns.org/-nickthompson/naturaldesigns/id48.html and >> its not archived at archived.org. >> >> On Sun, Dec 29, 2024 at 6:16 AM Stephen Guerin < >> stephen.gue...@simtable.com> wrote: >> >>> Nick, >>> >>> a "easy website platform" can be divided into 3 components >>> >>> 1. creating the html/css/javascript content and linked media (pdf >>> docs, images, videos, etc) >>> 2. claiming and paying an annual fee for a namespace (eg >>> naturaldesigns.org). More reliable long term than being a >>> subdomain or path on someone else's domain like you did with >>> earthlink.net. those can easily go away. >>> 3. hosting the pages and media on a public server that the namespace >>> points to >>> >>> I looked at your expired naturaldesigns site in the wayback machine >>> where you were renting space on >>> home.earthlink.net/~nicktompson/naturaldesigns >>> >>> https://web.archive.org/web/20150910084054/http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/index.html >>> >>> for shits and giggles, I did step 2 and claimed naturaldesigns.org and >>> placed a copy of the limited archive of your site there. Still some broken >>> links. see: >>> https://naturaldesigns.org >>> >>> It is interesting to think about a long term strategy of setting up a >>> trust, a kind of digital estate planning / "digital legacy" with an >>> endowment of maybe 30x the annual cost to create an annuity stream to >>> maintain the cost of a site so that your digital assets may be accessible >>> forever. I suspect law firms will get into this space and some are already >>> there. >>> >>> - annual domain name registration $4-$10/year >>> - hosting $2-$10/month >>> - human admin to move to new technologies which will pop up every >>> 5-10 years ($300/annual). >>> - trust admin fee ~$100/year >>> >>> ~30 * $500 ~= $15,000. >>> >>> _________________________________________________________________ >>> Stephen Guerin >>> CEO, Founder >>> https://simtable.com >>> stephen.gue...@simtable.com >>> >>> stephengue...@fas.harvard.edu >>> Harvard Visualization Research and Teaching Lab >>> <https://hwpi.harvard.edu/eps-visualization-research-laboratory/home> >>> >>> mobile: (505)577-5828 >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 26, 2024 at 11:49 AM Nicholas Thompson < >>> thompnicks...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Does anybody have recent experience with a easy website maker >>>> platform. I want to experiment with a website but GoDaddy wants ten bucks >>>> a month just to talk to me. >>>> >>>> Nick >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Nicholas S. Thompson >>>> >>>> .- .-.. .-.. / ..-. --- --- - . .-. ... / .- .-. . / .-- .-. --- -. --. >>>> / ... --- -- . / .- .-. . / ..- ... . ..-. ..- .-.. >>>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>>> Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom >>>> https://bit.ly/virtualfriam >>>> to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>>> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >>>> archives: 5/2017 thru present >>>> https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ >>>> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >>>> >>> .- .-.. .-.. / ..-. --- --- - . .-. ... / .- .-. . / .-- .-. --- -. --. >>> / ... --- -- . / .- .-. . / ..- ... . ..-. ..- .-.. >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom >>> https://bit.ly/virtualfriam >>> to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >>> archives: 5/2017 thru present >>> https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ >>> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >>> >> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Stephen Guerin <stephen.gue...@simtable.com> >> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com >> > >> Cc: >> Bcc: >> Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2024 21:56:00 -0700 >> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Inexpensive Website Maker >> https://www.jasss.org/9/2/4.html >> >> *David Joyce, John Kennison, Owen Densmore, Steven Guerin, Shawn Barr, >> Eric Charles and Nicholas S. Thompson >> <https://www.jasss.org/9/2/4/joyce.html> (2006)* >> >> *My Way or the Highway: a More Naturalistic Model of Altruism Tested in >> an Iterative Prisoners' Dilemma* >> >> *Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation* vol. 9, no. 2 >> <https://www.jasss.org/9/2/4.html> >> >> For information about citing this article, click here >> <https://www.jasss.org/9/2/4/citation.html> >> >> Received: 18-Aug-2005 Accepted: 08-Mar-2006 Published: 31-Mar-2006 >> >> [image: PDF version] <https://www.jasss.org/9/2/4/4.pdf> >> ------------------------------ >> [image: *]AbstractThere are three prominent solutions to the Darwinian >> problem of altruism, kin selection, reciprocal altruism, and trait group >> selection. Only one, reciprocal altruism, most commonly implemented in game >> theory as a TIT FOR TAT strategy, is not based on the principle of >> conditional association. On the contrary, TIT FOR TAT implements >> conditional altruism in the context of unconditionally determined >> associates. Simulations based on Axelrod's famous tournament have led many >> to conclude that conditional altruism among unconditional partners lies at >> the core of much human and animal social behavior. But the results that >> have been used to support this conclusion are largely artifacts of the >> structure of the Axelrod tournament, which explicitly disallowed >> conditional association as a strategy. In this study, we modify the rules >> of the tournament to permit competition between conditional associates and >> conditional altruists. We provide evidence that when unconditional altruism >> is paired with conditional association, a strategy we called MOTH, it can >> outcompete TIT FOR TAT under a wide range of conditions. >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Stephen Guerin >> CEO, Founder >> https://simtable.com >> stephen.gue...@simtable.com >> >> stephengue...@fas.harvard.edu >> Harvard Visualization Research and Teaching Lab >> <https://hwpi.harvard.edu/eps-visualization-research-laboratory/home> >> >> mobile: (505)577-5828 >> >> >> On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 9:45 PM Sarbajit Roy <sroy...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Where can I read >>> *more, O., Guerin, S., Barr, S., Charles, E., & Thomspon, N. S. >>> (2006). My way or the highway: A more naturalistic model of altruism tested >>> in interative prisoners' dilemma >>> <https://naturaldesigns.org/-nickthompson/naturaldesigns/id48.html>* >>> >>> Cant find it online or at >>> https://naturaldesigns.org/-nickthompson/naturaldesigns/id48.html and >>> its not archived at archived.org. >>> >>> On Sun, Dec 29, 2024 at 6:16 AM Stephen Guerin < >>> stephen.gue...@simtable.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Nick, >>>> >>>> a "easy website platform" can be divided into 3 components >>>> >>>> 1. creating the html/css/javascript content and linked media (pdf >>>> docs, images, videos, etc) >>>> 2. claiming and paying an annual fee for a namespace (eg >>>> naturaldesigns.org). More reliable long term than being a >>>> subdomain or path on someone else's domain like you did with >>>> earthlink.net. those can easily go away. >>>> 3. hosting the pages and media on a public server that the >>>> namespace points to >>>> >>>> I looked at your expired naturaldesigns site in the wayback machine >>>> where you were renting space on >>>> home.earthlink.net/~nicktompson/naturaldesigns >>>> >>>> https://web.archive.org/web/20150910084054/http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/index.html >>>> >>>> for shits and giggles, I did step 2 and claimed naturaldesigns.org and >>>> placed a copy of the limited archive of your site there. Still some broken >>>> links. see: >>>> https://naturaldesigns.org >>>> >>>> It is interesting to think about a long term strategy of setting up a >>>> trust, a kind of digital estate planning / "digital legacy" with an >>>> endowment of maybe 30x the annual cost to create an annuity stream to >>>> maintain the cost of a site so that your digital assets may be accessible >>>> forever. I suspect law firms will get into this space and some are already >>>> there. >>>> >>>> - annual domain name registration $4-$10/year >>>> - hosting $2-$10/month >>>> - human admin to move to new technologies which will pop up every >>>> 5-10 years ($300/annual). >>>> - trust admin fee ~$100/year >>>> >>>> ~30 * $500 ~= $15,000. >>>> >>>> _________________________________________________________________ >>>> Stephen Guerin >>>> CEO, Founder >>>> https://simtable.com >>>> stephen.gue...@simtable.com >>>> >>>> stephengue...@fas.harvard.edu >>>> Harvard Visualization Research and Teaching Lab >>>> <https://hwpi.harvard.edu/eps-visualization-research-laboratory/home> >>>> >>>> mobile: (505)577-5828 >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Dec 26, 2024 at 11:49 AM Nicholas Thompson < >>>> thompnicks...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Does anybody have recent experience with a easy website maker >>>>> platform. I want to experiment with a website but GoDaddy wants ten >>>>> bucks >>>>> a month just to talk to me. >>>>> >>>>> Nick >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Nicholas S. Thompson >>>>> >>>>> .- .-.. .-.. / ..-. --- --- - . .-. ... / .- .-. . / .-- .-. --- -. >>>>> --. / ... --- -- . / .- .-. . / ..- ... . ..-. ..- .-.. >>>>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>>>> Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom >>>>> https://bit.ly/virtualfriam >>>>> to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>>>> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >>>>> archives: 5/2017 thru present >>>>> https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ >>>>> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >>>>> >>>> .- .-.. .-.. / ..-. --- --- - . .-. ... / .- .-. . / .-- .-. --- -. --. >>>> / ... --- -- . / .- .-. . / ..- ... . ..-. ..- .-.. >>>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>>> Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom >>>> https://bit.ly/virtualfriam >>>> to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>>> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >>>> archives: 5/2017 thru present >>>> https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ >>>> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >>>> >>> .- .-.. .-.. / ..-. --- --- - . .-. ... / .- .-. . / .-- .-. --- -. --. >>> / ... --- -- . / .- .-. . / ..- ... . ..-. ..- .-.. >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom >>> https://bit.ly/virtualfriam >>> to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >>> archives: 5/2017 thru present >>> https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ >>> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >>> >> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Robert Holmes <rholme...@gmail.com> >> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com >> > >> Cc: >> Bcc: >> Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2024 07:57:40 -0700 >> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Boltzmann Distribution >> >> Personally, I found it easier to learn about entropy by starting from >> thermodynamics and then later trying to grok the statistical mechanical >> perspective. Maybe start with a good thermodynamics textbook? A couple of >> popular science options are Hanlon’s *Block by Block* and Atkins’ >> *Thermodynamics* in the *Very Short Introduction* series. If you want >> something with more teeth, try Steane’s *Thermodynamics: **A Complete >> Undergraduate Course*. I particularly like his financial analogy: being >> given $1 as a dollar bill versus as 100 cents hidden around your house. >> It’s completely equivalent from a first-law perspective, not so much from a >> second-law perspective. >> >> Cheers, >> >> —Robert >> >> On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 4:14 PM Nicholas Thompson < >> thompnicks...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> FWIW, I have been struggling with the concept of entropy for the last >>> month. One of the puzzles was why entropy increased with addition of heat. >>> I bullied George for a few hours and he finally admitted not only that the >>> mean and variance of the B-distribution are correlated, but that its >>> variance is the square of its mean. Why that is the case is beyond both >>> of us. >>> >>> He also coughed up eventually the reason that adiabatic compression and >>> decompression don't alter entropy: there is a trade off between spatial >>> constraint and kinetic energy such that as the gas is confined its kinetic >>> energy goes up and with that a compensating increase in the variance of >>> the KE. >>> >>> Yeah. I know. Fools rush in where wise men fear to tread. >>> >>> N >>> >>> -- >>> Nicholas S. Thompson >>> Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology >>> Clark University >>> nthomp...@clarku.edu >>> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson >>> .- .-.. .-.. / ..-. --- --- - . .-. ... / .- .-. . / .-- .-. --- -. --. >>> / ... --- -- . / .- .-. . / ..- ... . ..-. ..- .-.. >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom >>> https://bit.ly/virtualfriam >>> to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >>> archives: 5/2017 thru present >>> https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ >>> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Friam mailing list >> Friam@redfish.com >> http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> > .- .-.. .-.. / ..-. --- --- - . .-. ... / .- .-. . / .-- .-. --- -. --. / > ... --- -- . / .- .-. . / ..- ... . ..-. ..- .-.. > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >
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