And Benny Lichter is a name I havent heard in a long time Hey, Benny, write me, nthomp...@clarku.edu, to tell me how and where things are with you. Nick
On Mon, Dec 30, 2024 at 4:56 PM Gillian Densmore <gil.densm...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. 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