[FRIAM] Archiving Friam conversations as editable text.

Dear Friammers, So, I am now safely installed in the MIB, and now I am trying to fulfill my promise to try to turn your excellent work concerning "What Pragmatism Is" into an editable text. I realize this is a project that only a mother could love, but humor me a little bit. So, the fir

Re: [FRIAM] Diesel OK?

The X3 is a nice car, but then there’s.. https://cleantechnica.com/2018/01/06/tesla-tech-conquers-great-small-towing-semi-trucks-wiping-windshields/ From: Friam on behalf of Frank Wimberly Reply-To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Date: Friday, March 30, 2018 at 5:51 PM To:

Re: [FRIAM] Peirce's "What Pragmatism is."

https://youtu.be/rVlhMGQgDkY Frank Wimberly www.amazon.com/author/frankwimberly https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Wimberly2 Phone (505) 670-9918 On Fri, Mar 30, 2018, 5:34 PM uǝlƃ ☣ wrote: > Yes, well ... I "skimmed" it anyway. I really dig the idea of mixing > table look-up w

Re: [FRIAM] Diesel OK?

If you want acceleration, get an X3 with the six-cylinder turbo engine. At this point I think all BMWs have turbocharged engines, diesel and not. Frank Wimberly www.amazon.com/author/frankwimberly https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Wimberly2 Phone (505) 670-9918 On Fri, Mar 30,

Re: [FRIAM] Peirce's "What Pragmatism is."

Yes, well ... I "skimmed" it anyway. I really dig the idea of mixing table look-up with math models. We used to do that all the time. It was an important part of my competitor's success when he beat me in a competition to use ANNs (him) vs. GAs (me) to detect and use ephemerises exhibited in

Re: [FRIAM] Diesel OK?

Wait! Your sports car (Porsche) would have a high compression ratio, right?? My bias is away from diesel at the moment, simply because it costs more and some of the benefits are no longer with us. No longer cheaper etc. But they do have more pick-up, and apparently better maintenance. Keep the ca

Re: [FRIAM] Peirce's "What Pragmatism is."

Sounds right. Did you read the paper? I'm not sure I could follow the details at this point. Since then Raibert founded Boston Dynamics. He sold it a couple years to Google. You may have seen the videos of his four-legged beast of burden keeping its footing on ice. Frank Wimberly www.am

Re: [FRIAM] Peirce's "What Pragmatism is."

So, is it fair to say that both the tabular data (including the polynomial approximations to that tabular data) *and* those state variables partitioned out into "those that varied in a predictable, stereo-typed manner" are a kind of "shared assumption" (coherence), whereas the state variables th

Re: [FRIAM] Diesel OK?

Thank you Frank and Steve, both, > On Mar 31, 2018, at 3:33 AM, Frank Wimberly wrote: > > My petrol car has a 12.2 to 1 compression ratio and sparkplugs. Boy, I was way off. Thank you. Eric > > > Frank Wimberly > > www.amazon.com/author/frankwimberly > > https://www.researchgate.ne

Re: [FRIAM] Peirce's "What Pragmatism is."

See Raibert, Marc H. and Francis C. Wimberly. Tabular Control of Balance in a Dynamic Legged System. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics 14, 1984. Note the date. Frank Wimberly www.amazon.com/author/frankwimberly https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Wimberly

Re: [FRIAM] Peirce's "What Pragmatism is."

I disagree, again. As I tried to point out with both saccade and the inverted pendulum, the person who interacts with the ground thousands of times a day does so in a very tight feedback loop, sensing, acting, sensing, acting, etc. You are free to abstract all the detail and idealistically thi

Re: [FRIAM] Diesel OK?

My petrol car has a 12.2 to 1 compression ratio and sparkplugs. Frank Wimberly www.amazon.com/author/frankwimberly https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Wimberly2 Phone (505) 670-9918 On Fri, Mar 30, 2018, 9:53 AM Steven A Smith wrote: > I just read up a little on Selective Catalyt

Re: [FRIAM] Diesel OK?

I just read up a little on Selective Catalytic Reduction which seems to characterize Bruce's Urea-injection system.     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_catalytic_reduction Which is similar but different to Air Injection:     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary_air_injection both in

[FRIAM] Location today?

Is Still John's cafe open or where? TJ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogsp

Re: [FRIAM] Diesel OK?

On 3/29/18 9:45 PM, Eric Smith wrote: > Steve, hi, > > Two quick questions since this brings back things I was curious about > as a child: >> >> 1. >> >> >> Higher MPG >> 1. higher energy density per liter of fuel >> 2. higher compression engine (more efficient) >> 3. leaner co