The idea is that a published paper should be preceded by the names of the
reviewers for and agin said work. That terrifies the profs! Still throws
no light on the naysayers if a paper is rejected!
Peter Lissaman, Da Vinci Ventures
Expertise is not knowing everything, but knowing what to look f
If homeostasis is the problem, this would seem to increase
conservativism. Reviewers would not want their names attached to
papers that might turn out to be wrong (perhaps embarrassingly so.)
On Jan 28, 2009, at 11:25 AM, Peter Lissaman wrote:
The idea is that a published paper should be p
Hi,
The best method is to allow for a collective footprint to determine the
value of an article. Igor is good with grammar, Constantine is good with
figure clarity, Bramblebush is good with literature reviews, Thor is good
with experimental design, The Ice Man is all about the methodology, etc.
et
Hi, all.
The FRIAM list welcome email said I should introduce myself, so here it is.
My name's Ted Carmichael; I'm a PhD candidate in the College of Computing
and Informatics, at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte. I've
been interested in CAS for the last 3 or 4 years; ever since I too
Hi Ted, and welcome to the list. Okay, I'll be the first to admit that
I don't know what CAS is. Computer Aided Simulation perhaps? I assumed
that it was just me, but a trip to the disambiguation page for
en.wikipedia.org didn't turn up anything promising, nor did a generic
Google search (I
Most interesting phenomena in natural and social systems include constant
transitions and oscillations among their various phases. Wars, companies,
societies, markets, and humans rarely stay in a stable, predictable state
for long. Randomness, power laws, and human behavior ensure that the future
Oops. Sorry about that, Gary ... I shouldn't have assumed.
I'm using CAS to mean Complex Adaptive Systems.
Thanks for the heads up.
-Ted
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Gary Schiltz wrote:
> Hi Ted, and welcome to the list. Okay, I'll be the first to admit that I
> don't know what CAS is. Co
Well, I remembered it about ten minutes after posting, and boy did I
feel dumb then :-) I mainly just used it as an excuse for telling a
silly joke that it reminded me of. - Gary
On Jan 28, 2009, at 6:05 PM, Ted Carmichael wrote:
Oops. Sorry about that, Gary ... I shouldn't have assumed.
Maybe we could form a new group ... the Association for the Advancement of
Artificial Insemination.
-Ted
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 7:23 PM, Gary Schiltz wrote:
> Well, I remembered it about ten minutes after posting, and boy did I feel
> dumb then :-) I mainly just used it as an excuse for telling
Oh THAT C.A.S.!
N
Nicholas S. Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology,
Clark University (nthomp...@clarku.edu)
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Hi Ted,
Welcome! BTW, SwarmFest will be in Santa Fe this year. It may be a
good excuse for you and some research associates to come out and meet
the local community.
-Steve
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CAS is Complex Adaptive Systems in this context, but I doubt over half
of the list would have known that off hand... I hope one of us will
update the disambiguation page on WikiPedia.
Reminds me of an old joke from the AI heyday of the 1980s, about two
guys sitting in adjacent seats on the air
DANGER: RANT
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Nobody should EVER apologize for not understanding an acronym. The purpose of
acronyms is -- present company exempted! -- to solidify an ingroup by being
unintelligible to outs
Peter, et al.
I haven't been following this thread perhaps carefully enough, but why not
have every article published and every article rated by a number of stars,
and then everybody could set their browser to the minimum number of stars
we are willing to tolerate. Those of us who don't want to b
LOL!BWAKR,Russ GonneringRussell S. Gonnering, MD, FACS, MMM, CPHQrsgonneri...@mac.comOn Jan 28, 2009, at 9:28 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote: DANGER: RANT >>> Nobody should EVER apologize for not un
Nicholas Thompson wrote:
The purpose of acronyms is -- present company exempted! -- to solidify
an ingroup by being unintelligible to outsiders.
If an `ingroup' can communicate concisely and accurately about things in
the world that individuals not in the group cannot, then that group has
ach
i'm going to enter the danger zone for a second...
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 7:28 PM, Nicholas Thompson
wrote:
> DANGER: RANT
> >>>
>
> Nobody should EVER apologize for not understanding an acronym.
For those who may not know, Dr. Mayer (aka Mayer-Kress), passed away on
January 25 after a long battle with cancer. The complexity community loses
a great contributor and pioneer in the advancement of the field. For my
part, he was one of the few established scientists who took seriously my
i
I'm sure you've all heard of the writer who vowed to write acronym free
documents (AFDs).
-- Russ Abbott
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Professor, Computer Science
California State University, Los Angeles
o Check out my blog at http://russabbott.blogspot.com/
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009
M2c (My two cents)... We should stick with: acronyms are words (names,
see all the other -onyms) made from initials e.g. Scuba, while
intialisms are strings (not recognized as words) made from initials e.g.
FDIC. In either case, first usage should be spelled out unless it has
reached the verna
Russ,
Now, you see, this is exactly what I am talking about. To me a SQL is a ratty
sort of creature who likes to bury nuts and has a long fuzzy tail.
Why are we suddenly talking about sqls?
Nick
Nicholas S. Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology,
Clark University (ntho
Thank you Robert. I agree. An acronym should be pronounceable. If we
tended to refer to the (FDIC) as the "fuhdic", then it would be an acronym,
right? FICA is an acronym because we pronounce it.
Nick .
Nicholas S. Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology,
Clark Univer
Marcus G. Daniels wrote:
Nicholas Thompson wrote:
The purpose of acronyms is -- present company exempted! -- to
solidify an ingroup by being unintelligible to outsiders.
If an `ingroup' can communicate concisely and accurately about things
in the world that individuals not in the group cannot
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