I don’t have any time to pursue it, but I bet there would be something
interesting if you look at the various groups corresponding to the
symmetries, and their relations (direct product??). Is something like
that involved in the “elsewhere” where this popped up?
--Barry
On 12 Jan 2019, at 13
W.r.t. Indra's Net, I can understand Hofstadter's description in Gödel, Escher,
Bach only because he asserts Indra's Net can be modeled with "augmented
transition networks" (ATNs). ATNs have some of the properties we've talked
about on the list (e.g. in the context of Rosen) like reflectivity -
This seems like a fun event. I purchased a micro:bit a few months ago.
Programming it is intuitive and I like the web IDE. I understand that it
has all sorts of sensors and a radio. I haven't used it to anywhere near
it's full potential. Are there other adults playing with them? or are the
kids goi
, I imagine, are old enough to remember this:
"The Navy is a master plan designed by geniuses for execution by idiots. If
you are not an idiot, but find yourself in the Navy, you can only operate
well by pretending to be one. All the shortcuts and economies and
common-sense changes that your n
I read the book but I don't remember that paragraph. As you know, dad was
a Naval Officer who achieved respectable rank. I was fascinated by it but
he felt that all the pomp and ceremony was BS. If computers are today's
sailors, something is lost and something gained.
Frank
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Thanks for answering, Frank.
As the old song goes, “Then you’re much older than I-yai!”
Do you also remember when “They waltzed to a Souza Band”
My wasn’t that music grand!
Oh, it was more than the pomp Wouk bristled at. It was the removal of
discretion, as well. The American m
