Re: [FRIAM] have we moved on?

Perhaps the author is anal retentive, and this is revealed in his book; making the affiliative recommendation even smarter than we could have expected. Turing would have loved it. (Just kidding; my own strange sense of humor). David - Original Message - From: "Raymond Parks" <[EMAIL P

Re: [FRIAM] incredible machine - Google Video

Thelonius Monk said he was only interested in the "mistakes."  And you can hear the results in his glorious music... db - Original Message - From: Carl Tollander To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group' Sent: Sunday, Septemb

Re: [FRIAM] Rugged fitness landscapes

Phil, indulge a layman for a moment: isn't auto-catalysis widely considered to be the origination of life, and thus evolution? David dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. www.BreeckerAssociates.com Abiquiu: 505-685-4891 Santa Fe:505-690-2335 - Original Message - From:

Re: [FRIAM] A billion agents

One is tempted to say that the arbitragers are effective(ly) modelers ;-) - Original Message - From: Robert Holmes To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 10:09 AM Subject: Re: [FRIAM] A billion agents On 1

[FRIAM] Systems & Merle @ Design Week

ease visit www.santafedesignweek.com  We hope to see some of you there, David   dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc.www.BreeckerAssociates.comAbiquiu: 505-685-4891Santa Fe:    505-690-2335     FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9

Re: [FRIAM] Animation via Behavior: Killer Game Programming in Java

Owen, two thoughts: first, I assume you're familiar with Massive (used for the battle scenes in Lord of the Rings)? And second, if you post this query to the MISP (Media Industries Strategy Project) Listserve, it will be seen by most of the CGI/animation folks in NM. Since this was exactly th

Re: [FRIAM] div. zero bugs?

I was about to say: can someone translate this joke into English? (It looks funny, but...) - Original Message - From: "Owen Densmore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group" Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 8:11 PM Subject: Re: [FRIAM] div. zero b

Re: [FRIAM] div. zero bugs?

World's last bug if (red_button_pressed == 1)    launch_missile();The other version is guaranteed to bomb... -- Doug Roberts, RTI International[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED]505-455-7333 - Office505-670-8195 - Cell On 10/25/06, David Breecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [FRIAM] for things that work backwards, think backwards!

Title: Message And, I would add, cultural and intellectual systems in the form of "fads," "memes," and paradigms.  Which brings us back to an earlier thread on Thomas Kuhn's "Structure of Scientific Revolutions" in a nicely self-referential fashion ;-) db - Original Message - Fr

Re: [FRIAM] CFP: IEEE Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems

The peer-to-peer application (listed below) reminded me to tell the List that Microsoft's Zune has automatic wifi connectivity to any other Zune player within range. I imagine someone out there could do something cool with this (assuming, of course, they sell ;-) NY Times article at: Microsoft

Re: [FRIAM] The yin and yang of numbers across cultures

s are continous, but our perceptual mechanism breaks them down into discrete bands. db dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. www.BreeckerAssociates.com Abiquiu: 505-685-4891 Santa Fe:505-690-2335 - Original Message - From: Phil Henshaw To: 'The Friday Morning Appli

Re: [FRIAM] Democracy and evolution

If Paul is correct, this is fascinating. Perhaps there is some minimum threshold of confidence in the integrity of our "self," beyond which we can afford to be tolerant of the "other"? db dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. www.BreeckerAssociates.com Abiquiu: 5

[FRIAM] Open-Source Spying

my hardcopy in case someone wants to see them, db dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. www.BreeckerAssociates.com Abiquiu: 505-685-4891 Santa Fe:505-690-2335 FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe a

[FRIAM] backup dialup

d probably be little or no monthly charge, and then per-minute for actual use. Any ideas? thx, db dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. www.BreeckerAssociates.com Abiquiu: 505-685-4891 Santa Fe:505-690-2335 FRIAM Applied

Re: [FRIAM] The what is AI question

Those interested in a "grand theory of human consciousness" will enjoy Gerald Edelman's "Bright Air, Brilliant Fire." From a perceptive essay: "It is a grand masterpiece laid out before us of how the matter of the brain is organized and assembles itself into recursive, intertwining loops of sys

Re: [FRIAM] Mathematical Search and Regular Expressions

Melodyhound should delight the mathematicians among you, especially its use of the "Parsons Code," or "melodic contour," which is able to identify melodies quite accurately just by knowing the sequence of rising or falling pitches: http://www.melodyhound.com/melodic_contour.0.html You can also

Re: [FRIAM] TEDTalks (audio, video)

For those unfamiliar, TED is considered top-notch among the geek elite, attracts luminaries from the titular sectors (Technology, Entertainment, Design) to its confabs. So a lot of the material should be good, and judging by a quick scan, it is. db - Original Message - From: "Giles Bo

Re: [FRIAM] Hi-speed transfer demo

I haven't heard about that demo, but as I understand it, NLR gives you as many lambdas as you like (or can pay for) at 10 Gbps apiece. So if they did 17.7 peak on what appears to have been a single lambda, I would think more is feasible? db - Original Message - From: J T Johnson

Re: [FRIAM] Will Rogers and Animal Behavior

Hugh, I would propose that what we call "aesthetics" is derived from what served our fitness over evolutionary time. So the crows may very well be dancing, for all "practical" purposes... db - Original Message - From: "Hugh Trenchard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Friday Morning Applied

Re: [FRIAM] Ooops! was: NISAC ++

h quickly), but you get used to it, and you can stream audio or video, handle fat files and software downloads, etc. Give me a call if you'd like more info, or come by and try it, db dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. www.BreeckerAssociates.com Abiquiu: 505-685-4891 Santa Fe:

Re: [FRIAM] Real Time Organizational Modeling

As a business school grad (and in particular, Harvard's), my intuition is telling me that there are a number of researchers specializing in organizations and technology who would be interested in these challenges. So if any of you home in on a research project, it might be worth thinking about

Re: [FRIAM] YELP, HELP!

Peter, I've gotten very good recommendations (and had some limited good experience) on the Computer Guru; I believe he makes housecalls, but I'm not sure. db - Original Message - From: "Peter Lissaman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 11:03 AM Subject: [FRIAM]

Re: [FRIAM] visual complexity

Outstanding! Is it Art? Or is it Information? Or is Art a way of transcribing Information? - Original Message - From: "Sven Gato Redsun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 3:14 PM Subject: [FRIAM] visual complexity > http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/ > > ===

Re: [FRIAM] NYTimes.com: The Problems in Modeling Nature, With Its Unruly Nat...

But I must add that the Week in Review has been reduced to a smaller, thinner, and more popular-oriented section (compared to what I distinctly remember as a rigorous analytical review of the week's salient events). Cartoons, "color" stories, and summaries of late-night comedians' topical humor

Re: [FRIAM] One of my projects

dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. www.BreeckerAssociates.com Abiquiu: 505-685-4891 Santa Fe:505-690-2335 - Original Message - From: Douglas Roberts To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 4:27 PM Subject: [FRIAM] One

Re: [FRIAM] Ferragamo's (not the shoes)

Why don't we all just meet there for lunch? ;-) db - Original Message - From: "Dede Densmore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group" Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 9:07 PM Subject: [FRIAM] Ferragamo's (not the shoes) > Two weeks ago, I promised a re

Re: [FRIAM] predictive models v. causal mechanisms

Thanks Paul, great share, must-read, db - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: friam@redfish.com Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 12:16 PM Subject: Re: [FRIAM] predictive models v. causal mechanisms Spe

Re: [FRIAM] Can you guess the source.

paper, let me know at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hope this is useful, David dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. www.BreeckerAssociates.com Abiquiu: 505-685-4891 Santa Fe:505-690-2335 - Original Message - From: "Stephen Guerin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROT

Re: [FRIAM] Can you guess the source.

Hi Allison: your project sounds great, please keep us posted. There is a tangentially related project in the early development stage here in Santa Fe that may offer some opportunities: a "community interaction platform" offering tools, applications, servers, and bandwidth for a rich-media onl

[FRIAM] starling patterns

I think some list members will enjoy this, from the NY Times today: Flight Patterns By JONATHAN ROSEN The shapes that starlings create in the skies of Rome. dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. www.BreeckerAssociates.com Abiquiu: 505-685-4891 Santa Fe:505-690-2335

[FRIAM] Fw: Invitation for Joost by eric x

Here's the official beta invitation, courtesy of that notorious Friam lurker Eric X: - Original Message - From: "Joost" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "David Breecker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 1:03 PM Subject: Invitation for

[FRIAM] The Encylopedia of Life is born

A good day for the world: The Encylopedia of Life is born Every once in a while something happens that makes me feel good about our species: Dear TEDizens, Those of us in Monterey this year watche

[FRIAM] photosynth

Well worth watching (IMHO), from TED: Blaise Aguera y Arcas's short-but-astonishing demo of his Seadragon and Photosynth technologies -- seven minutes that generated huge buzz in Monterey. dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. www.BreeckerAssociates.com Abiquiu: 505-685-4891 San

Re: [FRIAM] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (no Apple Proprietary content, I promise!)

Oh lord, I've seen Steve become a cheerful chatterbox with an afternoon in Santa Fe. Although libations at the Cowgirl certainly help. db - Original Message - From: Douglas Roberts To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 5:27 AM S

Re: [FRIAM] USC Interactive Media and ITC

nday to get > fitted out for some Edward Scissorhands play. I tried these on > 7 years ago in Houston, but it took this long to find an appropriate > application (virtual glovebox). > > > - Sieve > > David Breecker wrote: >> Oh lord, I've seen

Re: [FRIAM] Seminal Papers in Complexity

At risk of sounding soft-brained, I'd recommend considering other domains as a source of inspiration for a new non-linear kind of math. Music in particular, and other so-called "creative" forms, offer insight into different kinds of problem-solving approaches, and quasi-logical expression. And

Re: [FRIAM] complex cormac

lied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. Santa Fe: 505-690-2335 Abiquiu: 505-685-4891 www.Br

[FRIAM] complex cormac

27;s enough to make afternoon tea more interesting... db dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. Santa Fe: 505-690-2335 Abiquiu: 505-685-4891 www.BreeckerAssociates.com FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:3

Re: [FRIAM] Interesting article and ad

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Re: [FRIAM] Eco-Art+Science Tech Help?

xico Broadband Initiative www.1st-mile.com FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http:

[FRIAM] B/C>K

y share an underlying theme: cooperation. dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. Santa Fe: 505-690-2335 Abiquiu: 505-685-4891 www.BreeckerAssociates.com FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John

Re: [FRIAM] B/C>K

ust last week in the context of road rage. -- rec -- On 7/31/07, David Breecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Though this might interest some on the list; I'd be interested to hear any reactions to Nowak's work: SCIENTIST AT WORK | MARTIN NOWAK In Games, an Insight Into the Rules of

Re: [FRIAM] B/C>K

cation list to delay any further reaction by a few months. Nick started us discussing this thread: Hauert C, A Traulsen, H Brandt, MA Nowak, K Sigmund (2007). Via freedom to coercion: the emergence of costly punishment. Science 316: 1905-1907 just last week in the context of road rage. -- r

Re: [FRIAM] Information technology judiiciary.

p listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. Santa Fe: 505-690-2335 Abiquiu: 505-685-4891 www.BreeckerAssociates.com ==

[FRIAM] SSTI abstract on cities

http://www.nesta.org.uk/assets/pdf/ cities_and_innovation_working_paper_NESTA.pdf dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. Santa Fe: 505-690-2335 Abiquiu: 505-685-4891 www.BreeckerAssociates.com FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fr

Re: [FRIAM] Edge: The Need for Heretics

at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. Santa Fe: 505-690-2335 Abiquiu: 505-685-4891 www.BreeckerAssociates.com FRIAM Applied Complexity Group

Re: [FRIAM] Edge: The Need for Heretics

10:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, that's one of the tightly reasoned paths, but how do you stop growth without wrecking everything?? Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. Santa Fe: 505-690-2335 Abiquiu: 505-685-4891 www.BreeckerAssociate

[FRIAM] Science and Action

public and policy makers. db dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. Santa Fe: 505-690-2335 Abiquiu: 505-685-4891 www.BreeckerAssociates.com FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's C

Re: [FRIAM] Pascal's Wager and Global Warming

or ANYTHING we do. We should all be dionysians. dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. Santa Fe: 505-690-2335 Abiquiu: 505-685-4891 www.BreeckerAssociates.com FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe a

Re: [FRIAM] More questions on climate change

John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. Santa Fe: 505-690-2335 Abiquiu: 505-685-4891 www.BreeckerAssociates.com FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv M

Re: [FRIAM] Pascal's Wager and Kant's Categorical Imperative

like one of those models of neighborhood integration where either the neighborhood is unintegrated or everybody is unhappy. How DOES one square Kant with ABM's??? And what did it have to do with Pascal's Wager in the first place? Nick - Original Message - From: David Breeck

Re: [FRIAM] Pascal's Wager and Kant's Categorical Imperative

d value of the bet. This doesn't work if the payoff isn't infinite, since some countervailing return to tip things back towards the non-believer side. dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. Santa Fe: 505-690-2335 Abiquiu: 505-685-4891 www.BreeckerAssociates.com ===

Re: [FRIAM] Evolution in vary environments

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Re: [FRIAM] Facebook? iPhone?

pple.com/iphone/ -- Owen FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. Santa Fe: 5

Re: [FRIAM] Retrocausality

ets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. Santa Fe: 505-690-2335 Abiquiu: 505-685-4891 www.BreeckerAssociates.com FRIA

[FRIAM] Fwd: Google, GPS and "We know where you are."

Isn't this the whole intent of Google's participation in the new spectrum auction? dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. Santa Fe: 505-690-2335 Abiquiu: 505-685-4891 www.BreeckerAssociates.com Begin forwarded message: If we get the biggest carrier to open up, or two o

[FRIAM] free toner cartridge

I mistakenly ordered a HP 06A cartridge (fits LaserJet 5L, 6L, 3100, 3150) which I can't return, so it's free for the asking. Just let me know if you or anyone you know can use it, db dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. Santa Fe: 505-690-2335 Abiquiu: 50

Re: [FRIAM] "free energy"

face ambient is 57F... db dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. Santa Fe: 505-690-2335 Abiquiu: 505-685-4891 www.BreeckerAssociates.com On Dec 26, 2007, at 5:47 PM, Stephen Guerin wrote: If you put a heater in one corner of the room and a cooler in an opposite corner, this second system

Re: [FRIAM] "free energy"

emissions. That is, if we haven't already done so. How do we get people to change their way of *thinking* about "development"? db dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. Santa Fe: 505-690-2335 Abiquiu: 505-685-4891 www.BreeckerAssociates.com On Dec 27, 2007, at 10:33 A

[FRIAM] SFC as self-organizing

e and I just haven't seen it... db dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. Santa Fe: 505-690-2335 Abiquiu: 505-685-4891 www.BreeckerAssociates.com Begin forwarded message: Each of us, when we establish a project in the space, should be contributing in at least three ways: 1) Financial

Re: [FRIAM] [1st-mile-nm] Kicking the Internet up a notch

If that makes sense, I'll volunteer for service. Thoughts? db dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. Santa Fe: 505-690-2335 Abiquiu: 505-685-4891 www.BreeckerAssociates.com On Apr 6, 2008, at 8:56 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: Finally! This is a good intro to what Don and I have been working o

[FRIAM] technologies as processes

And don't forget that an early market assessment (done by Mercedes?) for the automobile predicted that sales would be constrained by the small number of trained chauffeurs available. db dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. Santa Fe: 505-690-2335 Abiquiu: 505-685

[FRIAM] Social Networks and memory

d those levels and I don't think anyone else was doing it at the time. db dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. Santa Fe: 505-690-2335 Abiquiu: 505-685-4891 www.BreeckerAssociates.com On May 28, 2008, at 10:00 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [FRIAM] ** this Wednesday** Lecture May 31 12:30p - CarlosGershenson: A General Methodology for DesigningSelf-Organizing Systems

me? David dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. www.BreeckerAssociates.com Abiquiu: 505-685-4891 Santa Fe:505-690-2335 - Original Message - From: "Carlos Gershenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee

[FRIAM] complex adaptive business

utational phylogenetics.  I'm struggling through it, but someone out there will actually enjoy it ;-) db   dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc.www.BreeckerAssociates.comAbiquiu: 505-685-4891Santa Fe:    505-690-2335     FRIAM Appli

Re: [FRIAM] Neurons.

g the key question? David dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. www.BreeckerAssociates.com Abiquiu: 505-685-4891 Santa Fe:505-690-2335 - Original Message - From: "Louis Macovsky, Dynamic BioSystems" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Friday Morning Applied Complex

Re: [FRIAM] kuhn

you know where "paradigm shift" came from ;-) David dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. www.BreeckerAssociates.com Abiquiu: 505-685-4891 Santa Fe:505-690-2335 - Original Message - From: "Nicholas Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, July 2

[FRIAM] Fw: Complex Energy Systems Meeting Thursday

ricity Delivery and Energy Reliability: The home of GridWise, GridWorks and other R&D programs   All are welcome.  Please feel free to bring relevant demos or work samples.  We hope to see some of you there, David   dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc.www.BreeckerAssociates.comAbiquiu:

Re: [FRIAM] Digital infrstructure in New Mexico

there were technical problems with the Wire NM architecture as well), those of us who want a better system (e.g., National Lambda Rail multi-Gb access) will need to figure out another way...   David   dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc.www.BreeckerAssociates.comAbiquiu: 505-685-4891Santa