[FRIAM] stunningly beautiful doc

2010-06-07 Thread Paul Paryski
An incredible video about the earth and climate change: http://www.youtube.com/homeproject#p/u/4/jqxENMKaeCU cheers, Paul FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives,

Re: [FRIAM] Real-world genetic algorithm example... help!

2010-07-09 Thread Paul Paryski
This is also applicable to most politicians. cheers, Paul -Original Message- From: Ted Carmichael To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Sent: Fri, Jul 9, 2010 3:34 am Subject: [FRIAM] Real-world genetic algorithm example... help! Dear all, I'm trying to find ref

Re: [FRIAM] Gravity as an emergent phenomenon

2010-07-13 Thread Paul Paryski
Herr Prof. Thompson, Would you "reductionally posit that our personalities are emergent? Paul -Original Message- From: Robert J. Cordingley To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Sent: Tue, Jul 13, 2010 1:11 pm Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Gravity as an emergent phenomenon

Re: [FRIAM] 15 signs of serious economic challenges, especially housing: BusinessInsider.com: Rich Murray 2010.08.27

2010-08-28 Thread Paul Paryski
Very interesting and I agree with Rich's remarks. I believe that both the economic and poitical systems in the US are running on empty or pure and massive inertia. Paul -Original Message- From: ERIC P. CHARLES To: Rich Murray Cc: richmurray.rmfor...@gmail.com; The Friday Morning A

Re: [FRIAM] The Rise of the Power Vegan, 6 page revolutionary, lucid, thorough article in Men's Journal, Kevin Gray: Rich Murray 2010.09.13

2010-09-14 Thread Paul Paryski
Hi Rich! I have been a lacto-vegetarian for 40 years and can testify to its benefits. I do eat a bit of cheese and yogurt and I do take multi-vitamins and B12. Thanks for the article. Another real advantage of a vegetarian diet is that it helps cut greenhouse gases. Paul -Original Mes

Re: [FRIAM] The Rise of the Power Vegan, 6 page revolutionary, lucid, thorough article in Men's Journal, Kevin Gray: Rich Murray 2010.09.13

2010-09-14 Thread Paul Paryski
FYI for the fake Buddhist in you. I'll read your first page with a sharp eye! My allergies are making me mean! best to Blue! -Original Message- From: Rich Murray To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Cc: richmurray.rmfor...@gmail.com Sent: Mon, Sep 13, 2010 10:30

Re: [FRIAM] Lost cell-phone locator: Does this exist? would you please develop it?

2010-10-06 Thread Paul Paryski
For iPhone users: The Find My iPhone feature helps you locate iPhone if it’s been lost or misplaced, and display a message on your iPhone to help someone return it to you. It includes Remote Wipe, which lets you erase all your information on iPhone in case you don’t recover it. The Remote Pas

Re: [FRIAM] The Best 10 Fictional Works

2010-10-08 Thread Paul Paryski
Take a look at this: One Hundred Best Books John Cowper Powys ISBN10: 1116904438 ISBN13: 9781116904437 Publisher: BiblioLife, LLC Format: Paperback Publication date: 07 Nov 2009 cheers, Paul -Original Message- From: q...@aol.com To: friam@redfish.com Sent: Fri, Oct 8, 2010 3:39

Re: [FRIAM] Semipalatinsk and Los Alamos

2010-10-12 Thread Paul Paryski
For Santa Fe/LANL local concerns and issues, see Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety (CCNS), http://www.nuclearactive.org/ , a good NGO that has been around for some time. Paul -Original Message- From: Alfredo Covaleda Vélez To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group

Re: [FRIAM] URGENT "URGENT!"! Restaurants in SF.

2010-10-18 Thread Paul Paryski
Vinaigrette on Paseo de Peralta, if one likes great salads and soups, is great place for lunch or a light dinner. Around $15-20/person. More California than Santa Fe. Paul -Original Message- From: Scott R. Powell To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Sent: Mon, Oc

[FRIAM] cool idea

2010-10-21 Thread Paul Paryski
I always thought that airships were very cool. I would like to have one. Use ABM for traffic patterns and control. Paul See: http://www.solarairship.net/ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St.

Re: [FRIAM] WikiLeaks, US Gov't prohibition, Corporate Boycotts, etc.

2010-12-06 Thread Paul Paryski
In my opinion, based on personal observation, the political and economic system of the United States is quickly declining and darkly dystrophic as has been the case with all "empires". The information provided by WikiLeaks, although not at all surprising, and the reaction of the government to W

Re: [FRIAM] WikiLeaks, US Gov't prohibition, Corporate Boycotts, etc.

2010-12-06 Thread Paul Paryski
istrust anymore. Nick From: friam-boun...@redfish.com [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Paul Paryski Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 1:10 PM To: friam@redfish.com Subject: Re: [FRIAM] WikiLeaks, US Gov't prohibition, Corporate Boycotts, etc. In my opinion, based on perso

Re: [FRIAM] Mice at the Wheel!

2011-01-07 Thread Paul Paryski
We had the same problem and the mice chewed wires in both our cars. This is a very common problem in NM. We discovered that mice hate shiny materials. My wife bought some shiny, silvery paper which we put around the cars held done by stones. It works. I also bought some aluminium duct tape a

Re: [FRIAM] Mice at the Wheel!

2011-01-07 Thread Paul Paryski
PS the silvery paper is held down by stones, not the cars! Paul -Original Message- From: Paul Paryski To: friam@redfish.com Sent: Fri, Jan 7, 2011 2:25 pm Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Mice at the Wheel! We had the same problem and the mice chewed wires in both our cars. This is a very

Re: [FRIAM] 541002main_severe_weather_28apr11_0652_utc_animated.gif (GIF Image, 648x368 pixels)

2011-05-02 Thread Paul Paryski
Terrific visualization and all Climate Change/Anthropogenic modeling suggests that we can expect more visualizations like this. thanks, Paul -Original Message- From: Nicholas Thompson To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Sent: Sat, Apr 30, 2011 1:33 am Subject: [F

Re: [FRIAM] Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) - O Jerusalem -- FractAlkemist for the Ultimate Mandelbrot set travel 9:46 min video with female chorus chant vocal: Rich Murray 2011.12.13

2011-07-13 Thread Paul Paryski
Terrific fractualized von Bingen (she is one of my historical heros). cheers, Paul -Original Message- From: Rich Murray To: Rich Murray ; Rich Murray ; The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Sent: Wed, Jul 13, 2011 10:25 am Subject: [FRIAM] Hildegard von Bingen (1098-117

Re: [FRIAM] Santa Fe

2011-07-27 Thread Paul Paryski
Santa Fey! cheers, Paul -Original Message- From: Douglas Roberts To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Sent: Tue, Jul 26, 2011 6:11 pm Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Santa Fe Either that, or "precious". Sort of like FRIAM, come to think of it. On Jul 26, 2011 5:58 PM, "Robe

[FRIAM] dialogue on water

2011-09-03 Thread Paul Paryski
Hi all, David Bacon and I will be leading a dialogue on water issues and River Network this Sunday at 11:00 AM at Travel Bug. Join the conversation! thanks, Paul FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at ca

[FRIAM] Fwd: 'We Are the 99 Percent' Creators Revealed

2011-10-16 Thread Paul Paryski
The Occupy movement is actually about emergence and complexity. The Arab Spring began with an incident between a woman police officer and a fruit vendor in Tunis. FYI below a bit of what this movement is about cheers, Paul -Original Message- From: mile16 To: PPARYSKI Sent: Sun,

[FRIAM] Fwd: 'We Are the 99 Percent' Creators Revealed

2011-10-16 Thread Paul Paryski
The Occupy movement is actually about emergence and complexity. The Arab Spring began with an incident between a woman police officer and a fruit vendor in Tunis. FYI below a bit of what this movement is about cheers, Paul -Original Message- From: mile16 To: PPARYSKI Sent: Sun,

[FRIAM] webcam app for iPhone

2011-10-21 Thread Paul Paryski
Has anybody used any of the apps that allow an iPhone or rather its camera as a webcam on a Mac? My MacBook Pro's, now a few years old and without Applecare, iSight seems to have gone blind; it is not recognised by such programs as Skype, iMovies, or Photobooth. I know of one app, iwebcam, tha

Re: [FRIAM] Gates discussing new nuclear reactor with China - Yahoo! News

2011-12-08 Thread Paul Paryski
If everything is taken into consideration, the carbon footprint of nukes is really very high, much higher than the alternate forms of energy such as wind, solar, hydroelectric and even some thermal sources. France is paying dearly for its nukes. One of the innovative sources of energy that is b

Re: [FRIAM] Gates discussing new nuclear reactor with China - Yahoo! News

2011-12-08 Thread Paul Paryski
llation. Why? Get rid of transmission losses and increase local robustness and add to the "smart grid". But boy, windfarms have a lot going against them: they are a visual blight. We used to drive through one in California several times a year commuting to Santa Fe from Palo Al

Re: [FRIAM] Gates discussing new nuclear reactor with China - Yahoo! News

2011-12-08 Thread Paul Paryski
ure out how (no small feat, I grant you), and we'll want to use everything including the oink, as we say in sausage-making. - Claiborne - On Dec 8, 2011, at 13:14, Paul Paryski wrote: I disagree, although there is a PC aspect to the discussion about nukes. I believe that there are st

Re: [FRIAM] Congratulations on making TIME's Top-Five list !

2011-12-22 Thread Paul Paryski
Sim-ply wonderful. Congratulations! Paul -Original Message- From: Miles Parker To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Sent: Wed, Dec 21, 2011 1:52 pm Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Congratulations on making TIME's Top-Five list ! Congratulations Steve! That's truly awesome.

Re: [FRIAM] [Vo]:Eatlim claims 50% thermal to electrical conversion efficiency

2011-12-30 Thread Paul Paryski
Good idea! cheers and Happy New Year! Did anyone else besides my wife and I catch the nasty cold/cough going around Santa Fe? Paul -Original Message- From: Owen Densmore To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Cc: vortex-l Sent: Fri, Dec 30, 2011 4:55 am Subject: Re:

Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: Winds of Change

2012-01-08 Thread Paul Paryski
And as long as corporations are considered to be legal persons who can make unlimited political contributions and create super pacs, nothing will change. I believe that, unfortunately, real change will only come with tragic, painful crisis and perhaps "collapse" (ref. Jarred Diamond). This was

Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: Winds of Change

2012-01-08 Thread Paul Paryski
And as long as corporations are considered to be legal persons who can make unlimited political contributions and create super pacs, nothing will change. I believe that, unfortunately, real change will only come with tragic, painful crisis and perhaps "collapse" (ref. Jarred Diamond). This was

Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: Winds of Change

2012-01-09 Thread Paul Paryski
crises" to create change.'? Don't remember where I saw it (bumper sticker, email...), but "I'll consider thinking of a corporation as a person when Texas puts one to death." Gary On Jan 8, 2012, at 3:21 PM, Paul Paryski wrote: And as long as corporations are con

[FRIAM] water use footrpint

2012-02-16 Thread Paul Paryski
Excellent article on a study of world water consumption which points out that the US consumes more per capita than any other country. Worth more than a glance. Paul http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/15/tracking-how-the-world-guzzles-water/ =

Re: [FRIAM] SayHi Translate - Voice Translation App for iPhone or iPad for Business

2012-05-29 Thread Paul Paryski
Google Translate also works quite well. cheers, Paul -Original Message- From: Owen Densmore To: Complexity Coffee Group Sent: Tue, May 29, 2012 10:32 am Subject: [FRIAM] SayHi Translate - Voice Translation App for iPhone or iPad for Business Kim Sorvig was over last night and we got

[FRIAM] The Climate Fixers May 14 New Yorker

2012-05-29 Thread Paul Paryski
I submitted a letter (see below) to the editor of the New Yorker about Michael Specter's excellent May 14th article on technical solutions to global warming. Any comments? cheers, Paul -Original Message- From: Paul Paryski To: themail Sent: Tue, May 29, 2012 1:28 pm Subject

Re: [FRIAM] neutrons leaking to parallel mirror universe? Rich Murray2012.06.18

2012-06-19 Thread Paul Paryski
Very cool, but I suspect that as I age my braincells are slowly leaking to a parallel universe. Paul -Original Message- From: Steve Smith To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Sent: Mon, Jun 18, 2012 6:46 pm Subject: Re: [FRIAM] neutrons leaking to parallel mirror u

Re: [FRIAM] Friday 9/14 at the NMHM - The Future of Collaboration

2012-09-03 Thread Paul Paryski
Back in the USSA and certainly plan to attend. Thanks, Paul -Original Message- From: Tom Johnson To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Cc: Kaufman Michael Sent: Sat, Sep 1, 2012 2:07 pm Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Friday 9/14 at the NMHM - The Future of Collaboration OK,

Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: America and the Middle East: Murder in Libya | The Economist

2012-09-13 Thread Paul Paryski
Owen, What you are perhaps missing is the complexity of politics and the emergence of extremism everywhere in response to anger and frustration with the conditions in which people are forced to live. This, alas, includes the US and the rise of the extreme right which seems to have somewhat take

Re: [FRIAM] The Two Party System

2012-11-08 Thread Paul Paryski
Most European countries do quite well with a multi-party system, e.g. Germany, England, France, Poland). And a parliamentary or semi-parliamentary system is much more responsive to public opinion than a purely presidential system. cheers, Paul -Original Message- From: Owen Densmore

Re: [FRIAM] Why Climate Deniers Have No Scientific Credibility - In One Pie Chart

2012-12-03 Thread Paul Paryski
Although there are many, many proven technologies for reducing a perhaps absorbing GHG, very few have been put in place. A quick glance at wikipedia, IPCC and 350.org lists thousands. But in reality it is too late to stop a global temperature change of 2-4C and its very scary impacts; we are w

Re: [FRIAM] WHEN IS COMPLEXITY A GOOD?

2013-02-08 Thread Paul Paryski
In the UN we used the term civil society. Ah the vocabulary of silos. Enjoyed attending FRIAM again. Paul -Original Message- From: Owen Densmore To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Sent: Fri, Feb 8, 2013 2:59 pm Subject: Re: [FRIAM] WHEN IS COMPLEXITY A GOOD? I pro