Re: [FRIAM] Assistance sought: The meaning of constraints

2011-03-16 Thread lrudolph
[my comment follows Russ's] Russ Abbot writes: As I understand it, work is defined as the change in kinetic energy resulting from the application of a force. Normally that means work is force times distance. So if there is no distance (no motion) there is no change in kinetic energy and

Re: [FRIAM] Apocalypse in Japan

2011-03-16 Thread Alfredo Covaleda
Hi Who is going to produce the good and services that Japan is stoping to manufacture because of the disaster? My probably raw opinion is that an unfortunate event like this one, is the oportunity that US needs to reactive his economy. ¿Isn't it? Alfredo C. 2011/3/15 Jochen Fromm

Re: [FRIAM] Work! Fer Gawd and Newton's sake!

2011-03-16 Thread Douglas Roberts
In the true spirit of FRIAM, I propose that we generalize what we mean by generalize. And then we could perhaps steer the discussion in the direction of how to produce a generalizable ABM. Said ABM could be made aware of it's computing host, therefore further generalizing its computation

[FRIAM] A modest proposal

2011-03-16 Thread plissaman
The two nuclear plants in CA, San Onofre and Diablo Canyon, produce about 4.5 GW together.   Both are coastline installations vulnerable to seismic and tsunami activity.   CA total electrical power plant capacity is about 33 GW .  In 2010 t otal used capacity for 100% full operation was

[FRIAM] Emergent Fish Hole.

2011-03-16 Thread James Steiner
This is cool, RE emergent properties (the hole)/collective behavior (the fish), and also somewhat funny. Poor big fish. Little fish won't stay put. http://chzgifs.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/fishmagnetsarerepulsedp1.gif Containing site (not recommended):

Re: [FRIAM] A modest proposal

2011-03-16 Thread Carl Tollander
Oranges and Apples maybe? They're different technologies (BWR vs PWR). It does not appear that any of the current issues at Fukushima originated with the basic design, but were due to loss of supporting infrastructure (e.g., loss of grid power to the pumps, the wave washed out the diesel

Re: [FRIAM] A modest proposal

2011-03-16 Thread Tom Johnson
And lotsaluck in getting PGE -- the power company -- to pay for the decomissioning. -tj On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 1:11 PM, plissa...@comcast.net wrote: The two nuclear plants in CA, San Onofre and Diablo Canyon, produce about 4.5 GW together. Both are coastline installations vulnerable to

Re: [FRIAM] Apocalypse in Japan

2011-03-16 Thread Jochen Fromm
If you read the Wall Street Journal, then you get the impression the situation is not that bad at all, it is only unconfortable for Tepco (Tokyo Electric Power Company). If you follow the media and read the newspapers here in Germany, you get a completely different opinion. You get the impression

Re: [FRIAM] Apocalypse in Japan

2011-03-16 Thread Gillian Densmore
in the US the problem isn't just saftey it's NIMBY. (not in my back yard). I'm far far far from being an expert on whats bog standard practice to store spent rods. That being said the very few physics i've talked to have said right off theoreticly you could store spent cells just abount anywhere

Re: [FRIAM] Apocalypse in Japan

2011-03-16 Thread Gillian Densmore
Well not just that but hopefuly it's a time to apreciat the unreal amount of help asia does for the global economy. That being said offshoring is a horrible way to run the US economy. It makes it way to sustible to not just economic problems but natural acts of God! More work done 'in house' in

Re: [FRIAM] Work! Fer Gawd and Newton's sake!

2011-03-16 Thread lrudolph
I heard thee speak me a speech once, but it was never acted, or if it was, not above once; for the play, I remember, pleas'd not the million, 'twas caviare to the general. In general, I agree. -R On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Douglas Roberts d...@parrot-farm.netwrote: In the true

Re: [FRIAM] Work! Fer Gawd and Newton's sake!

2011-03-16 Thread ERIC P. CHARLES
Agreed! Work, constraint, cause, etc. were all words long before Newton (if we are willing to translate them, many centuries before). Newton gave them very technical meanings in his system, but the technical meanings were just a matter of making more strict the common meanings. We could, if we

Re: [FRIAM] Work! Fer Gawd and Newton's sake!

2011-03-16 Thread Sarbajit Roy
Railroad lines represent useful constraints to freight cars A clear application of the 3rd law depending on the frame of reference of the static rail system. So would the frame itself constitute a constraint ? On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 11:53 PM, plissa...@comcast.net wrote: Come on, Peoples!

Re: [FRIAM] Apocalypse in Japan

2011-03-16 Thread Carl Tollander
Everything of consequence is on a fault somewhere. On 3/16/11 5:31 PM, Gillian Densmore wrote: Well not just that but hopefuly it's a time to apreciat the unreal amount of help asia does for the global economy. That being said offshoring is a horrible way to run the US economy. It makes it way

Re: [FRIAM] Work! Fer Gawd and Newton's sake!

2011-03-16 Thread Vladimyr Burachynsky
Eric , Please do not disengage just yet, first. I did not know if the mysterious Writer wished to use engineering terms or to simply capitalize on Cache. It does not matter either way. The fact is the brain cobbled together all these terms long before Newton Leibniz and Descartes. So why why