On 6/28/06, Paul D. Fernhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can > change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." -- Margaret Mead >
Or committed company employees, or crew members, or television screen writers... > it has no functionality yet. (Limited) PythonCard compatibility motivated > several major improvements in the system (including naming morphs and > supporting menus and a "visible" flag). I wonder if you've contacted Kevin Altis, the PythonCard developer I know best. Robin Dunn, author of wxPython is also local (we've met many times). I saw the new wx book at Powell's Technical, and almost bought it (I'm waiting for a bigger book budget to materialize, so I might expand my library). > So, see, some teamwork going on, though of an "artifact mediated" kind. I > think of that as a form of "Stigmergy". > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigmergic Wow, I'd never have guessed. Same root as stigmata, no? Maybe not. > From there: "Stigmergy is a method of communication in emergent systems > in which the individual parts of the system communicate with one another > by modifying their local environment." > > --Paul Fernhout So like when I mow my lawn in a certain pattern, signalling a satellite, or when ETs use a crop circle to phone home, right? Science fiction examples of "stigging out" (slang for "exercising stigmergic abilities"). Kirby _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
