Pamela, Everybody knows rutabagas are at the root of complexity!
--Doug On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 3:43 PM, Pamela McCorduck <[email protected]> wrote: > I read it all with amusement too. When the list gets too prolix, or about > something that doesn't interest me, I just use the delete key. I mean, Nick > and I got on about rutabagas for a while, and no one accused us of having > nothing to do with complexity. > > Pamela > > > > On Feb 19, 2010, at 5:09 PM, ERIC P. CHARLES wrote: > > Speaking only as a single member of the list, I was glad for the post > (certainly, at least, the original and the resolution update). > > It was informative in its own right, and relevant to me as a somewhat > frequent online buyer of computer stuff and an occasional returner of > computer stuff. It was also an entertaining story, though this is not a > literature list. I WAS interested to see what, if anything would come of the > posts. And then, there is always good old schadenfreude. I suspect Nick's > voyeurism is something like the latter, but preferred by those who are faint > of heart. > > Eric > > > On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 04:00 PM, *"glen e. p. ropella" < > [email protected]>* wrote: > > Thus spake Douglas Roberts circa 10-02-19 12:47 PM: > > Did you wake up on the wrong side of your bunker this morning? > > No. I just want to know why you sent this stuff to this list? I could > infer many relevant applied complexity points from this story. But I > would only be putting words in your mouth. > > So far, it seems like you just got pissed and are willing to waste > everyone's time thinking about you and your life. That's certainly how > it feels when you "groan, not again" in response to someone who wants > to > talk about emergence for the umpteenth time. It's like, "uh-oh, Doug > doesn't want to talk about this; so he's going to make a bunch of > dissatisfaction noises". At least, however, you're content-less > "groan, > not again" messages are on topic for the list. It's similar for overly > "academic" topics/posts you continually bitch about. "Uh-oh, if > I use > words or concepts that are too vague, we'll get a bunch of > dissatisfaction noises out of Doug." Even THOSE silly rants against > academic language are on topic. > > But this little episode is PURE narcissism on your part. Or at least it > seems that way. I'm hoping you'll make some deeper point about, say, > the semi-permeable membranes of the "corporation" or something. > > Note that I'm fine with this being a "bitch about random things" > mailing > list, if that's the way you want to use it. I just didn't think that's > what it was about. > > -- > glen e. p. ropella, 971-222-9095, http://agent-based-modeling.com > > > ============================================================ > 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 > > Eric Charles > > Professional Student and > Assistant Professor of Psychology > Penn State University > Altoona, PA 16601 > > > ============================================================ > 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 > > > > ============================================================ > 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 > -- Doug Roberts [email protected] [email protected] 505-455-7333 - Office 505-670-8195 - Cell
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