We're all celebrating this moisture.

On Jul 2, 2011, at 6:03 PM, Steve Smith wrote:

> Nick, Peter -
> 
> It is good to see the curmudgeons with their curmudgeons out.  Maybe we can 
> get Doug to flail (swirl?) his too! <grin> and I think we have a few others 
> here as well...
> 
> Meanwhile, we are having a soiree tonight that I invite you (all) to, to 
> celebrate the rain falling on the fire just uphill from us...   Sort of a 
> raindance, our native (Lakota) friend begged off cuz he's going to a sweat 
> tonight and Doug is out of pocket himself, oh wait... Nick is in 
> Massachusetts (damn you have a lot of ss's and tt's in that state name!) !  
> Peter.. if you are game, you can find us via google maps at 3 Bundy Rd, 
> Otowi, NM... we'll be reveling for a number of hours yet!  No basin-drain 
> experiments, however... I promise (hope?)!
> 
> Funny thing is that the rain is falling *strictly* inside the San Ildefonso 
> and Santa Clara boundaries.   Of course this is very good news as Santa Clara 
> Canyon and just north were the most threatening parts of the fire of late.   
> I think they might be dead out from that.   No evidence of same in the south 
> or west...  and Pacheco Canyon looks like it's getting a bit of a dousing, 
> but I can't see for the smoke (steam)?
> 
> 
> Carry on!
>  - Steve
>> But peter.  I actually did an experiment.  So, your criticism has to shift 
>> from calling me an air head to calling my experiment dumb … and,, 
>> presumably, having reasons why it’s dumb. 
>>  
>> N
>>  
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf 
>> Of [email protected]
>> Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2011 5:16 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: [FRIAM] A Happy Thought (experiment)
>>  
>> I was amazed to learn that gedanken experiments involve so much depth.  I 
>> had thought thought experiments were just simple tests that it would be VERY 
>> nice to do, but for various reasons could not be executed.  Like having all 
>> gedanken foolosofers leap from high buildings (under humane and controlled 
>> conditions) and their trajectories measured to determine whether they obey 
>> the laws of gravity and Newton.
>> 
>> 
>> Peter Lissaman, Da Vinci Ventures
>> 
>> Expertise is not knowing everything, but knowing what to look for.
>> 
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"In humans, the brain is already the hungriest part of our body: at 2 percent 
of our body weight, this greedy tapeworm of an organ wolfs down 20 percent of 
the calories that we expend at rest."

                        Douglas Fox, Scientific American



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