[Case] But in that microfraction of an instant is where the big questions remain. Before that micro instant the questions can not even be asked.
[ron] You have eloquently answered these difficult questions, I thank you to the power(10) This has been driving me bananas for weeks now. You're the only one who had the Fortitude to hit this head on with me. My gratitude can not be measured. [Kevin] So what's the bottom line? [Case] Shit Happened. And really what else do you need to know about it? As for the idea of dimensions at work; let's look at the constituent parts of an everyday example of a fractally branching dynamic flow contained within the limits of an evolving static structure: You are a driving down a long lonely stretch of interstate. From space you are a point on a line inscribed in two dimensional space; a dot. If another car enters the highway from a rest area and travels at about the same speed, there will be two dots traveling along the line. The distance between the two dots can changes as the two vehicles alter relative position over time. The distance between them is an expanding and contracting dash. Knowing something about the average length of the dashes between dots can tell you a lot about the future evolution of the road. If the average distance is in miles the road allows for unrestricted dynamic flow. When the average distance is measured in feet, flow is restricted; dynamic change is approaching the static. If this condition is chronic the road will eventually be expanded to allow increased flow. You see the results in four lanes and eight lanes and turn lanes, here a lane, there a lane. These relationships can be seen as a function of the variation in length of a two dimensional dash in fourth dimensional time. The result is the fractal structure of the road network; thick trunks of 16 lanes in the dynamic core of cities, feed by tributaries connecting urban hubs and tapering into residential capillaries. You know what it is like to be a particle in that dynamic flow. You know what factors influence your speed and the distance you tolerate between other cars. If the dash between you and the particle in front of you gets shorter too quickly, you make a dramatic change in speed or trajectory. The length of the dashes between you and other cars is dynamic because it can change for all kinds of reasons. These are micro-events fueled by chance, whimsy and the rush of steel. But in the end these all average out with respect to the Evolution of The highWay. And "__It" all just keeps on truckin' moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
