[FRIAM] Fwd: cartoon

2006-09-05 Thread Owen Densmore
From a friend: Begin forwarded message: > From: David Casseres <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: September 5, 2006 6:38:10 PM MDT > Subject: cartoon > > http://xkcd.com/comics/sandwich.png FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Frid

[FRIAM] nature walks!

2006-09-05 Thread Phil Henshaw
I am dually impressed at Amazon's ability to know what undergarments it's random visitors might be advised to try:) (just marvelous!) but still I have some questions about reality 101. If molecules in thermal motion follow random walks, do fluids composed of molecules in thermal motion do so

Re: [FRIAM] ** tomorrow* Sept 6, Lecture: Joshua Thorp - Art-induced explorations: Through thelooking glass with Processing.

2006-09-05 Thread Stephen Guerin
Correction on the date...that's tomorrow Wed Sept *6*. -S 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

Re: [FRIAM] ** tomorrow* Sept 5, Lecture: Joshua Thorp - Art-induced explorations: Through the looking glass with Processing.

2006-09-05 Thread Owen Densmore
This is so cool -- you gotta get Josh to show it to you at a future Friam. -- Owen Owen Densmore http://backspaces.net On Sep 5, 2006, at 5:43 PM, Douglas Roberts wrote: > Damn! And me on an airplane to Washington tomorrow... > > On 9/5/06, Stephen Guerin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

Re: [FRIAM] ** tomorrow* Sept 5, Lecture: Joshua Thorp - Art-induced explorations: Through the looking glass with Processing.

2006-09-05 Thread Douglas Roberts
Damn!  And me on an airplane to Washington tomorrow...On 9/5/06, Stephen Guerin <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:*** Reminder tomorrow ***SPEAKER: Joshua ThorpTITLE: Art-induced explorations:  Through the looking glass with Processing. TIME: Wed Sept 5, 2006 12:30pLOCATION: 624 Agua Fria Conference RoomL

[FRIAM] ** tomorrow* Sept 5, Lecture: Joshua Thorp - Art-induced explorations: Through the looking glass with Processing.

2006-09-05 Thread Stephen Guerin
*** Reminder tomorrow *** SPEAKER: Joshua Thorp TITLE: Art-induced explorations: Through the looking glass with Processing. TIME: Wed Sept 5, 2006 12:30p LOCATION: 624 Agua Fria Conference Room Lunch will be available for purchase ABSTRACT: What happens when agents start watching you? It i

Re: [FRIAM] have we moved on?

2006-09-05 Thread David Breecker
Perhaps the author is anal retentive, and this is revealed in his book; making the affiliative recommendation even smarter than we could have expected. Turing would have loved it. (Just kidding; my own strange sense of humor). David - Original Message - From: "Raymond Parks" <[EMAIL P

Re: [FRIAM] have we moved on?

2006-09-05 Thread Raymond Parks
Martin C. Martin wrote: ... > But say that to most AI researchers, and they'll stare at you > uncomprehendingly. They want a well defined problem, such as using all > users purchases at Amazon to suggest other purchases for a single user. A while back, a DARPA program manager (an agent person,

Re: [FRIAM] Cabspotting

2006-09-05 Thread Joseph Dalessandro
On the airport side: I found this site while looking for something completely unrelated. http://www.java.com/en/everywhere/airportmonitor.jsp and http://www.passur.com/sites.htm Clicking on the planes gives limited data, but interesting none the less. San Jose/Bay (Roughly) Area click out to 80

[FRIAM] Cabspotting

2006-09-05 Thread Stephen Guerin
hmm...http://www.cabspotting.org is a nice example of visualizing an organization's (Yellow Cab) data. Check out the time lapse and recommendations for collaborations. The artists seem very open with the data for anyone looking for a project. As a complexity-aside, it would be interesting to an