[FRIAM] Chatroullete

2010-02-21 Thread Douglas Roberts
Fascinating social network evolution: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/21/weekinreview/21bilton.html http://chatroulette.com/ --Doug -- Doug Roberts drobe...@rti.org d...@parrot-farm.net 505-455-7333 - Office 505-670-8195 - Cell FRIAM

[FRIAM] Santa Fe Complex lands Defense contract - The Santa Fe New Mexican

2010-02-21 Thread Owen Densmore
Wow, SFX is off to a fast start! http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local News/Santa-Fe-Complex-lands- Defense-contract Congrats Steve Fred! -- Owen FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at

Re: [FRIAM] Santa Fe Complex lands Defense contract - The Santa Fe New Mexican

2010-02-21 Thread Douglas Roberts
Hey, hey, HEY! Way to go, guys! --Doug On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Owen Densmore o...@backspaces.net wrote: Wow, SFX is off to a fast start! http://www.santafenewmexican.com/LocalNews/Santa-Fe-Complex-lands-Defense-contract Congrats Steve Fred! -- Owen

Re: [FRIAM] Santa Fe Complex lands Defense contract - The Santa Fe New Mexican

2010-02-21 Thread lrudolph
Here's something in that article that, frankly, surprises me a bit: Santa Fe Complex scientists, artists and technology consultants have helped model escape routes for Santa Fe County residents in case of wildlife. I mean, I *know* you've got some fierce mountain lions around, and all, but

Re: [FRIAM] Santa Fe Complex lands Defense contract - The Santa Fe New Mexican

2010-02-21 Thread Marcus Daniels
Thin edge of the wedge!! :-) 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] World Building for Games an informal blender at SF_X, this Wed 5p-7p

2010-02-21 Thread Stephen Guerin
Three voices on World Building for Games an informal community blender at SFComplex when: Wed, Feb 24th 5p - 7p where: SFComplex Commons, Pizza will be available $5 per person World Building (n.) The creation of an imaginary world and its geography, biology, cultures, etc., especially for use

Re: [FRIAM] Santa Fe Complex lands Defense contract - The Santa FeNew Mexican

2010-02-21 Thread Pamela McCorduck
C'est moi. John Horgan claims me? It's true. On Feb 21, 2010, at 4:28 PM, Jochen Fromm wrote: By the way, are you the same Pamela McCorduck who wrote Machines Who Think and persuaded John Horgan to become a science journalist? He notices this here: http://www.newsweek.com/id/198263 -J.

Re: [FRIAM] Santa Fe Complex lands Defense contract - The Santa FeNew Mexican

2010-02-21 Thread Pamela McCorduck
Now I've read the piece by John Horgan. I may have been more enthusiastic about AI than was agreeable to John's taste (no singularity point in those days, something I myself have much skepticism about), but my prognostications about AI were a lot more sound than John's about the end of

Re: [FRIAM] Chatroullete

2010-02-21 Thread Steve Smith
OK... so I gave up 30 minutes of my life that (proverbially) I will never get back. It consisted roughly of: 20% dark screens with no response 10% muted screens with no response 5% cams aimed at a wall with no response 30% young men clicking through as fast as they can?

Re: [FRIAM] Chatroullete

2010-02-21 Thread Douglas Roberts
I had a much higher percentage of weenie waggers in my sample. About the same number of old geeks though. You looked good, BTW! On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 7:37 PM, Steve Smith sasm...@swcp.com wrote: OK... so I gave up 30 minutes of my life that (proverbially) I will never get back. It

Re: [FRIAM] Chatroullete

2010-02-21 Thread ERIC P. CHARLES
I haven't tried it, but a number of students in my classes have been talking about it recently. A few were people proclaiming its coolness, a few were significant-others complaining of its addictiveness (and stupidness). Based on their experiences, I recommend drinking five to six beers, then

Re: [FRIAM] Chatroullete

2010-02-21 Thread Nicholas Thompson
Steve, ...and a partridge in a pear tree??? n Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology, Clark University (nthomp...@clarku.edu) http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ http://www.cusf.org [City University of Santa Fe] - Original Message -