Re: [FRIAM] entropic force (was Gravity as an emergent phenomenon)

2010-07-20 Thread Russ Abbott
Please see below. -- Russ > But my underlying point still stands: that when > characterizing a physical system (with concepts like entropy and > thermodynamics as a whole), one has to choose the layers or aspects they > want to pay attention to. If the characterization is intended to > capture

[FRIAM] Learning a language -- via Skype!

2010-07-20 Thread Owen Densmore
Just a quickie to let you in our latest stunt: taking Italian language lessons from schools in Italy via skype: http://www.learn-italian-online.com/ The teachers specialize in teaching Italian to foreigners. They've even created their own book, in Italian only, but with an answer book i

Re: [FRIAM] Amazon Says E-Book Sales Outpace Hardcovers - WSJ.com

2010-07-20 Thread Owen Densmore
(Interesting: Your email made me check; I just found out that there is an update for the kindle so I installed it to see if the pdf reading has changed: http://tinyurl.com/coo6qu It does include a pdf change for pan/zoom) On Jul 20, 2010, at 2:23 PM, Robert Holmes wrote: > Owen - I nearly got m

Re: [FRIAM] Amazon Says E-Book Sales Outpace Hardcovers - WSJ.com

2010-07-20 Thread Robert Holmes
Owen - I nearly got myself the new Kindle DX precisely because I have tons of technical PDFs and no simple portable way of reading them (hey, my failing eyesight means if it's not on 8.5 x 11 I can't see it...). The Kindle was getting dinged by a lot of people for its poor PDF support (no bookmarks

[FRIAM] Amazon Says E-Book Sales Outpace Hardcovers - WSJ.com

2010-07-20 Thread Owen Densmore
Interesting: Amazon ebooks surpass hardcover books: http://tinyurl.com/2esb5x6 With both a kindle and an ipad, I find I'm reading a lot more ebooks. The complete works of Sherlock Holmes on the kindle just now ($.99) and two computer tech books (HTML5, JavaScript) from SitePoint ($5.00

Re: [FRIAM] entropic force (was Gravity as an emergent phenomenon)

2010-07-20 Thread glen e. p. ropella
Russ Abbott wrote circa 07/19/2010 05:06 PM: > On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 4:13 PM, glen e. p. ropella > mailto:g...@agent-based-modeling.com>> > wrote: > > I guess that's a joke. But to be overly literal minded, one random > distribution of elements is not the same as another random distribution > an