[FRIAM] Lunch today: agent-based modeling and webgl informal roundtable

2011-05-18 Thread Stephen Guerin
12p Santa Fe Complex Lunchtime conversation AgentGL: agent-based modeling meets OpenGL A group of us from Ed Angel's OpenGL class will have an informal discussion about implementing ABM in webgl and opengl ES mobile environments. Owen has a basic heatbug example at:

Re: [FRIAM] Lunch today: agent-based modeling and webgl informal roundtable

2011-05-18 Thread Marcus G. Daniels
On 5/18/11 10:50 AM, Stephen Guerin wrote: Owen has a basic heatbug example at: http://backspaces.net/CS591/nl0/nl0.html Nice. FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures,

[FRIAM] Droid X vs. I Phone 4 on Verizon

2011-05-18 Thread George Duncan
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Re: [FRIAM] Droid X vs. I Phone 4 on Verizon

2011-05-18 Thread Robert Gehorsam
I'm a lurker here, but happy to give my two cents: I'm a Droid X user, more or less alone in a sea of iPhone 4s and the occasional Blackberry. Previously a BB Tour (world phone) user. Neither the iPhone 4 nor the Droid X are world phones, and I'll avoid buying a non-world phone again unless ‹

Re: [FRIAM] Lunch today: agent-based modeling and webgl informal roundtable

2011-05-18 Thread Bruce Sherwood
I wasn't able to attend the meeting today, but I'd like to put in a plug for VPython (vpython.org) for visualization purposes. This lets you do quite elaborate 3D animations/visualizations for Python programs using OpenGL, cross-platform, with an exceptionally easy to use implementation of a

Re: [FRIAM] craigs list q

2011-05-18 Thread Nicholas Thompson
Gillian, I would start by calling the Bursar at Central Christian College. That person should be straightforward, down-to-earth, and should have an explanation for this odd procedure. It doesn't sound right to me, I have to say. What does test out Western Union mean? Let us know how it

Re: [FRIAM] craigs list q

2011-05-18 Thread Russell Standish
Be very, very wary of these things, as they are almost assuredly scams. I'm not sure if my understanding of it is correct, but it is a way of laundering money, for instance created by selling someone somthing that doesn't exist. When the original purchaser calls foul, and asks for the money back

Re: [FRIAM] craigs list q

2011-05-18 Thread Ted Carmichael
Here's some good info on these type of scams -- http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams-Ted On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 6:47 PM, Russell Standish r.stand...@unsw.edu.auwrote: Be very, very wary of these things, as they are almost assuredly scams. I'm not sure

Re: [FRIAM] craigs list q

2011-05-18 Thread Gillian Densmore
Good call. I called up Central Christian College. This person (a bob pemo with a gmail adress) isn't on staff! Further naling it as a scam in so far as the Bursars office was conerned they'd have used a university email adress and not have taken it as an afront when wanting assurance it's legit.

Re: [FRIAM] blog recomendations?

2011-05-18 Thread Gillian Densmore
Wordpress is indeed pretty sweet. You might also want to check out googles I think it's called blogger you may need a google acount to use it. On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 7:12 PM, Robert J. Cordingley rob...@cirrillian.com wrote: Hi Eric WordPress.  If you get stuck or need some customizing I can

Re: [FRIAM] Financial Scam

2011-05-18 Thread Stephen Thompson
Gillian: If I read your original email correctly.. you are in receipt of a check, suppose to deposit it and then wire a large portion of it to another account? Let me guessyou are suppose to deposit it in **your** bank account ? That's the scam the money is wired out of your account

Re: [FRIAM] blog recomendations?

2011-05-18 Thread Nicholas Thompson
My slight experience with WordPress made me feel that it had a nerdy heart. Don’t be ashamed to try something that costs a little and doesn’t have the notion that learning obscure finger-mantras is good for your soul. But I probably don't know what I am talking about. Nick -Original