Fwd: [NDhighlights] #4360 - Monday, September 5, 2011 - Editor: Gloria Lee
--... in the last analysis all moments are key moments, and life itself is
grace: Rich Murray 2011.09.05
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From: Gloria Lee
Date: Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 9:10 PM
Subject: [NDhighlights]
On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Grant Holland
wrote:
> Excellent high-level description of IP.
Actually it is specifically Metcalf's Ethernet protocol, and it still
remains a brilliant solution to the traffic contention problem. All
sorts of "intelligent" attempts at making a complex rule for pa
On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Owen Densmore wrote:
> ...http://goo.gl/rm3Te
> We're going through 4 huge shifts in the world, and no one has any idea how
> to manage them:
>
> Quote: Now let me say that in English: the European Union is cracking up.
> The Arab world is cracking up. China’s growt
Owen,
Excellent high-level description of IP.
I might mention that the protocol in many ways mimics what we all do
when we encounter a stop sign on the roadways. No central "governor"
required there either.
Grant
On 9/5/11 2:19 PM, Owen Densmore wrote:
Nice point.
When David mentioned the
Nice point.
When David mentioned the stock trading, it brought to mind the
Ethernet protocol.
The Ethernet protocol is a low level transport that uses a
peer-to-peer approach: there is no central control. Instead, when a
machine wants to use the net, it senses if it is idle. If so, it
attempts
One big problem is if America will be
able to prevent corruption despite absolute
military power. With Obama there is at
least a real chance to defeat Lord Acton,
who said "Power tends to corrupt, and
absolute power corrupts absolutely"
(an interesting psychological observation
BTW).
The lar
You mean: let the idiots figure it out for themselves, Nick?
--Doug
On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Nicholas Thompson <
nickthomp...@earthlink.net> wrote:
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The problem (the advantage?) of being old is that there is such an obvious
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Of Owen Densmore
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 11:58 AM
To: Complexity Coffee Group
Subject: [FRIAM] All Together
I'd couple this with the Ulam talks.
After further understanding the global cultural pressures we've taken
on when we plunged gleefully over the edge into the digital
revolution, we need to add that to the mix.
Cracking up, cracking open.
Our tools make our revolutions possible and increase
Interesting premise from Tom's latest op-ed piece: http://goo.gl/rm3Te
We're going through 4 huge shifts in the world, and no one has any idea how
to manage them:
Quote: Now let me say that in English: the European Union is cracking up.
The Arab world is cracking up. China’s growth model is under
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