Re: [FRIAM] help with memory

2017-02-22 Thread Russell Standish
I know ... I know ! MOOC - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 06:04:38PM -0700, Nick Thompson wrote: > Hi, Everybody, > > > > Does anybody remember from the 90's (yes, the 90's!) a computer web thing, > VERY primitive, that tried to imitate a

[FRIAM] help with memory

2017-02-22 Thread Nick Thompson
Hi, Everybody, Does anybody remember from the 90's (yes, the 90's!) a computer web thing, VERY primitive, that tried to imitate a university with class rooms, and discussion groups. It had a cheesy graphic interface you could "move around in" I think it was called moo doo, but I possibly

[FRIAM] FW: trump/Ford

2017-02-22 Thread Nick Thompson
Hi, everybody, Here is the second shoe. I asked Jonathan to comment on trump on the basis of his experience with the Mayor of Toronto, a man named Ford, who managed to get himself reelected despite the fact that it was pretty clear he was a coke head . and a fool. I asked him how was that

Re: [FRIAM] Meet the Math Professor Who’s Fighting Gerrymandering With Geometry - The Chronicle of Higher Education

2017-02-22 Thread Merle Lefkoff
Interesting. I posted on my Facebook page this morning an article about the federal court in Wisconsin questioning gerrymandering there--new precedent. Wonder if this group was involved in this important court decision. On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 1:35 PM, Tom Johnson wrote: >

[FRIAM] Meet the Math Professor Who’s Fighting Gerrymandering With Geometry - The Chronicle of Higher Education

2017-02-22 Thread Tom Johnson
Meet the Math Professor Who’s Fighting Gerrymandering With Geometry http://www.chronicle.com/article/Meet-the-Math-Professor/239260/ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to

Re: [FRIAM] FW: Fractal discussion Landscape-bird songs

2017-02-22 Thread Robert Wall
Hi Vladimyr, Nice to chat with you on the glen-channel. :-) I guess I came late to the chat without fully understanding the how it was vectored. It happens ... age ... Wrt conflating the two models of "being in the groove," y' all seem to be focused on the, perhaps, unintentional fusing of the

Re: [FRIAM] FW: Fractal discussion Landscape-bird songs

2017-02-22 Thread ┣glen┫
I don't know anything about Minecraft. But I do play some video games. And although I dig the "strategy" games most, I also like those with lots of side quests and territory to explore. The main reason is because I enjoy estimating the underlying axioms. E.g. I recently found a cool bug in