[FRIAM] More on non-Newtonian Fluids

Following recent discussion at FRIAM, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Newtonian_fluid in which different properties of fluids manifest in different behavior (phenomena) depending on stress and strain (external forces) and in the case of cornstarch suspensions, on concentration. Viscosities

Re: [FRIAM] EMERGENCE SEMINAR V: Dennett et al; WAS: emergence seminar: what's next?

It's already there: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nomological Robert C Owen Densmore wrote: On Oct 5, 2009, at 6:12 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote: But Hempel and Oppenheim are big on the deductiive nomological account of explanation. Could you clarify the above? .. and maybe

Re: [FRIAM] Publishing Agreements (was "More mumbo-jumbo")

For those nearby, don't forget the sfComplex Meeting on Intellectual Property is next Tuesday, October 6, 2009 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm (see http://sfcomplex.org/wordpress/2009/09/intel_property#more-3032 for details). I can try to get Bruce to answer a few questions like these if it's too far for y

Re: [FRIAM] Inquiry to Emergence Group

Knot to needle you put I think you are throwing pearls before twine. Robert Nicholas Thompson wrote: Eric, I like the example. Thank you. Doug I stipulate that you don't like this topic. But wait a minute! You responded to the thread!? That's odd! If interested, the reading this we

Re: [FRIAM] emergence

ity (nthomp...@clarku.edu <mailto:nthomp...@clarku.edu>) http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ <http://home.earthlink.net/%7Enickthompson/naturaldesigns/> - Original Message - *From:* Robert Cordingley <mailto:rjco...@gmail.com> *To: *russ.ab

Re: [FRIAM] emergence

After observing all the tos and fros, and listening to many in person discussions on emergence and complexity, I've decided (see No. 4), Emergence is in the eye of the beholder. This will continue until someone declares a definition that can be widely adopted by workers in the field. Look at

[FRIAM] "How to use the web" was Re: Psychology Blogs

I agree presenting specific stories and examples at the Complex of /How I use the web /could be very interesting. Presenters can declare their topic ahead of time so that advanced/cognoscenti users can pick and choose. Perhaps a series of "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Internet/

[FRIAM] Remember Rutabagas?

You won't have to eat them after all: http://www.isa.org/Content/ContentGroups/News/2009/August42/Rutabagas_that_come_in_87_octane.htm Robert C. FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's Colleg

[FRIAM] Sociocracy

Further to today's FRIAM discussion, I noticed that the wikipedia article on Sociocracy reports that: Sociocratic principles are now applied to many organizations around the world. These include corporations, small businesses, nursing homes, university departments, ecovillages and cohousing co

Re: [FRIAM] FW: Fwd: Orweliean - You be the judge.

First I don't know where one 'logs in'. Second all the Privacy notices etc seem to go to the generic www.dot.gov site. Thirdly, I can't find the text of the claim after a few minutes browsing and 'Find'ing. Fourthly when I Google the beginning phrase 'This application provides access to the

Re: [FRIAM] "manifold" in mathematics

So to return to the forest question... Sherwood Forest is I presume another manifold. I know it is now discontiguous, separated by urban development and such (perhaps Epping Forest is too). Is it still a manifold? I could ask the same question about the British Isles: lots of little places,

Re: [FRIAM] Healthcare as a CAS

--- / --. --- -.. / -. --- / -- --- .-. . / ..-. .. ... If you're lazy ... see http://morsecode.scphillips.com/jtranslator.html it works well. Robert C Russell Gonnering wrote: Steve- .-. . -.. / ..-. .. ... / -... .-.. ..- . /

Re: [FRIAM] Airline fee

A better solution would be a low res image with a bigger watermark and a purchase link to the hi res version. Here's the raw image from the source code... http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/properties/luckovich/art_images/lk1080522d_lr.jpg It's copyrighted too. R Michael Nygard wrote: Snake o

Re: [FRIAM] Are your skills obsolete?

When I graduated in Engineering I was told my knowledge had a half life of 4 years. This from a Continuing Education specialist. That means that of my degree training only 1/861 st of it is still useful. Trouble is I can't figure out which bit that was or where I left it! R Tom Johnson wrot

Re: [FRIAM] Election: Why So Close

Owen, A theory (hypothesis strictly speaking) ... With all their polls and focus groups, the Republicans decided/discovered long ago that scaring the bejeebus out of people over fear of national insecurity was a great way to get elected and re-elected. The antidote to fear is a decent educa

Re: [FRIAM] Willful Ignorance

Someone wanted to know what we could do. Well, to break the connection between money and power which I think is a core problem, nationwide, I'd start with: Influence peddling: * Ban all Special Interest Groups. Elected officials will have to listen to their electorate for guidance. S

Re: [FRIAM] Reductionism - was: Young but distant gallaxies

I'm reading "The Book of Nothing" by John D. Barrow which begins with a history of the concepts of zero, nothing, 0 (the place holder) and the void and moves smoothly on through sets and on to quantum physics.  The book raises lots of questions for me and Ken's post struck a chord. On page 235:

[FRIAM] [Fwd: 2009 Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF-GRFP) Competition]

Forwarding... perhaps of interest to some on this list... Robert C The National Science Foundation invites you to apply for the 2009 Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF-GRFP) competition. This program offers up to 3 years of graduate school support worth over $120,000 to each awardee - last yea

Re: [FRIAM] Haiku-ified was: Mathematics and Music - missed opportunity

Haiku seasons speak Senryu human nature shows Not confusèd be Robert C Robert Holmes wrote: Five in the first line Seven in second Oh bugger, I got it wrong Robert On 7/14/08, Saul Caganoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I hate haiku. I can never remember How many syllables -- Saul Cag

Re: [FRIAM] Libraries in France switch off wi-fi internet @ popping popcorn with a cell phone

So are there any facts on how much (microwave/EMR) radiation does it take to pop corn and what do cell phones put out and why do you have to call the cell phone to make it pop? Does the power go up that much from a dormant polling state to an on-line state? Does the EMR power radiate uniformly

[FRIAM] Software Demo'ing

mo Builder 6 for $200 (normally $398) with a 15 day free trial with watermark. Thanks, Robert Cordingley FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsub

Re: [FRIAM] Hosting + CMS?

Owen, For a commercial service I use Network Solutions (NS). They have 24x7 live support. You can check out their basic hosting packages at: http://www.networksolutions.com/web-hosting/compare.jsp?showBuyNow=true I notice they offer the open source tools of WordPress, Gallery and Tikiwiki

Re: [FRIAM] Natural Design as a primitive property (was FRIAM and Causality)

Quick thought. Isn't 'designedness' directly proportional to a local reduction in entropy (= a measure of disorder, etc.) ? There's lots of math on entropy. Robert C Nicholas Thompson wrote: All, I confess I have not followed the mathematical side of this discussion into the blue underline

Re: [FRIAM] [632 Advisory] wordcrafting

There's little sign of anyone using 'holistology', my second choice. "Omnologist"seems to come off the tongue fairly easily, though it lends itself to: "What do you do for a living?" "Om... I'm an Omnologist!" Hope this helps. Robert Cord

[FRIAM] Web 2.0 Article with FRIAM input

world-wide to almost 400 decision makers involved in emerging software developments and technologies. Many thanks go to everyone who helped out. Robert Cordingley www.cirrillian.com FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Frida

Re: [FRIAM] When is something complex

Isn't the problem because 'complexity' is an observational attribute and not one that is intrinsic to the universe/domain? There will be no agreement until a formalism can show a connection with prior formalisms (IMHO). Yaneer's problem is that it depends on the language one uses. Suppose we

[FRIAM] What is Web 2.0? Reminder

2.0? Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 08:53:22 -0500 From: Robert Cordingley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group There have been some occasions recently when a particular technology or solution we have been looking at wa

[FRIAM] What is Web 2.0?

atter going: * What was Web 1.0? * What is Web 2.0: a technology, a style of usage, a type of application, none of the above, all of the above? * What will follow? * Is there anything worth mentioning in between? * What can your share about your profession? Thanks for you

Re: [FRIAM] politics and cliques

stem so that no animal/plant experiences extreme changes in those variables? These are _justification_ questions, not falsification questions. Hence, they are perfectly suited for the toy-world models currently being built by social scientists and mathematicians. Once the justification is well-s

Re: [FRIAM] politics and cliques

Glen, It seems the world has had for a long time, and still has, oppression, poverty and poor education of segments of its population. Perhaps we can say that the developed world has managed to lower their own deprived segment size while the un(der)developed hasn't made so much progress. (D

[FRIAM] Unlocked iPhone?

See http://iphonejtag.blogspot.com/ and the ridiculous bidding on ebay Thanks Robert 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.o

[FRIAM] More questions on climate change

Since there's been a fair amount of climate change discussion here... Does anyone know of, or has anyone seen reports on the rate of CO2 release that __results__ from global warming, as tundra melt and decomposes, as sea waters warm and are able to dissolve less gases, etc.? How does that rat

[FRIAM] Potential Organization Ideas

Further to last Friday's discussions on organizational options I wondered if there was any resonance with the concepts in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co-operative (many types of co-operatives) or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verein or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective I'd be interested i

Re: [FRIAM] Ants and Bees, Oh My.

I think you are saying that societies use enculturation to apply their own rules as part of a self-organizing, self programming CAS. And it takes a lot of (human) energy or pain to change direction, assuming the CAS that we are part of is actually non-deterministic. Robert C. John Goekler wro

Re: [FRIAM] Too much later, and we wouldn't be able to know that there's a universe at all

I have two questions: Relative to the age of a universe, how wide is the time frame in which life can emerge to realize it's at a special time in the universe? and What makes one think that the science and technology we would have available in 100 billion years will be limited to the scie

Re: [FRIAM] CAS in Mumbai. At lunchtime.

I noted too that the article said "The British introduced the service 125 years ago after the city was flooded by workers from different regions." So what qualifies it as a CAS if there was intelligent design behind it? Robert Cordingley Tom Johnson wrote: Yes, it is a feature stor

[FRIAM] Our dilemma with global warming etc.

tors might mitigate our future? Robert Cordingley. 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] [Fwd: AAAI's New Name!]

If you're interested... AAAI = the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence - takes effect today. Robert Cordingley www.cirrillian.com Original Message Subject:AAAI's New Name! Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 09:35:45 -0800 (PST) From: Members

[FRIAM] [Fwd: IFAAMAS Victor Lesser Distinguished Dissertation Award]

From AAAI, perhaps of interest to some in this group? Robert C www.cirrillian.com IFAAMAS Victor Lesser Distinguished Dissertation Award Nominations are invited for the 2006 Victor Lesser Distinguished Dissertation Award sponsored by IFAAMAS, the International Foundation for Autonomous Agents

[FRIAM] Coincidence

Is it a coincidence that these two articles should appear at the same time? Microwave experiments cause sponge disasters - http://edition.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/01/24/germs.sponges.reut/index.html?eref=rss_topstories Heat Beaming Weapon ready by 2010 (based on certain microwaves) - http://www.news

Re: [FRIAM] The Origin of Wealth and The God Delusion

Justin, I reviewed and enjoyed your PPT presentation and I must confess got a little lost in the economics jargon, but felt impelled to share an observation and pose some questions... At one point you complain of not being able to get the message out to the business world and provided a numb

Re: [FRIAM] Flocking

Really impressive. A while ago my daily commute took me out past the rice fields south of Houston. Once a year we would see migrating 'rice birds' in a 'contiguous' tube-like flock stretching from one horizon to another while rising above the hedge rows. (But that was before digital cameras.

Re: [FRIAM] apple announces iphone

Or maybe it will. " ...Comwave, Nuvio and Teledex are all using the brand in different ways" from the NYT longer article: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/11/technology/11apple.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin Is "iPhone" a "kleenex" already? Robert C Robert Holmes wrote: Oops. The iPhone may not

Re: [FRIAM] Research in Formation Flight

One of the old definitions of an expert (or consultant) is someone who is 25 miles away from home. I've found from my knowledge acquisition studies that such outsiders can ask the stupid questions because they are not part of the local tribe that knows (believes) it's stupid. A bit like the h

Re: [FRIAM] Rich site related to data visualization

I found the slides (linked in the article) more informative than the blog article. But on the issue of Visualization ¿Science? I see it is as a suite of Visualization Technologies: 1) that allows the creative mind the opportunity to discover new or hidden relationships in data that otherwise

Re: [FRIAM] Open Source Project?

My suggestions: 1 - would be two really, a) science and b) comparative religion education software for the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) 2 - has to be auditable Electoral Voting Machines and Servers - which should be made a legal requirement, IMO. Robert C www.cirrillian.com Owen Densmore wrot

[FRIAM] The what is AI question

Steve, Josh and I revisited this old(?) chestnut at today's FRIAM meeting, so I had to look it up... The American Association for Artificial Intelligence defines AI as "the scientific understanding of the mechanisms underlying thought and intelligent behavior and their embodiment in machines."

[FRIAM] Growth and Climate Change

Given all the latest 'toing and froing'... Here's a story that puts part of our human history and growth in perspective. Spot a global warming trend? Eight times humans tried to inhabit Britain, the last time appears successful for now: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5317762.stm

Re: [FRIAM] rank clocks

R, Seems like there are lots of choices: a) you could always try contacting the author for a personal copy, b) wait for the full text to be on line through your favorite local library on line source (Nature is delayed 12 months via my library), c) subscribe to Nature to access all their artic

[FRIAM] Emerging software technologies

words campaigns and network mostly in Houston where we are based.  (There are over 1000 software and IT service companies in Houston!)  We are continually working on improving our marketing. Comments, thoughts? Thanks Robert Cordingley www.cirrillian.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] 281-335-4999 Cirrillian, 1

[FRIAM] Defining Complexity - an analogy

Further to the discussions on trying to define Complexity perhaps one should first define Complexity Science. I was struck by the analogy with Chemical Engineering (my own training) which is a diverse body of knowledge that allows its practitioners to design, build, operate, control, maintain,

Re: [FRIAM] Agent-Based Modelling of a Blowback - How Terrorists are made

The recent discussions on developing models for political analysis have been very interesting.  I fully expect that to persuade folks (policymakers and business leaders) to part with their organization's time and money will require demonstrable results.  Demonstrating one can build a model and

Re: [FRIAM] Friam Digest, Vol 38, Issue 3

Unfortnately, neither business management nor governing is a total disclosure game. Even if it was, it's likely to be as complicated or more so than say Go (a great total disclosure game). Even the strongest Go players eventually have to resort to what 'looks good' or 'feels right' because th

Re: [FRIAM] Neurons.

It was my understanding that in the first four years of life, brain development is characterized by the selective breaking of connections.  More connections exist at birth than are needed.  In this way the early architecture of the brain is etched rather than written.  Later we lose brain cells

Re: [FRIAM] 100 billion neurons

ch a machine was not part of the discussion at the time, which is a big question to me. Thanks Robert Cordingley www.cirrillian.com Martin C. Martin wrote: >I suspect you'd like Hans Moravec's books: > >http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0674576187 >http://www.amazon.com/gp

Re: [FRIAM] Cybermesa's over-enthusiastic spam filter

Robert I recently had a similar problem with emails generated from my Network Solutions account webpage being blocked by TimeWarner Roadrunner.  I contacted Network Solutions (NS) and they now seem to have got their IP address off the internal block list that RR was using.  In RR's case they a

Re: [FRIAM] Rift in space/time continuum

So is the popularity of Association Football in America (or rather lack of it) due to the lack of good commentators or some universal punishment for abusing the term "LIVE" broadcast (it was probably recorded live)? Robert C Robert Holmes wrote: So at 8 o'clock (mountain time) this morning I s

Re: [FRIAM] Beastly thoughts

So how much of the 'yet more...'  math did John, the author of Revelations, know when he wrote/compiled it?  Perhaps 1st century math was more advanced than we would first assume?  BTW some of the referenced chestnuts that depend on such artifices as 360deg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degree_