Re: [FRIAM] wed tech mailing list app

2013-06-18 Thread Stephen Guerin
Hi Gil, I processed your subscription request from three days ago. If you have any changes you can also reach out to Owen Densmore. Are you familiar with him? :-) -S --- -. . ..-. .. ... - .-- --- ..-. .. ... stephen.gue...@redfish.com 1600 Lena St #D1, Santa Fe, NM 87505 office:

Re: [FRIAM] pyrocumulus

2013-06-17 Thread Stephen Guerin
Looks like Marcus did mean fisheye...cool paper. --- -. . ..-. .. ... - .-- --- ..-. .. ... stephen.gue...@redfish.com 1600 Lena St #D1, Santa Fe, NM 87505 office: (505) 995-0206 tollfree: (888) 414-3855 mobile: (505) 577-5828 fax: (505) 819-5952 tw: @redfishgroup skype: redfishgr

Re: [FRIAM] pyrocumulus

2013-06-17 Thread Stephen Guerin
Marcus may have meant calibrated "pinhole" instead of fisheye. This is the approach we're using where we click on points in the photo and then corresponding points in google earth plugin. With 7 points we then solve for the pinhole camera parameters. Or, in the case that the image is from cell pho

Re: [FRIAM] pyrocumulus

2013-06-17 Thread Stephen Guerin
> Seems like it should be a standard cell phone camera surveying application > to compute the angular altitude of an object above the horizon and the > range of possible linear altitudes given the range of visible distances > along the azimuth. > > -- rec -- > > > On M

Re: [FRIAM] pyrocumulus

2013-06-17 Thread Stephen Guerin
Roger, After seeing this, I sent a question to the quoted researcher, Scott Bachmeier, about his method for calculating plume height. I asked if it was based on from a single image using sun angle and shadows, multiple offset satellite images or ground triangulation His reply just came in: "I

Re: [FRIAM] The fate of published articles, submitted again

2013-05-29 Thread Stephen Guerin
Yes, but by different authors :-) On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 2:17 PM, Roger Critchlow wrote: > Interesting, the article was published in 1982. > > > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Roger Critchlow wrote: > >> Russ Abbott reposted this on g+, but it's too meritorious not to be >> archived here:

Re: [FRIAM] API alternative?

2013-05-10 Thread Stephen Guerin
I'm seeing a rise in the use of "endpoints". Eg REST, SOAP and WMS endpoints On May 10, 2013 8:00 AM, "Dale Schumacher" wrote: > I prefer the term "protocol". It encompasses the medium, the format, the > expectations/assumptions and the potential dialog among the participants. > > > > On Sun, Ma

Re: [FRIAM] Separate Vacations This Summer

2013-04-25 Thread Stephen Guerin
Doug, Your quips will be missed in the interim. Make it a quick one. Get a tan, have some pina coladas and come back rested and ready. -S On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 7:11 PM, Douglas Roberts wrote: > Dear FRIAMers (even those of you who are a bit of an asshole now & then) > > I've come to the concl

Re: [FRIAM] Presented for FRIAMic Consideration

2013-04-22 Thread Stephen Guerin
Ok Troll-Boy, I'll bite. Here's the paper referenced in the phys.org post: http://www.alexwg.org/publications/PhysRevLett_110-168702.pdf Are these concepts so foreign that you hope to watch a thread thrash on the semantics and meanings of this theoretical worldview? Is there something in Hewitt

Re: [FRIAM] How do forces work?

2013-04-19 Thread Stephen Guerin
Russ, I think Bruce was using the traditional photon explanation (particles, or particle/waves as primitives) as a setup to introduce the more novel approach of treating fields as primitives. This is more appealing to me and tends to be how we write agent-based models that scale. In fact, one of

Re: [FRIAM] How do forces work?

2013-04-19 Thread Stephen Guerin
..-. .. ... stephen.gue...@redfish.com 1600 Lena St #D1, Santa Fe, NM 87505 office: (505) 995-0206 tollfree: (888) 414-3855 mobile: (505) 577-5828 fax: (505) 819-5952 tw: @redfishgroup skype: redfishgroup gvoice: (505) 216-6226 redfish.com | simtable.com On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 3:09 PM,

Re: [FRIAM] How do forces work?

2013-04-19 Thread Stephen Guerin
Along the lines that Lee is mentioning with fields being the first class objects, Bruce Sherwood may be able to illuminate some of the current thinking in Quantum Field Theory and how interpretations are made with respect to forces. Bruce? -Stephen On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 1:36 PM, wrote: > Rus

Re: [FRIAM] digital ethics

2013-04-18 Thread Stephen Guerin
What about independent researchers not associated with a library system trying to browse academic papers (funded by taxpayers) held behind academic journal paywalls for $35/copy? -S --- -. . ..-. .. ... - .-- --- ..-. .. ... stephen.gue...@redfish.com 1600 Lena St #D1, Santa Fe, NM

Re: [FRIAM] 3d projection

2013-04-01 Thread Stephen Guerin
We have one at the office. Very nice developer kit that even includes node -> websocket -> webGL examples. -S --- -. . ..-. .. ... - .-- --- ..-. .. ... stephen.gue...@redfish.com 1600 Lena St #D1, Santa Fe, NM 87505 office: 505-995-0206 tollfree: 888-414-3855 mobile: 505-577-5828

Re: [FRIAM] Friam, meet Jeremy Ashkenas

2013-03-27 Thread Stephen Guerin
Thanks, Owen. Watching his talk in Paris now: http://ashkenas.com/dotjs/ --- -. . ..-. .. ... - .-- --- ..-. .. ... stephen.gue...@redfish.com 1600 Lena St #D1, Santa Fe, NM 87505 office: 505-995-0206 tollfree: 888-414-3855 mobile: 505-577-5828 tw: @redfishgroup skype: redfishgr

[FRIAM] $100 GlowScript Dippy Bird Challenge

2013-03-23 Thread Stephen Guerin
$100 for the first Glowscripp program (glowscript.org) that implements a Carnot Cycle and thermodynamically drives Bruce's Dippy Bird program: http://www.glowscript.org/#/user/Bruce_Sherwood/folder/Pub/program/DrinkingBird/edit As a winner, beyond the $100, you will receive a Member of the Month

Re: [FRIAM] Key Lime Pie

2013-03-17 Thread Stephen Guerin
Doug, Have you tried returning your Nexus 4, asking for your money back and buying a different phone? You've exchanged now for 4 phones expecting different results? Doesn't Einstein have a quote about this? -S On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 11:42 AM, Douglas Roberts wrote: > This message is all about

Re: [FRIAM] Wow. 6 whole days without a Nexus 4 post.

2013-02-23 Thread Stephen Guerin
The Galaxy S3 has been good on wifi with bluetooth listening to Pandora (doing it now). I can't hear the multiplexing you refer to, Roger (though I'm deaf in an ear and tend not to hear high-frequencies well). I am seeing a similar Google non response to a known issue having to do with the Galaxy

[FRIAM] test message

2013-01-29 Thread Stephen Guerin
Getting reports of mail server issues --- -. . ..-. .. ... - .-- --- ..-. .. ... stephen.gue...@redfish.com 1600 Lena St #D1, Santa Fe, NM 87505 office: 505-995-0206 tollfree: 888-414-3855 mobile: 505-577-5828 tw: @redfishgroup skype: redfishgroup redfish.com | simtable.com

Re: [FRIAM] This Friday AM

2012-12-27 Thread Stephen Guerin
; > ** ** > > Nick > > ** ** > > *From:* Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] *On Behalf Of *Stephen > Guerin > *Sent:* Thursday, December 27, 2012 12:11 PM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] This Friday AM***

Re: [FRIAM] This Friday AM

2012-12-27 Thread Stephen Guerin
The Iconic coffee house is not open yet. A few more weeks. -S --- -. . ..-. .. ... - .-- --- ..-. .. ... stephen.gue...@redfish.com 1600 Lena St #D1, Santa Fe, NM 87505 office: 505-995-0206 tollfree: 888-414-3855 mobile: 505-577-5828 tw: @redfishgroup skype: redfishgroup redfish.

Re: [FRIAM] Winter Solstice Sunrise

2012-12-20 Thread Stephen Guerin
Thanks, Glen, BTW, here's a nice interactive exhibit link of the Sun Dagger project at New Mexico Natural History Museum done by Alan Price: http://www.solsticeproject.org/sundaggermodel.html On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 10:18 AM, glen e. p. ropella wrote: > > > http://www.nps.gov/chcu/planyourvis

Re: [FRIAM] Unsubscribe

2012-12-17 Thread Stephen Guerin
I handled this request. The link in the footer of list emails should now have a corrected link for managing subscription options including unsubscribe. -Stephen On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 8:11 AM, Peter Robert Guerzenich Small < prgsm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Unsubscribe > =

[FRIAM] Wedtech lunch talk Nov 14 12:30p: Cody Smith and Josh Thorp: using Require.JS for modular javascript and coffescript development

2012-11-13 Thread Stephen Guerin
Cody Smith and Josh Thorp will give a 7200 foot view of Require.js and how they're using it on existing projects to enable modular and scalable architectures. BYOLunch to Simtable/Redfish office at 12:30. If you're interested in chipping in on pizza, send me an email offline. -S -- --- -. . .

Re: [FRIAM] Eileen Mendel wants to share new pictures with you

2012-11-08 Thread Stephen Guerin
On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Robert Holmes wrote: > According to their website it's where you can "create and share your > romantic journey". It seems that FRIAM has a suitor… Ok...take a deep breath. Let's not come on too strong. And for God sakes, don't reveal Doug too soon. :-) -S --

[FRIAM] Fwd: Hacking the President's DNA—New Article

2012-11-08 Thread Stephen Guerin
Awesome article, Steven. Congratulations! -S -- Forwarded message -- From: Steven Kotler Date: Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 7:47 AM Subject: Hacking the President's DNA—New Article To: Stephen ** Hacking the President's DNA, a very scary look at our very near future. Email not d

[FRIAM] Fwd: NetLogo 5.0.3 released

2012-10-31 Thread Stephen Guerin
-- Forwarded message -- From: Uri Wilensky Date: Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 10:30 AM Subject: NetLogo 5.0.3 released To: netlogo-annou...@listserv.it.northwestern.edu The Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling at Northwestern University is pleased to announce the rel

[FRIAM] Continuous implementation of Game of Life

2012-10-12 Thread Stephen Guerin
Discrete rules of Game of Life converted to continuous. Very cool: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJe9H6qS82I Paper here: http://arxiv.org/abs/.1567 -- --- -. . ..-. .. ... - .-- --- ..-. .. ... office: 505.995.0206 mobile: 505.577.5828 stephen.gue...@redfish.com redfish.

[FRIAM] Fwd: This Week's JavaScript News - Issue 97

2012-09-21 Thread Stephen Guerin
Check out the last entry! Congratulations, Glowscript and Bruce! -- Forwarded message -- From: "JavaScript Weekly" Date: Sep 21, 2012 6:46 AM Subject: This Week's JavaScript News - Issue 97 To: New Node book, YUI 3.7.0 Read this issue on the Web

[FRIAM] Final CFP: Complexity in Business Conference

2012-09-03 Thread Stephen Guerin
>From Bill Rand: Center for Complexity in Business - Call for Papers The Center for Complexity in Business invites you to submit an abstract for consideration for the 4th Annual Complexity in Business Conference. The conference will be held in Washington DC on November 8th-9th, 2012. Keynote Sp

Re: [FRIAM] if (biology paper) then (28% fewer citations per math equation per page)

2012-08-29 Thread Stephen Guerin
Based on the paper title ""Heavy use of equations impedes communication among biologists", the authors seemed concerned about academic communication though ironically publish behind a paywall. Perhaps the Mesur folks at LANL/Indiana can quantify the influence of paywalls on citation count and publi

Re: [FRIAM] This week

2012-08-26 Thread Stephen Guerin
I'm open to either day. On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Edward Angel wrote: > Is there any sentiment for moving FRIAM to Tue or Thu this week? > > Ed > __ > > Ed Angel > > Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory > (ARTS Lab) > Professor Emeritus of Comp

Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: The lost Member

2012-08-22 Thread Stephen Guerin
We can manually add second and third addressess for people that want to post from multiple accounts. Forward your request and additional email addresses to me. -S On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 8:50 AM, Owen Densmore wrote: > Yeah, common problem: multiple addresses, and only one in the mail list .. >

[FRIAM] We're in the Cafeteria at St. Johns

2012-08-03 Thread Stephen Guerin
The coffee shop is closed for graduation...we are in the cafeteria down the hallway. -Stephen -- --- -. . ..-. .. ... - .-- --- ..-. .. ... stephen.gue...@redfish.com office: 505.995.0206 mobile: 505.577.5828 redfish.com | simtable.com | sfcomplex.org ===

Re: [FRIAM] an Android and a 5 lobe screwdriver?

2012-07-30 Thread Stephen Guerin
I have a nexus one you can borrow. Used to be registered on T-Mobile. On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Steve Smith wrote: > I dropped my iPhone in my pond while cleaning the pump filter... fished it > out within 10 secs, it was still on, running fine, no obvious intrusion of > water... but just

[FRIAM] Ocado and Sensors in NYTimes Tech

2012-07-30 Thread Stephen Guerin
Cool, Rich! http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/30/technology/talk-to-me-one-machine-said-to-the-other.html?pagewanted=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120730 -- --- -. . ..-. .. ... - .-- --- ..-. .. ... stephen.gue...@redfish.com office: 505.995.0206 mobile: 505.577.5828 redfish

Re: [FRIAM] Friam Tomorrow?

2012-07-26 Thread Stephen Guerin
Ok. Counter Culture it is. -S On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Tom Johnson wrote: > Call Counter Culture? I don't think it is necessary. I'm sure it can, > given the availability of good weather. > > -tj > > On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 4:45 PM, Stephen Guerin &l

Re: [FRIAM] Friam Tomorrow?

2012-07-26 Thread Stephen Guerin
Sounds good, Tom. Can you call and make sure they can accomodate the group? -S On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 4:39 PM, Tom Johnson wrote: > That's OK with me, but the food there isn't the greatest. How about > Counter Culture or some bakery-type joint? > > -tj > > On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 4:35 PM, Fra

Re: [FRIAM] [sfx: Discuss] In case you missed it:

2012-06-27 Thread Stephen Guerin
Check out Sergey Brin's killer Glass keynote at today's Google IO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxmbbtuRszA On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Chuck Baldwin < crystalcityacade...@gmail.com> wrote: > The article: > > > http://money.cnn.com/2012/04/04/technology/google-project-glass/index.htm?iid

[FRIAM] Chip Garner wins national soaring competition

2012-06-01 Thread Stephen Guerin
Awesome, Chip!! http://soaringcafe.com/2012/05/congrats-to-chip-garner-and-the-duckhawk-on-u-s-15-meter-nationals-win/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SoaringCafe+%28Soaring+Cafe%29 -- --- -. . ..-. .. ... - .-- --- ..-. .. ... stephen.gue...@redfis

Re: [FRIAM] 3:30p open conference call

2012-05-31 Thread Stephen Guerin
Oops, yes, today. On Thursday, May 31, 2012, Owen Densmore wrote: > Thursday or Friday? > > On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 3:14 AM, Stephen Guerin > > > wrote: > >> SF_X 'istas, >> >> We scheduled an open telephone conference call tomorrow 3:30p - 5:00 for

[FRIAM] 3:30p open conference call

2012-05-31 Thread Stephen Guerin
SF_X 'istas, We scheduled an open telephone conference call tomorrow 3:30p - 5:00 for the purpose of sharing current status of SF_X, answer any questions from the group and connect one more time as a community before our Friday event (which everyone should most definitely attend). Please call in

[FRIAM] SF Complex closing this Friday. Final event celebration and Thank You to the Santa Fe community

2012-05-30 Thread Stephen Guerin
th, Alanna Herrera, Stephen Bohannon and Jason Goodyear for these efforts! Again, please come out this Friday and help us celebrate SF_X community members pushing the envelope in exciting creative directions over our organization's lifetime. In appreciation,

[FRIAM] Deadline extension: CFP: workshop *Intelligent Agents in Urban Simulations and Smart Cities*, ECAI 2012]

2012-05-29 Thread Stephen Guerin
Polytechnic Institute (WPI), USA Stephen Guerin, Santa Fe Complex, USA Important Dates: *6 June 2012*: Workshop paper submission deadline 28 June 2012: Notifications to authors (subject to modification) 13 July 2012: Submissions of camera-ready copies of selected papers 27 or 28 August 2012: Workshop date

[FRIAM] Frank Odasz: Fri. April 20 at 3:30-5:00

2012-04-19 Thread Stephen Guerin
-- Forwarded message -- From: Richard Lowenberg Date: Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 3:04 PM Subject: [sfx: Discuss] Frank Odasz: Fri. April 20 at 3:30-5:00 To: disc...@sfcomplex.org A reminder for those interested: Frank Odasz At the Santa Fe Complex, April 20th, from 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. F

Re: [FRIAM] FlowingData - Live coding and inventing on principle

2012-02-23 Thread Stephen Guerin
The direct Vimeo link is here: http://vimeo.com/36579366 On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 12:48 PM, David Mirly wrote: > Could someone repost the link to the talk? > > Thanks. > > On Feb 23, 2012, at 10:01 AM, Stephen Guerin wrote: > >> This link almost got past me as it got

Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: FlowingData - Live coding and inventing on principle

2012-02-23 Thread Stephen Guerin
This link almost got past me as it got pushed down in my queue waiting to be watched. Thanks to Josh and Roger yesterday at lunch for recommending it. Definitely one of the better talks in the last 6 months for me. Bruce, it seems one could just reload the script on change without having to mess

[FRIAM] Fwd: Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think

2012-02-12 Thread Stephen Guerin
Steven Kotler's book, Abundance, is in pre-release ordering. Please check it out! e-book's will be available at release. Congratulations, Steven! -- Forwarded message -- From: steven kotler Date: Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 10:32 AM Subject: Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Th

[FRIAM] Tomorrow's FRIAM will be at Flying Star in Railyard

2011-12-29 Thread Stephen Guerin
We will be have FRIAM at Flying Star in the railyard tomorrow. Gary Schiltz is in town from Ecuador! Please come and hear about phase transitions in bird calls from Gary. ;-) -Stephen FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Friday

Re: [FRIAM] [sfx: Discuss] Congratulations on making TIME's Top-Five list !

2011-12-22 Thread Stephen Guerin
Thanks, everyone! We were featured in the Top 5 Online TIME list under the category Holographic Mapping. Simtable is only holographic-like as it is projection on a physical 3D medium of sand. In the print version they featured Zebra Imaging based on the PR around their recent completion of a 5-yea

[FRIAM] ** reminder 12p today ** Wim Hordjik: Autocatalytic Sets and the Origin of Life

2011-10-19 Thread Stephen Guerin
This should be a good talk and related to Stu's talk last year. - SPEAKER: Wim Hordjik TITLE: Autocatalytic Sets and the Origin of Life Today, 12 - 1p Santa Fe Complex, Commons 632 Agua Fria Street, Santa Fe ABSTRACT: The origin of life is one of the most fundamental, but also on

[FRIAM] Robert Geist's OpenCL 3-day workshop starts tomorrow (Thurs) @1:30p

2011-10-12 Thread Stephen Guerin
Sessions will run: Thursday, October 13th: 1:30 - 2:30 PM Wednesday, October 19th: 1:30 - 2:30 PM Friday, October 21st: 1:30 - 2:30 PM The very cool Open CL Workshop Series with Robert Geist starts tomorrow at the Santa Fe Complex. Please let us know you'll be attending (and find times and locati

friam@redfish.com

2011-10-02 Thread Stephen Guerin
Cool! Thanks, Eric. I was curious and mocked up a quick spring model in Netlogo to play with the dynamics. You can see a video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtWiM5jicOI -S On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 7:07 PM, ERIC P. CHARLES wrote: > Below are links to some science videos nifty for two reaso

Re: [FRIAM] Ignorant, Again!

2011-09-24 Thread Stephen Guerin
On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Nicholas Thompson < nickthomp...@earthlink.net> wrote: > I am nervous to ask this question for fear that Peter and Doug will yell at > me again, > They yell because they love. -S FRIAM Applied Complexit

[FRIAM] ** reminder today ** Wedtech Lecture: Robert Geist - "Real-Time Modeling and Rendering of Natural Phenomena"

2011-09-21 Thread Stephen Guerin
*"Real-Time Modeling and Rendering of Natural Phenomena"* *Robert Geist* Professor, School of Computing Clemson University WedTech @ Santa Fe Complex Wed Sep 21, noon (bring a brownbag lunch) *ABSTRACT*: Modeling and rendering natural phenomena, which includes all components of biophysical ecolog

[FRIAM] ** reminder tomorrow ** Wedtech Lecture: Robert Geist - "Real-Time Modeling and Rendering of Natural Phenomena"

2011-09-20 Thread Stephen Guerin
This should be good tomorrow...folks may be interested in how lattice boltzmann methods may apply to their system. * * *--* * * *"Real-Time Modeling and Rendering of Natural Phenomena"* *Robert Geist* Professor, School of Computing Clemson University WedTech @ Santa Fe Complex Wed Sep

[FRIAM] Wedtech Lecture: Robert Geist - "Real-Time Modeling and Rendering of Natural Phenomena"

2011-09-18 Thread Stephen Guerin
*"Real-Time Modeling and Rendering of Natural Phenomena"* *Robert Geist* Professor, School of Computing Clemson University WedTech @ Santa Fe Complex Wed Sep 21, noon (bring a brownbag lunch) *ABSTRACT*: Modeling and rendering natural phenomena, which includes all components of biophysical ecolog

[FRIAM] Joe Kniss and UNM Dome researchers on Discovery Channel

2011-09-14 Thread Stephen Guerin
Ed Angel shared this link today at Wedtech lunch: http://watch.discoverychannel.ca/daily-planet/september-2011/daily-planet---september-06-2011/#clip527472 Very cool review of some of the NSF Dome research going on. -Stephen -- --- -. . ..-. .. ... - .-- --- ..-. .. ... stephen

Re: [FRIAM] Introduction to Databases - Stanford University

2011-08-16 Thread Stephen Guerin
We will be projecting the Stanford Machine Learning class at SF_X in the fall. We're looking to turn it into a independent study projects class where folks can get UNM credit. Norvig and Thrun's AI class also looks good. -S On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 2:17 PM, Tom Johnson wrote: > Opportunity? >

Re: [FRIAM] [sfx: Discuss] official kinect api released

2011-08-14 Thread Stephen Guerin
Jim, We have a few projects where we used the kinect for tracking skeleton, surface touches and hands. We can show these and talk about how you subscribe to these events over the network at the next available wedtech of Aug 31. BTW, Brian 'Botkiller' will present Obedia tools for music this week

Re: [FRIAM] SIGGRAPH paper and video available online

2011-07-06 Thread Stephen Guerin
Congratulations, Pradeep. Very cool work! And great to get digital media from NM on the map at SIGGRAPH! Do you have beam-splitting HDR working on an iPhone or Android yet? :-) -Stephen On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 9:10 AM, Pradeep Sen wrote: > Hi everyone, > > In case you haven't seen it, we just p

Re: [FRIAM] Experiment and Interpretation

2011-07-05 Thread Stephen Guerin
Nick, I remain interested in an answer to the original question that prompted this thread. And as I interpreted it, the question is not simply "how do vortices form". Might you try restating it and if we get nowhere then we can let this thread die with the eulogy that the question was either 1) n

[FRIAM] Thur June 23: Lunchtime 12; 15 Seminar at SFI: Elizabeth Ellsworth: Wicked Problems, Novel Modes of Behavior, and the Power of Pedagogical Design

2011-06-14 Thread Stephen Guerin
This should be a good talk and of interest to the SF_X community! - Seminar Title: Wicked Problems, Novel Modes of Behavior, and the Power of Pedagogical Design Location: Santa Fe Institute, 12:15p Thur June 23 Elizabeth Ellsworth, Associate Provost for Curriculum and Learni

[FRIAM] New Book: Exploring Discrete Dynamics by Andy Wuensche

2011-06-12 Thread Stephen Guerin
Andy Wuensche's new book is out. Check it out! http://amzn.to/jNetq3 Congratulations, Andy! Exploring Discrete Dynamics, is just published and available on Amazon, BN, Google-books, etc. Also at http://www.ddlab.org/ for the hyperref-pdf with colour figs, and latest (open source/free) software.

[FRIAM] Reminder Today: VPython workshop, Ruth Chabay and Bruce Sherwood

2011-06-09 Thread Stephen Guerin
VPYTHON: 3D PROGRAMMING FOR ORDINARY MORTALS Thursday, June 9, 2011 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Ruth Chabay and Bruce Sherwood Professors of Physics Emeriti, North Carolina State University VPython is a programming environment that enables even novices to write programs that produce navigable real-time 3D

Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: WebGL Presentation

2011-05-24 Thread Stephen Guerin
later iOS and android devices support opengl ES but not webgl in the browser. On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 7:54 PM, Bruce Sherwood wrote: > More tests: My iPhone is an iPhone 3 GS. An iPad 1 and Mac Safari > 5.0.5 behave the same, just text except for images and movie. > > Bruce > > On Tue, May 24, 20

[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: http://backspaces.net/CS591/

[FRIAM] Computational Social Science Society Conference this fall in Santa Fe

2011-05-11 Thread Stephen Guerin
Please consider coming to Santa Fe this fall to attend or present. - Stephen * * *CSSSA 2011* Santa Fe, NM, USA Venue: http://www.bishopslodge.com/ October 9-12, 2011 Over the past decade simulating social processes has become increasingly important in the social and life sciences.

[FRIAM] Peter Lissaman's "Meaning of Lift"

2011-05-09 Thread Stephen Guerin
Peter shared his papers below but the attachments were flagged based on size. They are now posted at: http://www.redfish.com/friam/uploads/Lissaman_MeaningOfLift.pdf http://www.redfish.com/friam/uploads/Lissaman_FigParafoil.doc Thank you, Peter! -Steve -- Forwarded message -

[FRIAM] $25K Innocentive contest: Write an algorithm to detect potholes from geo-tagged accelerometer data

2011-04-29 Thread Stephen Guerin
The StreetBump app developed at Santa Fe Complex now has a $25k challenge to help improve its pothole detection algorithm. Check it out here: https://www.innocentive.com/ar/challenge/9932752 Eliminate potholes - StreetBump for Boston! TAGS: Math/Statistics, Computer Science/Information Technol

[FRIAM] Stu on NPR.org » Even Evolution Evolves: Changing Ideas On The Biosphere

2011-04-26 Thread Stephen Guerin
Stu on NPR. http://m.npr.org/story/135706946?url=/blogs/13.7/2011/04/25/135706946/even-evolution-evolves-changing-ideas-on-the-biosphere FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lecture

[FRIAM] Reminder: Dr. Antonio Correa tonight at SFX starting at 7p.

2011-04-05 Thread Stephen Guerin
Come by tonight for a good lecture about Cuba's work in Complexity. Lecture starts at 7p. http://sfcomplex.org/2011/03/%E2%80%9Cthe-theory-of-complexity-in-cuba-history-of-a-difference%E2%80%9D -- --- -. . ..-. .. ... - .-- --- ..-. .. ... stephen.gue...@redfish.com 624 Agua Fri

[FRIAM] Monday lunch: join Dr. Antonio Correa Iglesias from Havana, Cuba for lunch tomorrow at El Tesorro

2011-04-03 Thread Stephen Guerin
Dr. Correa will be speaking at the Complex Tuesday night 6-8p. Details below. Join us tomorrow 1Monday April 3 12p for lunch and informal discussions at El Tesoro at noon. -Stephen *“The Theory of Complexity in Cuba: history of a difference” * Dr. Antonio Correa Igle

[FRIAM] Announcing: SwarmFest 2011

2011-03-11 Thread Stephen Guerin
This SwarmFest announcement just hit the Netlogo-Users list. Consider coming this summer! -Stephen -- Forwarded message -- From: s_railsback Date: Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 9:13 AM Subject: [netlogo-users] Announcing: SwarmFest 2011 To: netlogo-us...@yahoogroups.com Save the Date: S

Re: [FRIAM] [sfx: Discuss] Streaming of Ed Angel's OpenGL class at Santa Fe Complex

2011-03-09 Thread Stephen Guerin
Fe is a bit of a trip for my lunch break. > > Just fyi, the video stream is coming in perfect. It's slightly dark, but the audio comes in well. > > -Jon > > On Mar 9, 2011, at 11:58 AM, Stephen Guerin wrote: > >> We're doing a test stream of Ed's class o

[FRIAM] Streaming of Ed Angel's OpenGL class at Santa Fe Complex

2011-03-09 Thread Stephen Guerin
We're doing a test stream of Ed's class on UStream starting at noon today. We are using a laptop with webcam...we can improve quality next week with multiple cameras and external mic if this proves useful. Please beam in at: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/santa-fe-complex1 Thanks Owen and Roy fo

Re: [FRIAM] Charging agents for the computations they do

2011-03-07 Thread Stephen Guerin
Hey Russ, You might look at how Google App Engine tries to get a handle on this when charging for CPU: http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/billing.html Josh has pointed out that there's some weird interpretations. For instance, they quote $0.10 per cpu hour but don't specify the CPU. Is it th

Re: [FRIAM] The cognitive niche

2011-02-20 Thread Stephen Guerin
Thank you for sharing the interview, Nick. It was a lot of fun to see the world from your perspective. I look forward to your book, Eric! Nick when you write: "To me the New Realism concedes our right to a point of view while demanding our obligation to share it. Each of us is obligated to give c

[FRIAM] An account from Egypt from our colleague and friend, Mohammed El-Beltagy

2011-02-12 Thread Stephen Guerin
>From last week: http://perfectionatic.blogspot.com/ Recent events that have been going on Egypt have thrown many experts of-guard. People are still struggling to understand what is really happening. Even those how are now participating in it have difficulty articulating what this Revolution is ab

Re: [FRIAM] Graphics Class at the Complex

2011-01-30 Thread Stephen Guerin
Thanks, Ed! This will be a very exciting class. Count me in. -Stephen -- --- -. . ..-. .. ... - .-- --- ..-. .. ... stephen.gue...@redfish.com 624 Agua Fria, Santa Fe, NM 87501 office: 505.995.0206 mobile: 505.577.5828 redfish.com | sfcomplex.org | simtable.com | ambientp

[FRIAM] Sat Feb 5, 3p: Book by Reuben Hersh and Vera John-Steiner: Loving and Hating Mathematics: Challenging the Myths of Mathematical Life.

2011-01-30 Thread Stephen Guerin
Our own Reuben Hersch and Vera John-Steiner are having a book signing for their new book: "Loving and Hating Mathematics: Challenging the Myths of Mathematical Life" Garcia Street Books Sat Feb 5 at 3p. The Princeton page is here: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9283.html Addicted Amazonia

[FRIAM] Reminder: Santa Fe Complex Benefit dinner tonight

2011-01-22 Thread Stephen Guerin
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[FRIAM] ** reminder today ** WedTech Talk: David Rogers, Sandia National Labs: The Bigger the Data, the Harder It Falls: Current Problems in Large Data Analysis

2010-12-15 Thread Stephen Guerin
** reminder today ** TITLE: The Bigger the Data, the Harder It Falls: Current Problems in Large Data Analysis SPEAKER: David Rogers, Manager, Scalable Analysis and Visualization Department Sandia National Labs TIME: Wed December 15 12:30p, Santa Fe Complex, 632 Agua Fria RSVP and optionally ord

Re: [FRIAM] Evaluating Expressions, part 7 – Tra nsactions and Exceptions

2010-12-07 Thread Stephen Guerin
Thanks, Dale. I have been enjoying these! Owen and I have a backburner project where we'd like to employ the Actor model in a distributed Javascript system using nodeJS on servers communicating via websockets to the browswers. Have you seen anything like this done already? As a proof-of-c

Re: [FRIAM] NASA-Funded Research Discovers Life Built With Toxic Chemical

2010-12-07 Thread Stephen Guerin
Russ, you had a small typo in your Shrödinger quote. Instead of extracting "energy", Schrödinger actually defined living systems as extracting "negative entropy" from the environment: "the only way a living system stays alive, away from maximum entropy or death is to be continually drawing from it

[FRIAM] Cinder, Robert Hodgin, Adjacent Possible

2010-12-07 Thread Stephen Guerin
Robert Hodgin's atomic instability is interesting. Particles repel like particles, and the large particle attracts the small particles. http://vimeo.com/13172748 And this related one shows a nice visual of the Adjacent Possible: http://vimeo.com/13172823 BTW, is anyone messing with Cinder?

Re: [FRIAM] usb digital microscopes

2010-11-21 Thread Stephen Guerin
Hi Nick, We have the $30 Bionic Eye with our kids. It was basically a 200x CMOS camera that put out an NTSC signal to the TV. I strongly recommend it. Though I played with it more than they :-) http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=eyeclops&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=15384889591559532059&ei=WrnpTL

[FRIAM] Immersive Generative Art: Dr Woohoo at SFComplex tonight at 7p!

2010-11-12 Thread Stephen Guerin
http://theimmersives.com/2010/11/11/the-immersives-dr-woohoo-the-santa-fe-complex/ The Immersives / Dr. Woohoo @ the Santa Fe Complex One Night Only! Friday, November 12, 2010 7-9pm Map The Santa Fe Complex is located within walking distance of the last stop (Santa Fe Depot) for the Railrunner

Re: [FRIAM] Kevin Kelly

2010-10-27 Thread Stephen Guerin
Wired ran a nice short Wired article interviewing Steven Johnson and Kevin Kelly on their books: http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/09/mf_kellyjohnson/ _ step...@redfish.com (m) 505-216-6226 (o) 505-995-0206 sfcomplex.org | simtable.c

[FRIAM] ** reminder TODAY** wedtech talk: The Lifesongs Project

2010-10-20 Thread Stephen Guerin
TITLE: Lifesongs Project SPEAKERS: Molly Sturges, Acushla Bastible and Zevin Polzin LOCATION: Wed, Oct 20, 12:30p Santa Fe Complex ABSTRACT: Lifesongs began in 2007 and is founded on the belief that art-making with people in times of transition has the power to inspire a sense of human digni

Re: [FRIAM] The Best 10 Fictional Works

2010-10-10 Thread Stephen Guerin
On Oct 9, 2010, at 5:34 PM, Leigh Fanning wrote: Likewise, I am keenly aware as well that we are largely reading only in Western European and American works. Can any folks on this list who were raised outside this tradition, weigh in? Additionally, I appreciated the sci-fi variant, and wou

Re: [FRIAM] The Best 10 Fictional Works

2010-10-08 Thread Stephen Guerin
I'd add "Sometimes a Great Notion", by Ken Kesey and pretty much any volume of Encyclopedia Brown. That kid can solve anything. -S _ step...@redfish.com (m) 505-216-6226 (o) 505-995-0206 sfcomplex.org | simtable.com | ambientpixel.co

[FRIAM] awesome video of fireball over New Mexico by Tom Ashcraft

2010-09-23 Thread Stephen Guerin
Great video, Tom! Given your spherical lens, it would be great to get some of the historical footage running in the Joe Dean's Dome at SF_X and the new dome out at IAIA. -Stephen http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/Fireball-seen-over-Santa-Fe-likely-a-meteor- A brigh

[FRIAM] **today** wedtech: Rob and Chris Shaw: Adding Emotional Presence to Digital Interactions

2010-09-08 Thread Stephen Guerin
** TODAY ** TITLE: Adding Emotional Presence to Digital Interactions SPEAKERS: Rob and Chris Shaw LOCATION: 12:30p - 1:30p Santa Fe Complex, 632 Agua Fria, Main Commons RSVP here and order lunch if you're interested: http://wedtech090810.eventbrite.com/ ABSTRACT: In social networking we digita

[FRIAM] **reminder** Wedtech today: Wim Hordijk - Dynamics, Emergent Computation, and Evolution in Cellular Automata

2010-08-25 Thread Stephen Guerin
** reminder Wedtech today ** TITLE: Dynamics, Emergent Computation, and Evolution in Cellular Automata SPEAKER: Wim Hordijk LOCATION: Santa Fe Complex, 632 Agua Fria, Main Commons RSVP here and order lunch if you're interested: http://wedtech825.eventbrite.com/ ABSTRACT: Many systems in na

[FRIAM] Wedtech tomorrow: Wim Hordijk - Dynamics, Emergent Computation, and Evolution in Cellular Automata

2010-08-24 Thread Stephen Guerin
TITLE: Dynamics, Emergent Computation, and Evolution in Cellular Automata SPEAKER: Wim Hordijk LOCATION: Santa Fe Complex, 632 Agua Fria, Main Commons RSVP here and order lunch if you're interested: http://wedtech825.eventbrite.com/ ABSTRACT: Many systems in nature produce complicated patte

Re: [FRIAM] ArcLogistics

2010-08-17 Thread Stephen Guerin
Rich, Did you look at ArcLogistics when you were at EuroBios? -S _ step...@sfcomplex.org (m) 505-216-6226 (o) 505-995-0206 sfcomplex.org | simtable.com | ambientpixel.com | redfish.com On Aug 17, 2010, at 11:53 AM, glen e. p. ropella w

[FRIAM] Wed 11a: Rebecca and Allen Wirfs-Brock informal chat at SF_X

2010-08-17 Thread Stephen Guerin
We will have an informal chat with Rebecca and Allen Wirfs-Brock at Santa Fe Complex at 11a. Rebecca Wirfs-Brock is the author of two books on object analysis and design and was the primary advocate (along with Kent Beck and Ward Cunningham) of the "behavioral" object design approach - aka

Re: [FRIAM] entropy and uncertainty, REDUX

2010-08-04 Thread Stephen Guerin
Yep, that's what Nick meant I assure you. He's slapping his forehead thrice for making that reversal. -S _ step...@sfcomplex.org (m) 505-216-6226 (o) 505-995-0206 sfcomplex.org | simtable.com | ambientpixel.com | redfish.com On Aug 5,

[FRIAM] Fwd: CSSS 2010 to Feature Panel Discussions on State of the Art and Future of Computational Social Sciences

2010-08-02 Thread Stephen Guerin
Subject: CSSS 2010 to Feature Panel Discussions on State of the Art and Future of Computational Social Sciences 2010 Computational Social Science Society Conference http://asu.edu/clas/csdc/events/C3SC.html Please forward this to interested colleagues Abstract submissions close August 1, 201

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