Re: [FRIAM] Meta-discussion

2013-04-26 Thread Russell Standish
On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 09:01:41AM -0700, glen e. p. ropella wrote: > Steve Smith wrote at 04/25/2013 08:08 PM: > > But let's see if something emerges on FOAR > > of merit regarding Deutsch and the Multiverse! > > I subscribed. But, _sheesh_, 41 e-mails since I stopped reading > yesterday. And lo

Re: [FRIAM] Meta-discussion

2013-04-26 Thread glen e. p. ropella
Steve Smith wrote at 04/25/2013 08:08 PM: > But let's see if something emerges on FOAR > of merit regarding Deutsch and the Multiverse! I subscribed. But, _sheesh_, 41 e-mails since I stopped reading yesterday. And lots of acronyms and jargon. It'll take quite an investment to ramp up. Thanks f

Re: [FRIAM] Meta-discussion

2013-04-25 Thread Steve Smith
Russel - Thanks! Actually, I didn't find anything on the description pages about banning I thought it was *your* reference to banning (or maybe Glen) that I was responding to. Top posts and all that... I myself, am probably too rambly/tangenty for any list less seasoned by my presenc

Re: [FRIAM] Meta-discussion

2013-04-25 Thread Russell Standish
On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 11:01:55PM -0600, Steve Smith wrote: > Nothing I love better than being thrown out of a bar. Exchanging a > few blows with the bouncers, maybe landing a rabbit punch or two on > the way through the door and coming back the next night for another > round! > > Rules for the

Re: [FRIAM] Meta-discussion

2013-04-25 Thread Russell Standish
On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 09:28:31AM -0600, Marcus G. Daniels wrote: > On 4/25/13 8:05 AM, glen ropella wrote: > >"Nothing on the internet is more irrational than the bias against > >top-posting." > On 4/25/13 8:59 AM, Robert Holmes wrote: > > Because it messes up the order in which people normally

Re: [FRIAM] Meta-discussion

2013-04-25 Thread Marcus G. Daniels
On 4/25/13 8:05 AM, glen ropella wrote: "Nothing on the internet is more irrational than the bias against top-posting." On 4/25/13 8:59 AM, Robert Holmes wrote: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Top-posting encourages those that don't dissect one proposition a

Re: [FRIAM] Meta-discussion

2013-04-25 Thread Nicholas Thompson
See below. From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Robert Holmes Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 9:00 AM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Meta-discussion [NST ==><==NST] Q: Does anybody know of an algorithm that crea

Re: [FRIAM] Meta-discussion

2013-04-25 Thread Robert Holmes
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 8:05 AM, glen ropella wrote: > > Yeah, but at least FOAR allows top-posting! Nothing on the intern

Re: [FRIAM] Meta-discussion

2013-04-25 Thread glen ropella
Yeah, but at least FOAR allows top-posting! Nothing on the internet is more irrational than the bias against top-posting. And I mean it. The bias against top-posting is the lower bound of rationality. Hm. Would it be oxymoronic to claim the existence of an upper bound on irrationality? Is th

Re: [FRIAM] Meta-discussion

2013-04-24 Thread Steve Smith
Nothing I love better than being thrown out of a bar. Exchanging a few blows with the bouncers, maybe landing a rabbit punch or two on the way through the door and coming back the next night for another round! Rules for the anti-FOAR list: # Use of profanity, insults or excessive ad-hominem

Re: [FRIAM] Meta-discussion

2013-04-24 Thread Russell Standish
On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 04:00:15PM -0600, Steve Smith wrote: > Glen - > > > >Personally, I'd love to see people smarter than me discuss David > >Deutsch's multiverse. > Yes, me too... You could always come over to FOAR for that sort of discussion. Or even FOR, if you don't mind the potential for b

Re: [FRIAM] Meta-discussion

2013-04-24 Thread Steve Smith
Glen - Thanks for throwing down here. While I agree with your point made a while back that we could drive a truck or a train through our likely differences in opinion about this and that, I appreciate that you seem to have a similar bandwidth to my own... it doesn't seem to phase you to sort

Re: [FRIAM] Meta-discussion

2013-04-24 Thread glen
Steve Smith wrote at 04/23/2013 05:45 PM: > I am just now skimming a book, _Shop Class as Soulcraft_ by Matthew B. > Crawford. Added to my wish list! Thanks. https://www.powells.com/biblio/9780143117469 > I believe that some of the discontent being expressed on this list, > perhaps most acutely

Re: [FRIAM] Meta-discussion

2013-04-23 Thread Douglas Roberts
We used to go there in the mid-80's and sit next to her and Rhett Butler, her black dog and tell her stories about our parrots. On Apr 23, 2013 8:27 PM, "Steve Smith" wrote: > As long as we are picking nits and splitting hairs, the menu refers to > "Rosalea" as opposed to "Rosalie". > > A Margar

Re: [FRIAM] Meta-discussion

2013-04-23 Thread Steve Smith
As long as we are picking nits and splitting hairs, the menu refers to "Rosalea" as opposed to "Rosalie". A Margarita by any other name would taste as fine? Damn, I stand (sit, actually) corrected. Remind me to never bet against you. On Apr 23, 2013 8:20 PM, "Marcus G. Daniels"

Re: [FRIAM] Meta-discussion

2013-04-23 Thread Douglas Roberts
Damn, I stand (sit, actually) corrected. Remind me to never bet against you. On Apr 23, 2013 8:20 PM, "Marcus G. Daniels" wrote: > On 4/23/13 8:08 PM, Douglas Roberts wrote: > >> >> The Rosarita is a Margarita recipe invented by Rosalie back in the late >> 50's. You remember that, right Marcus? >

Re: [FRIAM] Meta-discussion

2013-04-23 Thread Marcus G. Daniels
On 4/23/13 8:08 PM, Douglas Roberts wrote: The Rosarita is a Margarita recipe invented by Rosalie back in the late 50's. You remember that, right Marcus? Exhibit A, page 2. http://www.thepinkadobe.com/PinkAdobeDinnerMenu1012.pdf

Re: [FRIAM] Meta-discussion

2013-04-23 Thread Douglas Roberts
Ha, gotcha. The Rosarita is a Margarita recipe invented by Rosalie back in the late 50's. You remember that, right Marcus? On Apr 23, 2013 8:05 PM, "Marcus G. Daniels" wrote: > On 4/23/13 6:45 PM, Steve Smith wrote: > >> he should be enjoying his Rosarita (is that a type of Margarita?) at the >>

Re: [FRIAM] Meta-discussion

2013-04-23 Thread Marcus G. Daniels
On 4/23/13 6:45 PM, Steve Smith wrote: he should be enjoying his Rosarita (is that a type of Margarita?) at the Dragon Hmm, I have to clarify some terminology here. I believe it's known as a Rosalita at the Pink Adobe. Don't you just hate auto-correct on mobile devices? Marcus =

[FRIAM] Meta-discussion

2013-04-23 Thread Steve Smith
I am just now skimming a book, _Shop Class as Soulcraft_ by Matthew B. Crawford. It relates to the (meta) discussion(s) at hand in the following manner: Crawford has a BS in Physics and a PhD in Philosophy yet chooses to make his living as a Motorcycle Mechanic (supplemented by writing books