[FRIAM] WHEN IS COMPLEXITY A GOOD?

2013-02-08 Thread Nicholas Thompson
All, When I first moved here, seven years ago, Owen set me down and eldered me concerning citizens like me who have no respect for threads, whereas, people like YOU, people who really are experienced with computers, see the importance of not bending threads But this is the worst gang of

Re: [FRIAM] WHEN IS COMPLEXITY A GOOD?

2013-02-08 Thread glen e. p. ropella
Nicholas Thompson wrote at 02/08/2013 11:44 AM: I have have two quite contradictory definitions floating around in my head: (1) the number of bits and pieces x the number of kinds of bits and pieces or (2)the number of organizational levels in the system. The two definitions work at cross

Re: [FRIAM] WHEN IS COMPLEXITY A GOOD?

2013-02-08 Thread Owen Densmore
I probably should not pick such a nit, but all of Silicon Valley would haunt me for years. The term actually used there is civilian. I don't know exactly why it was became so popular in the 70's but I believe it is when it was first used relating to computing. Naturally it was used by the

Re: [FRIAM] WHEN IS COMPLEXITY A GOOD?

2013-02-08 Thread Paul Paryski
: [FRIAM] WHEN IS COMPLEXITY A GOOD? I probably should not pick such a nit, but all of Silicon Valley would haunt me for years. The term actually used there is civilian. I don't know exactly why it was became so popular in the 70's but I believe it is when it was first used relating to computing