[FRIAM] ** reminder today ** Lecture Wednesday, August 15 12:30p: Gil Densmore: World of Warcraft
** reminder today ** Gil Densmore TITLE: Welcome to the World of Warcraft TIME: Wednesday, August 15 12:30p LOCATION: Redfish Conference Room, 624 Agua Fria Street, Santa Fe, NM Lunch will be available for $5 purchase ABSTRACT: This aims to be a un-talk covering: What is the World of Warcraft. However, since hearing someone blather on about a game is - well - monumentally boring (for me anyway) I am going to demo it - that is bring up a session, show some apsects of the game and answer some questions as best I can. I hope to see you all there and plan to have a great WedTech. 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] Evolution in vary environments
Roger, Is it possible w e are confusing two variables here? Variability in the environment and isolation of the environment from others. Galapagos Islands have both a high level of endemicity and many missing taxa, no? So, Madagascar is just a rather extreme example of island geography? Nick Nick Message: 24 Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:06:54 -0600 From: Roger Critchlow [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Evolution in varying environments To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group friam@redfish.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 On 8/14/07, Nicholas Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmm Roger. I always thought that unpredictable environments contribute more within-species diversitity and FEWER species. Nick Nick -- Apparently a generalization that fits some of the facts. The communities of Madagascar are characterized by high levels of endemicity, great species diversity in some taxonomic groups, and a complete absence of others. -- rec -- -- next part -- Nicholas S. Thompson Research Associate, Redfish Group, Santa Fe, NM ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Professor of Psychology and Ethology, Clark University ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 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] Urban simulation models on Kieth Olbermann tonight on MSNBC
All: I was not able to find any specifics on this, but MSNBC promos today (Wednesday) are hyping a segment on Kieth Olbermann's show tonight about the most impressive simulations of cities. Check your local listings. -tj -- == J. T. Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA www.analyticjournalism.com 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) http://www.jtjohnson.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. -- Buckminster Fuller == 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
Re: [FRIAM] Evolution in vary environments
Nick -- I can't tell whether you're worried that I'm misrepresenting the findings of the paper or that the authors are ignorant of island biogeography. I said: The second, which was published a day earlier, is about the same thing, only for real. The environment in Madagascar is diverse, but the diverse regions all share an unpredictable rainfall through the year and year to year. This unpredictability is proposed to contribute to the unusual diversity of mammals found. Maybe diversity is the wrong word. It isn't the one the authors chose in their abstract. The issue is the extreme spread of life cycle adaptation among the mammals found. -- rec -- On 8/15/07, Nicholas Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Roger, Is it possible w e are confusing two variables here? Variability in the environment and isolation of the environment from others. Galapagos Islands have both a high level of endemicity and many missing taxa, no? So, Madagascar is just a rather extreme example of island geography? Nick Nick Message: 24 Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:06:54 -0600 From: Roger Critchlow [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Evolution in varying environments To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group friam@redfish.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 On 8/14/07, Nicholas Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Hmm Roger. I always thought that unpredictable environments contribute more within-species diversitity and FEWER species. Nick Nick -- Apparently a generalization that fits some of the facts. The communities of Madagascar are characterized by high levels of endemicity, great species diversity in some taxonomic groups, and a complete absence of others. -- rec -- -- next part -- Nicholas S. Thompson Research Associate, Redfish Group, Santa Fe, NM ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Professor of Psychology and Ethology, Clark University ( [EMAIL PROTECTED]) 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
Re: [FRIAM] Evolution in vary environments
If memory serves, Madagascar had an anomolous geological history, vis a vis large-scale tectonic plate movements. That could (if accurate) be relevant to its evolutionary pattern. db On Aug 15, 2007, at 11:42 AM, Nicholas Thompson wrote: Roger, Is it possible w e are confusing two variables here? Variability in the environment and isolation of the environment from others. Galapagos Islands have both a high level of endemicity and many missing taxa, no? So, Madagascar is just a rather extreme example of island geography? Nick Nick Message: 24 Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:06:54 -0600 From: Roger Critchlow [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Evolution in varying environments To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group friam@redfish.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 On 8/14/07, Nicholas Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmm Roger. I always thought that unpredictable environments contribute more within-species diversitity and FEWER species. Nick Nick -- Apparently a generalization that fits some of the facts. The communities of Madagascar are characterized by high levels of endemicity, great species diversity in some taxonomic groups, and a complete absence of others. -- rec -- -- next part -- Nicholas S. Thompson Research Associate, Redfish Group, Santa Fe, NM ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Professor of Psychology and Ethology, Clark University ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 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 dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. Santa Fe: 505-690-2335 Abiquiu: 505-685-4891 www.BreeckerAssociates.com 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] More on Second Life in libraries
Somewhat related to Gil's presentation today at Wedtech. -tj -- Forwarded message -- From: gary price [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Aug 15, 2007 2:56 PM Subject: Re: [newslib] More on Second Life in libraries To: The NewsLib mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Also of potential interest: 1) Centers for Disease Control buys Second Life Island http://www.resourceshelf.com/2007/08/14/briefs-cdc-buys-island-on-second-life/ 2) ALA/Arts Island Set to Open in Second Life (via ALA) http://www.resourceshelf.com/2007/03/02/briefs-the-library-of-congress-first-annual-gershwin-prize-for-popular-song-awarded-to-paul-simon/ 3) Alliance Second Life Library 2.0 http://www.talis.com/tdn/node/1506 cheers, gary == J. T. Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA www.analyticjournalism.com 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) http://www.jtjohnson.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. -- Buckminster Fuller == 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: Cheney on why we shouldn't invade Iraq -- 1994
Now THIS IS weird! Begin forwarded message: Date: August 15, 2007 7:16:36 PM MDT Subject: Cheney on why we shouldn't invade Iraq -- 1994 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9a8_1186873756 I guess it was Bush's idea after all! Or Cheney lost his marbles. Or is something else going on? -- Owen 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
