[FRIAM] Get rid of TMI - Information Clarity - Tufte seminar coming

[peter]

We are all in the business of data and information clarity and if you 
have never been to a Tufte seminar you should


Today we are all feeling the effects of To Much Information, most of it 
useless


It will revolutionize how you and your organization look at and transmit 
any form of information


Those of you who know me know I don't recommend these things lightly but 
this one is a must do.


Albuquerque Jan 30th 2009 http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/courses

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Re: [FRIAM] Python 3.0 Release

[Douglas Roberts]

That strikes me a bit "self"-ish, Owen.

;-}

On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 2:18 PM, Owen Densmore  wrote:

>
> I'm a bit disappointed in their not getting rid of some of the real ugly
> things in python.  Especially not using lexical scoping, and requiring
> "self" all over the place in variable references.  Yes, I want the "self"
> object reference, but not for instance and class variables.
>
>-- Owen
>
>
>
> On Dec 11, 2008, at 1:44 PM, Robert Holmes wrote:
>
>  I thought about it but this Python release is not backwards-compatible and
>> I've got a LOT of v2.5 code. And the migration process (see the bottom of
>> http://docs.python.org/3.0/whatsnew/3.0.html) is not exactly simple...
>>
>> R
>>
>> P.S. Plus I don't want to recompile numpy and pylab and scipy and...
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Owen Densmore 
>> wrote:
>> Just curious: how many of us have tried python 3.0?
>>  http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.0/
>> .. I ask because a book I'm looking at for teaching python to youngsters
>> jumps right into 3.0:
>>  http://www.briggs.net.nz/log/writing/snake-wrangling-for-kids/
>>
>>   -- Owen
>>
>
>
> 
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Re: [FRIAM] Python 3.0 Release

[Owen Densmore]

I agree, it certainly won't be without pain.

The suggested way to convert is interesting:
  • Port to Python 2.6. This should be no more work than the average  
port from Python 2.x to Python 2.(x+1). Make sure all your tests pass.
  • (Still using 2.6:) Turn on the -3 command line switch. This  
enables warnings about features that will be removed (or change) in  
3.0. Run your test suite again, and fix code that you get warnings  
about until there are no warnings left, and all your tests still pass.
  • Run the 2to3 source-to-source translator over your source code  
tree. (See 2to3 - Automated Python 2 to 3 code translation for more on  
this tool.) Run the result of the translation under Python 3.0.  
Manually fix up any remaining issues, fixing problems until all tests  
pass again.


I asked the sage list about this and their plan is to convert to 2.6  
as soon as num/sci py do, then consider the 3.0 change-over.


I'm a bit disappointed in their not getting rid of some of the real  
ugly things in python.  Especially not using lexical scoping, and  
requiring "self" all over the place in variable references.  Yes, I  
want the "self" object reference, but not for instance and class  
variables.


-- Owen


On Dec 11, 2008, at 1:44 PM, Robert Holmes wrote:

I thought about it but this Python release is not backwards- 
compatible and I've got a LOT of v2.5 code. And the migration  
process (see the bottom of http://docs.python.org/3.0/whatsnew/3.0.html) 
 is not exactly simple...


R

P.S. Plus I don't want to recompile numpy and pylab and scipy and...

On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Owen Densmore  
 wrote:

Just curious: how many of us have tried python 3.0?
 http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.0/
.. I ask because a book I'm looking at for teaching python to  
youngsters jumps right into 3.0:

  http://www.briggs.net.nz/log/writing/snake-wrangling-for-kids/

   -- Owen




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Re: [FRIAM] Python 3.0 Release

[Robert Holmes]

I thought about it but this Python release is not backwards-compatible and
I've got a LOT of v2.5 code. And the migration process (see the bottom of
http://docs.python.org/3.0/whatsnew/3.0.html)
is
not exactly simple...
R

P.S. Plus I don't want to recompile numpy and pylab and scipy and...

On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Owen Densmore  wrote:

> Just curious: how many of us have tried python 3.0?
>  http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.0/
> .. I ask because a book I'm looking at for teaching python to youngsters
> jumps right into 3.0:
>   http://www.briggs.net.nz/log/writing/snake-wrangling-for-kids/
>
>-- 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
>

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[FRIAM] Python 3.0 Release

[Owen Densmore]

Just curious: how many of us have tried python 3.0?
  http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.0/
.. I ask because a book I'm looking at for teaching python to  
youngsters jumps right into 3.0:

   http://www.briggs.net.nz/log/writing/snake-wrangling-for-kids/

-- Owen




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[FRIAM] Santa Fe City Council approves funding for SFComplex

[Stephen Guerin]

Thank you to everyone that wrote letters to the Council and the 60  
sfComplex supporters who sat through a 4 hour City Council Meeting!


Unaminous approval from City Council! Lot's of fun work to do, now.  
Come do a project at the Complex!


-Stephen




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Re: [FRIAM] Decade of the Mind Conference 4

[Stephen Guerin]

Hi Chris,

It looks like your message made it to FRIAM Tuesday morning. Sometimes  
the poster doesn't receive a copy of the email. You would think it  
would be more deterministic, but that's the nature of our listserv  
beast :-)


Looks like a great conference. I just registered.

BTW, funding for SFComplex was approved by the City Council tonight!  
Good news.


-Steve

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On Dec 9, 2008, at 11:38 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Greetings
This invitation is extended to all participants in the Cognitive  
Systems Workshop series hosted by Sandia National Laboratories from  
2003-2006. You are cordially invited to attend the Fourth Decade of  
the Mind Conference to be held at the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort  
and Spa near Albuquerque, NM 13-15 January 2009. The conference,  
subtitled “Reverse Engineering the Brain: Sowing the Seeds for  
Technology Innovation,” will explore recent scientific advances in  
brain science and application of this science to create new  
technologies.


The single-track program will bring together talks by scientists,  
combined with opportunities for discussion, concerning the potential  
benefits and hurdles of reverse engineering of the brain,  
computational and theoretical neuroscience, cognitive modeling, and  
cognitive-science applications. Furthermore, the conference will  
also bring together noted scholars to address current trajectories  
of neuroscientific research, indentify the boundaries of what is  
known at the frontiers of neuroscience and technology, and address  
the ethical, legal and social issues that are critical to the Decade  
of the Mind project.


More information, including online registration, can be found on the  
Web site: http://dom-4.org/


The conference committee also invites posters where scientists can  
present their current research and ideas during an evening session.  
Travel grants are available for students, post-docs, and junior  
faculty, with priority given to applicants who are presenting posters.


Program of Speakers and Topics:

- Christof Koch, California Institute of Technology - Theoretical  
Gaps in Neuroscience


- Jim Olds, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, George Mason  
University - Decade of the Mind History & Technology Opportunities


- Jay McClelland, Stanford University - Computational Neuroscience

- Jim Giordano, Georgetown University - Education Applications from  
Understanding the Human Mind


- Bob Shulman, Yale University - Role of Neuroimaging and Energy in  
Brain Function


- Jim Albus, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, George Mason  
University - Engineering Perspective on Reverse Engineering the Brain


- George Johnson, New York Times - The Most Beautiful Experiments in  
Science


- Kevin Moses, HHMI Janelia Farm - Reverse Engineering the Fruit Fly  
and the Study of Mind


- Jeff Krichmar, University of California at Irvine - Neurorobotics  
and Modeling Cognitive Function


- John Laird, University of Michigan - Perspectives on Cognitive  
Modeling


- Gert Cauwenberghs, University of California at San Diego -  
Neuromorphic Engineering: Neurons on a Chip


- Kevin Fitzgerald, Georgetown University - Neuro-Genethics

- Vincent P. Clark, Mind Research Network & University of New Mexico  
- Neuro-Augmented Cognition -Defense applications


- Eric Parens, Hastings Center - The Treatment-Enhancement Question:  
Need for a New Ethic?


- Layne Kalbfleisch, George Mason University - Neuro-Enhancement or  
Neuro-Education?


- Wendy Shaneyfelt, Sandia National Laboratories - Surety and  
Protocols for Ethical Analyses


- Edmund Pellegrino, Chair, President’s Council on Bioethics - Mind,  
Meaning and Morality


The conference is sponsored by Sandia National Laboratories, Los  
Alamos National Laboratory, University of New Mexico, Santa Fe  
Institute, George Mason University Krasnow Institute for Advanced  
Study, Georgetown University Medical Center, Potomac Institute  
Center for Neurotechnology Studies, and Mind Research  
Network.

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