Re: [FRIAM] the Monty Hall problem

[Angel Edward]

A even simpler explanation is that your initial pick has a 1/3 chance of 
winning. Nothing has changed as far as that door is concerned. Thus, with host 
removing one of the other two doors, the probability of winning must be 2/3. 

These word problems which involve a priori vs a posteriori probabilities can be 
very tricky. In Contact Bridge, one important variant is known as the principle 
of restricted choice. Suppose you have 9 cards in a suit but are missing the Q 
and the J. Suppose you have the A and K in your hand. You play the A and the 
player on your left drops the Q or J. What do you do next? You can either play 
the K hoping the other Q or J will drop or you can finesse hoping the player on 
your right has the missing Q or J. Most people think the two strategies are 
(approximately) equally probably to succeed but in fact finessing is twice as 
probable to succeed. It’s really frustrating to be playing a competition and 
have the opponents play the losing strategy and luck out.

Ed
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> On Aug 9, 2023, at 9:15 PM, Stephen Guerin  
> wrote:
> 
> I think this might be a more concise explanation:
> 
> Switching wins if you initially pick a goat (2/3 chance) and loses if you 
> pick the car (1/3 chance), so the win probability with switching is 2/3.
> 
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> On Wed, Aug 9, 2023 at 8:46 PM Nicholas Thompson  > wrote:
>> In a  moment of supreme indolence [and no small amount of arrogance] I took 
>> on the rhetorical challenge of explaining the correct solution of the Monty 
>> Hall problem (switch).   I worked at it for several days and now I think it 
>> is perfect.  
>> 
>> The Best Explanation of the Solution of the Monty Hall Problem
>> 
>> Here is the standard version of the Monty Hall Problem, as laid out in 
>> Wikipedia:
>> 
>> Suppose you're on a game show, and you're given the choice of three doors: 
>> Behind one door is a car; behind the others, goats. You pick a door, say No. 
>> 1, and the host, who knows what's behind the doors, opens another door, say 
>> No. 3, which has a goat. He then says to you, "Do you want to pick door No. 
>> 2?" Is it to your advantage to switch your choice?
>> 
>> This standard presentation of the problem contains some sly “intuition 
>> traps”,[1]  so put aside goats and 
>> cars for a moment. Let’s talk about thimbles and peas.  I ask you to close 
>> your eyes, and then I put before you three thimbles, one of which hides a 
>> pea.  If you choose the one hiding a pea, you get all the gold in China.  
>> Call the three thimbles, 1, 2, and 3.
>> 
>> 1.I ask you to choose one of the thimbles.  You choose 1.  What is 
>> the probability that you choose the pea.   ANS: 1/3.
>> 2.   Now, I group the thimbles as follows.  I slide thimble 2 a bit 
>> closer to thimble 3 (in a matter that would not dislodge a pea) and I 
>> declare that thimble 1 forms one group, A, and thimble 2 and 3 another 
>> group, B.
>> 3.   I ask you to choose whether to choose from Group A or Group B: i.e, 
>> I am asking you to make your choice of thimble in two stages, first deciding 
>> on a group, and then deciding which member of the group to pick. Which group 
>> should you choose from?  ANS: It doesn’t matter.   If the pea is in Group A 
>> and you choose from it, you have only one option to choose, so the 
>> probability is 1 x 1/3.  If the pea is in Group B and you choose from it, 
>> the pea has 2/3 chance of being in the group, but you must choose only one 
>> of the two members of the group, so your chance is again, 1/3:  2/3 x ½ = 
>> 1/3. 
>> 4.   Now, I offer to guarantee you that, if the pea is in group B, and 
>> you choose from group B, you will choose the thimble with the pea. (Perhaps 
>> I promise to slide the pea under whichever Group B thimble you choose, if 
>> you pick from Group B.)  Should you choose from Group A or Group B?   ANS:   
>> Group B.  If you chose from Group A, and the pea is there, only one choice 
>> is possible, so the probability is still 1 x 1/3=1/3.   Now, however, if you 
>> chose from group B, and the pea is there, since you are guaranteed to make 
>> the right choice, the probability of getting the pea is 1 x 2/3=2/3.
>> 5.   The effect of Monty Hall’s statement of the problem is to sort the 
>> doors into two groups, the Selected Group containing one door and the 
>

[FRIAM] Language Models and the End of Programming

[Angel Edward]

Some of you will likely be interested in yesterday’s  ACM tech talk by Matt 
Welsh 

> 
> Language Models and the End of Programming
> 

You can either watch 

For On-Demand access to this TechTalk, please visit 
https://acm-org.zoom.us/rec/share/6fKQ5JsSPrBcM4fqGDLZb227t6q-vDxVHFSMBEEiZMAAZ7duU8O5XO0z-Z_K3duh.6-fbKSt3B_O_uDWB?startTime=1683648021000

or 

You can now download the slides here: 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P-X0uPxjY_njAytN-_NYwX9JqgPDd_aG/view?usp=share_link


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Re: [FRIAM] Digital Companies or institutions in Santa Fe?

[Angel Edward]

Descarte Labs
Flow-3D

Meow Wolf 

Kitware

Falling Colors

Also: check the Creative Startups website. I was on their board for many years. 
In their early days they supported a number of local companies including Meow 
Wolf. There are probably some others that are either spinoffs of the national 
labs or mostly doing business with the labs like Kitware.

Ed
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> On May 9, 2023, at 4:31 PM, Tom Johnson  wrote:
> 
> Can any locals suggest other high-level companies (e.g. Simtable) or 
> institutions (e.g. SFI) in Santa Fe?
> Jon, what's the outfit you used to work for or maybe still do?  Ed and Steve, 
> do you know of any? 
> Thanks,
> Tom
> 
> -- 
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Re: [FRIAM] links for this morning's FRIAM: Special Unitary Groups and Quaternions

[Angel Edward]

Here’s another connection I had forgotten. Consider particles on a 2D rectangle 
 with 1/r^2 repulsion. If you break up the rectangle into smaller rectangles in 
which particles can only stay in their own rectangles or move to neighbor 
rectangles, the N^2 force calculation comes down to N log N, same as the limit 
on good sorting algorithms. This technique came up when we were using particles 
to form an isosurface in 3D.

Ed
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> On May 5, 2023, at 2:31 PM, Stephen Guerin  
> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Roger and Ed!
> 
> I've spent some time with Ed and Frank discussing this and I've really filled 
> in some gaps in my knowledge of parallel algorithms. eg, I knew how to solve 
> n-body system with particle N^2/2 focus with some quadtree or octree 
> optimizations to get from n^2 to nlog(n). But the FFT transform on laplacians 
> solving Poisson equation was new to me and I can now see the beauty. Today, 
> Ed quickly threw out the Kronecker Operator/Product which Frank knew but I 
> didn't. Frank flashed me a wikipedia article 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kronecker_product> on his phone with symbolics 
> that I couldn't immediately grok. But asking chatGPT to explain the operator 
> to a 3D graphics person I immediately got it and had the benefit that I would 
> usually implement this function with two inner loops over rows and columnts 
> instead of using Kronecker available in optimized linear algebra/graphics 
> libraries. Often this was happening under the hood of my tools but didn't 
> realize it.
> 
> As a 3D graphics developer, understanding the Kronecker matrix can be very 
> useful. The Kronecker product is often used in computer graphics and computer 
> vision applications, such as texture mapping, geometric transformations, and 
> image processing. Here are a few specific ways in which Kronecker matrix can 
> be useful to a 3D graphics developer:
> Texture mapping: The Kronecker product can be used to create repetitive 
> patterns in textures, such as brick walls, tiles, or grass. By creating a 
> base texture and applying a Kronecker product with a smaller texture, a 
> developer can create a seamless and repeating texture that covers a larger 
> surface.
> Geometric transformations: The Kronecker product can be used to perform 
> geometric transformations, such as scaling, rotation, and translation, on 3D 
> objects. By creating a Kronecker matrix with a transformation matrix, a 
> developer can apply the transformation to every vertex of an object, 
> resulting in a transformed object.
> Image processing: The Kronecker product can be used to perform image 
> processing operations, such as blurring, sharpening, or edge detection, on 3D 
> images. By creating a Kronecker matrix with a filter matrix, a developer can 
> apply the filter to every pixel of an image, resulting in a processed image.
> In summary, the Kronecker matrix is a powerful tool that can be used in 
> various ways by 3D graphics developers. Whether it's creating textures, 
> transforming objects, or processing images, understanding the Kronecker 
> matrix can help a developer achieve their desired results more efficiently 
> and effectively.
> 
> 
> 
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> On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 7:50 PM Angel Edward  <mailto:edward.an...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> Most of my dissertation (1968) was on numerical solution of potential 
>> problems. One of the parts was a proof that some of the known iterative 
>> methods converged. The argument loosely went something like this. Consider 
>> the 2D Poisson equation on a square. If you use an N x N approximation with 
>> the usual discretization of the Laplacian
>> 
>> u_ij = (u_i(j-1) + u_i(j+1) + u_(i_1)j + i_(j+1))/4 
>> 
>> i.e, the average of the surrounding points, the problem reduces to the 
>> solution of a set of N^2 linear equations
>> 
>> Ax = b 
>> 
>> where x in a vector of the unknown {u_ij} arranged by rows or columns, b is 
>> determined by the boundary conditions and the right side of the Poisson 
>> equation. The interesting part is A which is block t

Re: [FRIAM] links for this morning's FRIAM: Special Unitary Groups and Quaternions

[Angel Edward]

Most of my dissertation (1968) was on numerical solution of potential problems. 
One of the parts was a proof that some of the known iterative methods 
converged. The argument loosely went something like this. Consider the 2D 
Poisson equation on a square. If you use an N x N approximation with the usual 
discretization of the Laplacian

u_ij = (u_i(j-1) + u_i(j+1) + u_(i_1)j + i_(j+1))/4 

i.e, the average of the surrounding points, the problem reduces to the solution 
of a set of N^2 linear equations

Ax = b 

where x in a vector of the unknown {u_ij} arranged by rows or columns, b is 
determined by the boundary conditions and the right side of the Poisson 
equation. The interesting part is A which is block tridiagonal. With only a 
small error A can be made block cyclic. You can then diagonalize A with a sine 
transform and I was able to use that for proofs.

A few years later when the FFT came about, we realized that we could use the 
FFT to do the sine transform and the resulting numerical method was as least as 
efficient as any other method people had come up with.

Ed

Here’s a reference from 1986 that I think was based on paper at a Bellman 
Continuum

``From Dynamic Programming to Fast Transforms,'' E. Angel, J. Math. Anal. 
Appl.,119,1986. 

Ed
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> On Apr 28, 2023, at 8:18 AM, Stephen Guerin  
> wrote:
> 
> Special Unitary Groups and Quaternions 
> 
> Mostly for Ed from the context of last week's Physical Friam if you're coming 
> today.
> 
> Discussion was around potential ways of visualizing the dynamics of SU(3), 
> SU(2), (SU1) that highlights Special Unitary Groups. (wiki link from Frank 
> ), and can we foreground 
> how quaternions are used in this process.
> 
> and a related bit on forces, I'm searching for ways to visualize/understand 
> how FFTs with Poisson equation 
>  are 
> used to compute the forces from scalar fields (eg gravitational force from 
> mass density, electric force from charge, etc) and if there's any relation to 
> Special Unitary Groups.
> 
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Re: [FRIAM] Call blockers

[Angel Edward]

Nomorobo works pretty well on our landline. Free with comcast.

Ed
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> On Apr 19, 2023, at 8:17 AM, Barry MacKichan  
> wrote:
> 
> I like Frank’s solution, but I’m also interested in a solution for our land 
> line. The other option for the land line is to cancel it entirely, but about 
> six weeks ago I got a call from a friend who looked us up when he was in 
> Santa Fe, which is when he found out we had moved. He found our land line 
> number and I just happened to be around when his call came in, and his caller 
> id was announced by voice bot that lives in our land line. We might not have 
> reconnected had I discontinued the land line. TBH, though, I had been trying 
> to get his number — we were both thinking about the upcoming 60th anniversary 
> of our canoe trip to York Factory on Hudson’s Bay.
> 
> —Barry
> 
> On 18 Apr 2023, at 15:23, Frank Wimberly wrote:
> 
> My Google phone warns me of suspected spam calls.  When it does so I have the 
> choice of "Screening" the call, blocking it, or answering it.  If I select 
> "Screen" the caller hears 
> 
> "Hi.  The person you are calling is using a Google screening service.  Please 
> say your name and the reason you are calling.  The person will get a 
> recording and transcript of what you say."
> 
> Or words to that effect.  Almost nobody leaves a message.
> 
> ---
> Frank C. Wimberly
> 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, 
> Santa Fe, NM 87505
> 
> 505 670-9918
> Santa Fe, NM
> 
> On Tue, Apr 18, 2023, 12:47 PM Nicholas Thompson  > wrote:
> Phellow Phriammers, 
> 
> After having my phone completely tied up by robocalls during some medical 
> troubles, I put out cold hard cash for the CPR Call Blocker recommended by my 
> carrier.  I have now blocked 70 numbers, and new ones come in daily, although 
>  the rate has substantially decreased.  I have to say, pressing that big red 
> block button is very satisfying.  It also has a mass-blocking function for 
> voip-rogue calls, name withheld calls, private caller calls,and any area code 
> you take a dislike to. 
>  Still I have questions. 
> 
> 1.  Has anybody else tried this device? 
> 2.  Do you fully understand the navigation functions
> 3.  Is it working for you?
> 4.   Do you have any wisdom to share? 
> 
> I  chatted up one of the callers.  I suggested that at a time of full 
> employment, perhaps a bright guy like him might get a better job.  He replied 
> that he was being paid quite well for his efforts!  Apparently the number of 
> any fool who answers their phone is worth $7.  
> 
> Nick 
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Re: [FRIAM] Call blockers

[Angel Edward]

I tried Nick’s approach a while ago (before full employment) and the person on 
the other end starting crying. Made me feel terrible.

Another time, I cursed at one who was telling me a series of lies. He responded 
with an admirable string of curses that I was unable to match.

Ed
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> On Apr 18, 2023, at 4:56 PM, Gillian Densmore  wrote:
> 
> Nick. I need to warn you. Talking to these spammers, at your stage of life. 
> is very dangerous. They'll abuse how elderlies did like you did and try to 
> get some good from the call. Now that they know it's a live human they won't 
> stop. If the number comes back dead, sooner than latter its taken out of 
> their database. They want to catch old people when their Bullshit and F you 
> filters are off.
> Best thing to do is not to answer especially when you're talking to someone 
> with a sharp knife   scalpel and a massive dose of pain killers! Scammers 
> make * ton of money daily by wearing people down! They are at best 
> sociopaths.
> 0-wear someone down
> 1-beg for money 
> 2-for some surreal reason use teamviewer a remote controll app for windows.
> 3-more surreally pressure the weakened persson: ie YOU! into using a lot, 
> like lots and lots of giftcards the ahole redeams in an account. often india, 
> or china.
> 4-get you to use zelle to wire that money over
> 5???
> 6: you are so screwed and out of literally thousands of dollers
> 
> so don't answer when the phone says spam/scam incoming. My friends and family 
> leave a message, and or text if I didn't answer for whatever reason. 
> Android has built in scam blocking. iOS does as well. Personally I also have 
> nomorobo.
> 
> These pitty party scammers are also in faceplant facebook groups! I kid 
> you not, I'm in a blender for the masochist for people to do art in. 
> After being frustrated how few of the pictures or models are from the poster. 
> You get guys like someone who in the best engrish since 70s wireful and 80s 
> anime said 
> "I laptop need for blender, someone send me one it is new.,"  Now get this: 
> Kid is in nigeria, claims to have parents that are royalty but poor me. they 
> don't talk to me. and wants a new gizmo to make pretty pictures from blender.
> His profile was reported to facebook, and he was kicked from that group.  
> Scarily enough their are tons, of people like that. 
> 
> On Tue, Apr 18, 2023 at 2:30 PM Steve Smith  > wrote:
> Nick -
> 
> 
> >
> > I  chatted up one of the callers.  I suggested that at a time of full 
> > employment, perhaps a bright guy like him might get a better job.  He 
> > replied that he was being paid quite well for his efforts!  Apparently 
> > the number of any fool who answers their phone is worth $7
> Sounds like he got is money's worth on that call!
> > .
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[FRIAM] SFI AI Talk tonight (live and streaming)

[Angel Edward]

Listen up
Will artificial intelligence ultimately be oppressive or innovative? According 
to Chat GPT 
,
 to which we posed the question, it "depends on how it is designed, implemented 
and regulated, and the specific context in which it is used." Perhaps the 
real-live scientists working on the issue will prevaricate less when they delve 
in at 7:30 pm tonight at the Lensic Performing Arts Center for the free 2023 
Santa Fe Institute Community Lecture Series 
,
 featuring Arizona State University Professor of Computer Science Stephanie 
Forrest 
;
 University of New Mexico Department of Computer Science Professor Melanie 
Moses 
;
 and Santa Fe Institute Professor Cris Moore. All three will discuss their work 
on AI and algorithms in health, housing, criminal justice, cybersecurity and 
energy, along with their thoughts on where new tools like ChatGPT are heading. 
Reserve free tickets 

 but, if you can't attend in person, SFI will stream the lecture live on its 
YouTube channel 

 (where it also will be recorded for future viewing).

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Re: [FRIAM] Kinks in perceptual space

[Angel Edward]

Steve,

Thanks for the post. I haven’t been following the research in color for a long 
time although it remains one of the areas I love to talk about in my books and 
lectures. 

The paper is really interesting although I’m not sure how the result could be 
used in areas such as compression since both small and large differences in 
color are important. Maybe on the user side but not on the transmission or 
storage side. The Fast Company article shows a superficial understanding of 
color spaces at times and thus exaggerates the potential results of the 
research.

I have a couple of potential issues with the paper that I thought would have 
been brought up by reviewers. Early the paper, there is statement that seems to 
say that RGB is what the cones in our eyes sense. Perhaps it's just a poorly 
stated sentence but the there types of cones do not measure r, G and B in a 1 
to 1 way. The three types have peaks in the Green, between Green and Yellow, 
and in the Blue. In addition, we less than 10% of cones are blue sensitive (and 
these tend to be on the periphery of the retina). The standard NTSC RGB system 
was based on the available  technology and not on perception.  Luminance (L in 
Lab, Y in XYZ) is mostly Green and Yellow. What makes things more complex is 
that we are more sensitive to  small changes in color (MacAdams ellipsoids of 
Just Noticeable Differences) in the blue and least sensitive in the Green. 

I would have not pointed out the above except that I was worried that the 
experiment was done totally on luminance, changing L* with a*=b*=0. I would 
have found the paper more convincing if the measure was applied to changes in 
chromaticity in the experiment.

We used to worry about these issues way back in the 70’s when I was working 
with my friend Anil Jain at the USC Image Processing Institute. One problem 
then finding color maps for compressing a color image form 3 bytes/pixel to 1 
byte/pixel and for pseudo coloring grayscale images. The problem was to find a 
map that in which each step was perceptually equal. Anil did a paper that 
appeared in the JOSA in 82 using geodesics in a perceptual color space. The 
problem with the result was that the colors he got were really ugly compared to 
the usual thermal map using cool colors (blues and greens) going to hot colors 
(yellows and reds).

Ed
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> On Mar 4, 2023, at 4:22 PM, Steve Smith  wrote:
> 
> This may or may not relate to the current threads about mind v body, 
> perceptual nature of reality, etc that we have been flogging, but it is a 
> topic I lived in and around for most of my career and found it both 
> familiar/compelling and a little disturbing:
> 
> The general topic is the non-Reimannian nature of perceptual color spaces.
> 
> The broadly accepted non-Euclidean color spaces described by the CIE 
> formulations (1931 and 1976) has been widely accepted while the RGB/CMYK/HSV 
> Euclidean approximations are what most folks use for pretty good practical 
> reasons (particular the conveniences of tristimulus/process color 
> specification and synthesis).
> 
> This recent (1 year old) publication work by some LANL folks was shoved in my 
> face/space recently (as a correlate to the problems we have been working with 
> on trying to understand the underlying space of abstract high dimensional 
> (very non-linear) problems such as ensemble steering/exploration in the 
> World3 model.   Our favored method (of the moment) is a variant of tSNE 
>   
> which
>  prefers a locally accurate metric over a global one.
> 
> The LANL work on this non-Reimannian color space:
> 
> https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2119753119 
> 
> A popular article about that work:
> 
> https://www.fastcompany.com/90780869/it-could-take-20-more-years-for-scientists-to-truly-understand-color
>  
> 
> I'm guessing this (at least) crossed Ed Angel's awareness, perhaps there are 
> a few others here who care about this level of detail/abstraction on 
> color/perceptual spaces?  Frank is probably a lot more up on the nuances of 
> (non) Reimannian manifolds than I ever will be...  I don't know if this 
> represents an interesting example of the utility of such?
> 
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[Angel Edward]

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[FRIAM] Cleve Moler/Jack Dongarra visits

[Angel Edward]

Some of you should remember Cleve from FRIAM when he was living in Santa Fe. 
Others of you have used Matlab, which he created while he was a Math Professor 
at UNM. Later, when he was chair of the CS Dept and I was running the computer 
engineering program, we were giving out the first FORTRAN version to anyone who 
sent us a mag tape. Now Matlab is used by almost every engineer in the world 
and Mathworks has thousands of employees around the world.

Jack Dongarra was Cleve’s PhD student ayt UNM   and recently was awarded the 
2022 Turing Prize. Jack will be giving a talk at UNM next Monday followed by a 
reception. You can find out more and sign up to attend at 
https://unmresearch.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4NNI0KueAiPIAS2?Q_CHL=qr 
.

Last week, UNM and Mathworks signed the papers to create the Cleve 
Moler/Mathworks Endowed Professorship in Mathematical and Engineering Software 
in CS at UNM. Cleve will be coming out next week for Jack’s talk. He’ll 
probably come up to Santa Fe during the week.

A note for Stephen, Owen and some of you others who were in my “class” on 
graphics at Redfish. Summer 2021, Rose Mary and I spent about five days with 
Cleve and Patsy in Maryland. I was finally able to get Cleve excited about 
Computer Graphics. We spent a couple of days taking the parametric equations 
for pastas from the book “Pasta By Design” into Matlab and then displaying the 
images. Subsequently, Cleve’s devoted a whole series on his  Cleve’s  Corner 
blog on the Mathworks site to computer graphics.

Ed
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Re: [FRIAM] Urgent care with short wait?

[Angel Edward]

Gil

I’m sorry to hear of your bad experience with urgent care at Presbyterian. 
We’ve had a number of excellent experience with the one on St Michaels. On one 
them they found that a bad stomach ache required emergency gall bladder 
surgery. On another they found what seem like a badly sprained ankle was 
actually broken.

Ed
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> On Aug 29, 2022, at 4:06 PM, Gillian Densmore  wrote:
> 
> Presbyterian is awful. But the ride insisted. And so far I'm mortified at how 
> aful the treatment is. A quack  giving me meds that I had a bad reaction to.  
> After standing outside for a 30 minutes.. just get we don't know what to do. 
> And oh look at the time. Just sloppy. And terrible work.
> 
> On Mon, Aug 29, 2022, 2:18 PM Carl Tollander  > wrote:
> CVS at Cerrillos and Siler has a walk-in clinic .
> 
> 
> On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 1:34 PM Gillian Densmore  > wrote:
> [redacted]!!
> In short was prescribed two kinds of antibiotics but have a bad reaction a 
> cream one. ALas my doctor is busy. And Presby has no Appointements.
> Where all would have a short wait?
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Re: [FRIAM] Fourier image space, duality, filtering and compression

[Angel Edward]

Do you have any of the editions of my graphics book? The appendix on sampling 
is pretty much the same in all of them. I found a copy of the printed notes 
from the summer course I did part of with the Institute of Optics at Rochester 
some time in the mid 70’s. I can bring it to FRIAM tomorrow.

Ed
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> On Aug 17, 2022, at 9:22 PM, Jon Zingale  wrote:
> 
> Ed,
> 
> FWIW, we did discuss Gibb's phenomenon quite a bit and how JPEG compression 
> could be understood as a manifestation of the uncertainty principle. I would 
> love to have a copy of your notes from the summer short course at the 
> institute for optics. Also, I would like to pick your brain about 
> interpolation methods. I have a project where applications of either Hermite, 
> b-splines or possibly Chebyshev polynomials would give me a nice speed up 
> when applied as a preprocessor for a discrete cosine transform.
> 
> Cheers,
> Jon
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Re: [FRIAM] Fourier image space, duality, filtering and compression

[Angel Edward]

Sorry I missed the discussion. I was in Vancouver all week for SIGGRAPH.

A few comments after looking at the two websites. I taught Fourier transforms 
for many years both through digital signal processing and though optics as part 
of a course on hybrid processing at the Institute of Optics at Rochester.
 
The main problem with these sites is that they fail to distinguish between the 
continuous Fourier transform and the discrete Fourier transform, which have 
major differences that affect what you see in the examples. In particular, you 
need to talk about sampling and reconstruction to talk about the DFT. The 
Nyqist sampling theorem is key to understanding the effects of windowing in 
space or frequency, the uncertainty principle for the transforms, the limits of 
displays and the artifacts due the windows. In the transforms in the second 
site, I’m pretty certain that all the dominant frequencies in the transforms 
are window artifacts and not due to the data. At least the first site gives you 
the option of applying a spatial window to the data although it doesn’t give 
you a way to understand some of the displays you can generate with window 
applied to band limited data.

There is an Appendix in my books about the FT and I have some notes from a 
summer short course at the Institute of Optics that cover these issues.

Ed
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> On Aug 12, 2022, at 2:09 PM, Stephen Guerin  
> wrote:
> 
> Jon, Mike and I were talking about fourier transforms on images, JPEG 
> compression and filtering at this morning's FRIAM.
> 
> Here's a nice site that lets you load an image, and its fourier transform 
> (amplitude spectrum) in cartesian or log-polar.
>  https://www.djmannion.net/img_freq_web/ 
> 
> 
>  A menu allows you to pull up sample images, simple sine waves in various 
> frequencies and orientation and a live webcam image to see their point 
> dualities in fourier space.
> 
> The lower panel lets you filter high and low cutoffs (much like jpeg 
> compression) to see the impact on the image.
> 
> links related to compression:
>   
> https://blog.demofox.org/2020/11/04/frequency-domain-image-compression-and-filtering/
>  
> 
>   
> https://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/digitalimaging/processing/fouriertransform/
>  
> 
> 
> different but related use of fourier transform for finding epicycles in a 
> drawing:
> https://www.jezzamon.com/fourier/   
> https://www.myfourierepicycles.com/ 
> 
> -S
> 
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Re: [FRIAM] Republicans need to renew themselves (was: self-care)

[Angel Edward]

And what about the 600,000+ Republicans who switched last year, not to mention 
the many more who switched during Trump’s presidency.

Ed
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> On Jul 2, 2022, at 11:36 AM, Frank Wimberly  wrote:
> 
> 
> Over 1 million registered democrats switched to registering republican this 
> year, so far. Do you really believe that these people somehow became deluded 
> cultists?
> 
> Maybe they want to vote against Trump endorsed candidates in the primaries.
> 
> ---
> Frank C. Wimberly
> 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, 
> Santa Fe, NM 87505
> 
> 505 670-9918
> Santa Fe, NM
> 
> On Sat, Jul 2, 2022, 11:33 AM Prof David West  > wrote:
> "The Republicans lost their way. When the Republicans turned into a MAGA 
> party, they lost their last sparks of integrity and became a violent 
> authoritarian cult which worships a conman."
> 
> Absurd!!
> 
> Over 1 million registered democrats switched to registering republican this 
> year, so far. Do you really believe that these people somehow became deluded 
> cultists?
> 
> The absolute worst thing about the American political system is the, de 
> facto, two-party system that forces voting for something when you simply want 
> to vote against something else.
> 
> And it is the party apparatchik that personify "something" into a living 
> breathing candidate. The vast majority (80+%) of voters then"hold their 
> noses" and "swallow their disgust" and appear to vote for a 'person' when 
> what they really want to do is vote against "something." [I am being 
> deliberately vague about something, but it would be a mix of philosophies, 
> beliefs, policies, laws, appointments, actions, oratory, etc.]
> 
> It would not even be accurate to say that politicians and party apparatchiks 
> "lost their way;" as they never had a "way" to begin with. To a person they 
> are cynical amoralists who care nothing about acquiring power and winning the 
> next election. McConnell and Pelosi are but the two faces of same Janus god. 
> (Yes, I recognize that my rhetoric here is just as absurd as the quoted 
> rhetoric that began this post.)
> 
> davew
> On Sat, Jul 2, 2022, at 12:33 AM, Jochen Fromm wrote:
>> It is not the US government. The Republicans lost their way. When the 
>> Republicans turned into a MAGA party, they lost their last sparks of 
>> integrity and became a violent authoritarian cult which worships a conman.
>> 
>> Corrupt Republican politicians like Mitch McConnell who look like their own 
>> mummy cling to power by embracing this dangerous cult and by manipulating 
>> voter districts (gerrymandering). The GOP needs to renew itself. Here in 
>> Europe Green parties begin to replace the conservative parties.
>> 
>> -J.
>> 
>> 
>>  Original message 
>> From: Sarbajit Roy mailto:sroy...@gmail.com>>
>> Date: 7/2/22 08:58 (GMT+01:00)
>> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > >
>> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] self-care
>> 
>> The hypocrisy of the US govts is amazing.
>> 
>> For decades they have been desperately promoting pill based self induced 
>> abortions as "safe" abortions in India and Latin America through their 
>> puppets like the Guttmacher Institiute and by using misrepresentations and 
>> outright lies.
>> 
>> These pills are highly toxic / carcinogenic and Guttmacher was caught red 
>> handed by us for using fake accounts on Wikipedia to shape the "self induced 
>> abortion" article to depict it as safe and as an at-home remedy. We got 
>> Guttmacher delisted in India for about a year, but they made their way back 
>> through the USAID RMNCHA programs used to bribe foreign government servants 
>> to shape policy
>> 
>> Sarbajit
>> 
>> On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 8:52 PM glen > > wrote:
>> In the aftermath of the activist Justices overturning RvW, this popped up in 
>> my feed:
>> 
>> How to Give Yourself an Abortion
>> https://jewishcurrents.org/how-to-give-yourself-an-abortion 
>> 
>> 
>> I remain torn on the issue of self-care. And lots of energy was added to my 
>> oscillators with the whole "horse dewormer" thing for COVID-19. (Yes, I'm 
>> poking fun both at the people who bought veterinary ivermectin and the 
>> people who used the disgusting sneer "horse dewormer".) To boot, this post 
>> came up this morning about a homeopathic packet sent home with the patient 
>> after surgery: 
>> https://centerforinquiry.salsalabs.org/2022cfimidyearemailversion11 
>> . 
>> (Placebo is a thing, despite Blumner's write-of

Re: [FRIAM] [Colloquia] Cris Moore's colloquium talk this Wednesday

[Angel Edward]

I couldn’t find Cris’ first lecture online.

Ed
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> On Apr 11, 2022, at 12:34 PM, Stephen Guerin  
> wrote:
> 
> for those that can't make that zoom time, Day 2 of Cris's SFI Ulam Lecture 
> might cover similar ground
> 
> https://youtu.be/Sg2jtEY6qms <https://youtu.be/Sg2jtEY6qms>
> 
> 
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2022, 10:19 AM Angel Edward  <mailto:edward.an...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> I thought you two might be interested in Cris Moore’s CS colloquium this Wed.
> 
> Tom: we may be going back to live FRIAM at St John’s this week. I’m waiting 
> for Stephen to verify.
> 
> Ed
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> Ed Angel
> 
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> Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico
> 
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> 
>> Begin forwarded message:
>> 
>> From: Jared Saia mailto:sai...@gmail.com>>
>> Subject: [Colloquia] Cris Moore's colloquium talk this Wednesday
>> Date: April 9, 2022 at 9:54:50 AM MDT
>> To: colloq...@cs.unm.edu <mailto:colloq...@cs.unm.edu>, csgrad 
>> mailto:csg...@cs.unm.edu>>, CS Faculty mail list 
>> mailto:csfacu...@cs.unm.edu>>, csunderg...@cs.unm.edu 
>> <mailto:csunderg...@cs.unm.edu>, Cristopher Moore > <mailto:mo...@santafe.edu>>
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>> 
>> Date: Wednesday, April 13th at 2pm Mountain Time
>> 
>> Speaker: Cris Moore
>> 
>> Talk Title: Fairness and accuracy (and transparency and…) in algorithms for 
>> criminal justice and housing
>> 
>> Location: https://unm.zoom.us/j/96675948342 
>> <https://unm.zoom.us/j/96675948342>  
>> 
>> passcode is: 130697
>> 
>> Abstract
>> 
>> The study of algorithmic bias has become a burgeoning subfield of AI, 
>> machine learning, and theoretical computer science. Many people are now 
>> working to design algorithms that guarantee various kinds of statistical 
>> fairness. I want to take a 90-degree turn from this, and share some 
>> experiences of working on algorithms “on the ground,” including a study of a 
>> pretrial risk assessment algorithm in Bernalillo County where Albuquerque is 
>> located. By collaborating with legal scholars, court administrators, housing 
>> lawyers, and others, I’ve learned how they think about fairness in decision 
>> making: they are concerned not just with statistics, but with procedural 
>> issues—who has the burden of proof, and how data and algorithms can be 
>> explained, audited, and contested. I’ll also share some thoughts on what I 
>> think our responsibilities are as computer scientists to engage with these 
>> domains more deeply.
>> Bio
>> 
>> Cristopher Moore received his B.A. in Physics, Mathematics, and Integrated 
>> Science from Northwestern University, and his Ph.D. in Physics from Cornell. 
>> From 2000 to 2012 he was a professor at the University of New Mexico, with 
>> joint appointments in Computer Science and Physics. Since 2012, Moore has 
>> been a resident professor at the Santa Fe Institute. He has also held 
>> visiting positions at the Niels Bohr Institute, École Normale Superieure, 
>> École Polytechnique, Université Paris 7, Northeastern University, the 
>> University of Michigan, and Microsoft Research. He is an elected Fellow of 
>> the American Physical Society, the American Mathematical Society, and the 
>> American Association for the Advancement of Science. With Stephan Mertens, 
>> he is the author of The Nature of Computation from Oxford University Press. 
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[FRIAM] tomorrow at 2nd St

[Angel Edward]

Last chance for us to get together there before the original 2nd closed for 
good Sat. We’re gong there at 4 PM when they open Thu.

Ed
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Re: [FRIAM] So who needs math?

[Angel Edward]

Having graduated from one of NYC’s special high schools, I’ve been following 
the debate in NY and San Francisco from a long time. What strikes me as a 
resident of NM is just how far from the core of the problem both sides are. 
Here is Santa Fe, the math proficiency of students is 18% and that’s in the top 
50% state-wide.  The reading proficiency is 30%. At the same time the SFPS 
advertise its high graduation rate.

Ed
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> On Dec 11, 2021, at 3:24 PM, Tom Johnson  wrote:
> 
> Hundreds of college professors blast ‘woke’ math movement
> https://bit.ly/3pHELEU 
> 
> -- 
> 
> Tom Johnson - t...@jtjohnson.com 
> Institute for Analytic Journalism   -- Santa Fe, NM USA
> 505.577.6482(c)505.473.9646(h)
> NM Foundation for Open Government 
> Check out It's The People's Data 
> 
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Re: [FRIAM] My plan to disrupt education

[Angel Edward]

If any one would bother to check my original email, I said percentages not 
total enrollment in response to Frank’s question.

Would anyone then conclude that because UCSD has more Black students than a 
100% Black student Historical Black Institution, UCSD tops say Howard U in some 
definition of Black-serving institutions (which is not arguing that some 
students wouldn’t be better off at UCSD). Or that Brandeis is not Jewish 
serving. Or College of Santa Fe was not Catholic serving.

Ed
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Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico

1017 Sierra Pinon
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> On Oct 30, 2021, at 11:59 AM, Marcus Daniels  wrote:
> 
> Enrollment of 2,787 (NMH) vs. 52,946 (UCSD).
>  
> UC San Diego Admits Record 52,946 First-Year and Transfer Students (ucsd.edu) 
> <https://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressrelease/uc-san-diego-admits-record-52946-first-year-and-transfer-students>
>  
> New Mexico Highlands University | Data USA 
> <https://datausa.io/profile/university/new-mexico-highlands-university/#enrollment>
>  
> From: Friam mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com>> On 
> Behalf Of Frank Wimberly
> Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2021 10:42 AM
> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group  <mailto:friam@redfish.com>>
> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] My plan to disrupt education
>  
> Which is a greater number 53.7% of Highlands or each of 20-40% of the others?
> 
> ---
> Frank C. Wimberly
> 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, 
> Santa Fe, NM 87505
> 
> 505 670-9918
> Santa Fe, NM
>  
> On Sat, Oct 30, 2021, 11:34 AM Angel Edward  <mailto:edward.an...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> It only takes a minute or two to find the information on the Web
>  
> NMH 53.7%
>  
> UCSD 39%
> UCLA 23%
> Arizona 24%
> UNM 37%
> UT Austin 22%
>  
> Ed
> __
> 
> Ed Angel
> 
> Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory (ARTS Lab)
> Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico
> 
> 1017 Sierra Pinon
> Santa Fe, NM 87501
> 505-984-0136 (home)   edward.an...@gmail.com <mailto:edward.an...@gmail.com>
> 505-453-4944 (cell)  http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel 
> <http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel>
> 
> 
> On Oct 30, 2021, at 11:14 AM, Frank Wimberly  <mailto:wimber...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>  
> >I think the definition of Hispanic-serving is based on the percentage of 
> >Hispanic students which is very high at Highlands
>  
> I would be surprised if Highlands had a higher number of Hispanic students 
> than any of the universities I mentioned.  Compared to to them Highlands is 
> small.  I wonder why percentage is more important than the total number.  
> Talk about ethnicism.
>  
>  
> 
> ---
> Frank C. Wimberly
> 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, 
> Santa Fe, NM 87505
> 
> 505 670-9918
> Santa Fe, NM
>  
> On Sat, Oct 30, 2021, 10:58 AM Edward Angel  <mailto:an...@cs.unm.edu>> wrote:
> I think the definition of Hispanic-serving is based on the percentage of 
> Hispanic students which is very high at Highlands.
>  
> The first year I was at UNM, a colleague and I went to career day at 
> Highlands. Because Highlands lacked an Engineering program, we thought it 
> would be an excellent opportunity to recruit some of their grads to 
> Engineering at UNM, The gym was filled with recruiting tables which except 
> for us were all either from the military or the Ivy League schools trying to 
> recruit Hispanics. During the morning, not a single student came to our 
> table. After lunch, a group of young women came to our table, looked at our 
> materials, and then asked if they needed math to study engineering. When we 
> said yes, there was a loud “Ugh” and they turned around and left. Only 
> students we talked to the whole day.
>  
> A few years later, David West would come down to UNM once a week to UNM on 
> his bike to teach a software engineering course.
>  
> Around that time, we had a very active NM Chapter of SIGGRAPH in NM. I worked 
> a lot with Bruce Papier at Highlands who was running a wonderful computer art 
> program at Highlands. I believe he too was pushed out during the Manny Aragon 
> era. He passed away in Santa Fe a few years ago.
>  
> But what I really want to write about is a related story to David’s at UNM. 
> At UNM the Latin American (now Latin American and Iberian ) Institute is a 
> prestigious research and teaching center. It’s founder-director and associate 
> director were not Hispanics. In the mid-

Re: [FRIAM] My plan to disrupt education

[Angel Edward]

It only takes a minute or two to find the information on the Web

NMH 53.7%

UCSD 39%
UCLA 23%
Arizona 24%
UNM 37%
UT Austin 22%

Ed
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Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory (ARTS Lab)
Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico

1017 Sierra Pinon
Santa Fe, NM 87501
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505-453-4944 (cell) http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel

> On Oct 30, 2021, at 11:14 AM, Frank Wimberly  wrote:
> 
> >I think the definition of Hispanic-serving is based on the percentage of 
> >Hispanic students which is very high at Highlands
> 
> I would be surprised if Highlands had a higher number of Hispanic students 
> than any of the universities I mentioned.  Compared to to them Highlands is 
> small.  I wonder why percentage is more important than the total number.  
> Talk about ethnicism.
> 
> 
> 
> ---
> Frank C. Wimberly
> 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, 
> Santa Fe, NM 87505
> 
> 505 670-9918
> Santa Fe, NM
> 
> On Sat, Oct 30, 2021, 10:58 AM Edward Angel  > wrote:
> I think the definition of Hispanic-serving is based on the percentage of 
> Hispanic students which is very high at Highlands.
> 
> The first year I was at UNM, a colleague and I went to career day at 
> Highlands. Because Highlands lacked an Engineering program, we thought it 
> would be an excellent opportunity to recruit some of their grads to 
> Engineering at UNM, The gym was filled with recruiting tables which except 
> for us were all either from the military or the Ivy League schools trying to 
> recruit Hispanics. During the morning, not a single student came to our 
> table. After lunch, a group of young women came to our table, looked at our 
> materials, and then asked if they needed math to study engineering. When we 
> said yes, there was a loud “Ugh” and they turned around and left. Only 
> students we talked to the whole day.
> 
> A few years later, David West would come down to UNM once a week to UNM on 
> his bike to teach a software engineering course.
> 
> Around that time, we had a very active NM Chapter of SIGGRAPH in NM. I worked 
> a lot with Bruce Papier at Highlands who was running a wonderful computer art 
> program at Highlands. I believe he too was pushed out during the Manny Aragon 
> era. He passed away in Santa Fe a few years ago.
> 
> But what I really want to write about is a related story to David’s at UNM. 
> At UNM the Latin American (now Latin American and Iberian ) Institute is a 
> prestigious research and teaching center. It’s founder-director and associate 
> director were not Hispanics. In the mid-90s, Tom Benavides, a powerful NM 
> legislator 
> (http://insidethecapitol.blogspot.com/2004/05/most-excellent-sir-tom-benavides.html
>  
> )
>  insisted the director and associate director be replaced by Hispanics and 
> when UNM refused, the funding for LAI was removed from the UNM budget. The 
> result was  that UNM had to come up with funds from other projects to support 
> LAI.
> 
> Tom was a very popular legislator from the South Valley, so popular that 
> there was a movement to create a separate county for the South Valley and 
> name it after Tom. But then there was his downfall; drinking and wife abuse. 
> When he lost a reelection, UNM seized on the opportunity and hired him as a 
> legislative lobbyist. UNM then got back it’s funding for LAI without having 
> to replace its leadership.
> 
> At the time, I was teaching a lot of short courses in Latin America through 
> the Ibero-American Science and Technology Education Consortium (ISTEC)  which 
> was started at UNM and was administratively under LAI. One of Tom’s duties 
> (actually rewards) was to attend the yearly ISTEC conferences in Latin 
> America as did I and usually Rose Mary. Tom was somewhat uncomfortable 
> outside NM and speaking Spanish, so Rose Mary would often invite him to join 
> us for dinner. I always learned a lot about the spotted history of NM.
> 
> Ed
> ___
> 
> Ed Angel
> 
> Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory (ARTS Lab)
> Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico
> 
> 1017 Sierra Pinon
> Santa Fe, NM 87501
> 505-984-0136 (home)   an...@cs.unm.edu 
> 
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> 
> 
>> On Oct 29, 2021, at 6:15 PM, Frank Wimberly > > wrote:
>> 
>> During the era of which Dave speaks at New Mexico Highlands i had an 
>> interview for a faculty position in the CS Department there.  I wasn't a 
>> good match because they were looking for someone in the area of computers 
>> and the arts.  Among my application materials I emphasized my ability to 
>> speak Spanish, my family roots

Re: [FRIAM] stygmergy, CA's, and [biological] development

[Angel Edward]

In an affine space (vector space + point), an ant’s position is a point and a 
path or trail can be described by vectors.

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Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico

1017 Sierra Pinon
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505-453-4944 (cell) http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel

> On Oct 24, 2021, at 5:27 PM, Frank Wimberly  wrote:
> 
> Focusing the application of ant foraging, what is the scalar product of an 
> ant?  What is the sum of two ants.  Same questions for pheromone trails.  If 
> the answer is that scalar product and sum are not general enough.  What are 
> the homomorphisms of ants and pheromone trails?
> 
> ---
> Frank C. Wimberly
> 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, 
> Santa Fe, NM 87505
> 
> 505 670-9918
> Santa Fe, NM
> 
> On Sun, Oct 24, 2021, 5:12 PM Jon Zingale  > wrote:
> I want to clarify what a dual space is.  I think it is much more general
> than Frank thinks it is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjoint_functors 
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Re: [FRIAM] [WedTech] Diffracton: minding the gap

[Angel Edward]

> showing you with Dual Photography 
> <https://graphics.stanford.edu/papers/dual_photography/>, you idiot?
> 
> And Alvy Ray Smith, again Ed bringing into our office,  saying that's what a 
> Pixel is <https://youtu.be/dvHDXUV7hmQ>! it's not a little square nor 
> gaussian point sample, it's Kotelnikov Sampling (Nyquist-Shannon Sampling 
> Theorem),
> 
> or potentially worse is Eric Smith and Roger Critchlow shaking their heads 
> saying "you're just confused and making connections that aren't there". :-)
> 
> --
> 
> Now even after having said this, I *still* want to know how the diffraction 
> is happening using only the interaction rules in the model. Obviously, there 
> are no Sinc or Rect functions in the code, nor Fourier transforms explicitly 
> coded. All these wonderful explanations above are emergent properties from 
> the model I would call a macroscopic explanation and description. If nothing 
> else perhaps I learn a better phrase for the level of explanation I'm asking 
> for when you trace an algorithm and understand where the emergent property 
> comes from. (BTW, I think I have a micro answer and will put it in my 
> response to Alex).
> 
> -S
> 
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> 
> On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 3:57 PM Angel Edward  <mailto:edward.an...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> I hope someone can check out the analysis below. 
> 
> If you look at the gap as a sampler, you can do the following analysis using 
> Fourier methods:
> 
> A gap is a window on a continuous function. A perfect gap is a step function 
> multiplying the continuous function. 
> 
> In the Fourier domain, the Fourier transform of the continuous function on 
> the input side of the gap is convolved with the Fourier transform of gap (the 
> step function).
> 
> The Fourier transform of a step function is a sinc (sin(ax)/(ax)) function.
> 
> The width of the main lobe of the sinc is inversely proportional to the width 
> of the gap.
> 
> Consequently, the smaller the width of the gap, the more a given frequency is 
> distorted because the sinc is wider. Convolution applies the sinc at each 
> frequency of the input function.
> 
> I think it gets more complicated when we add in sampling. If we take a number 
> of samples that is proportional to the width of the gap, then as we make the 
> gap smaller there are fewer samples, hence more reconstruction issues which 
> is the second, often overlooked, part of the sampling theorem.
> 
> In the limit as the gap goes to zero width, there is no distortion to the 
> continuous function but in the digital world you could have only a single 
> sample.
> 
> Ed
> __
> 
> Ed Angel
> 
> Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory (ARTS Lab)
> Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico
> 
> 1017 Sierra Pinon
> Santa Fe, NM 87501
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> 
>> 
>> On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 10:17 AM Stephen Guerin > <mailto:stephen.gue...@simtable.com>> wrote:
>> At yesterday's Virtual Friam I asked a question on diffraction and said I 
>> would send more background.
>> 
>> The gist of my question is: 
>> 
>> Even though I completely understand the micro-level rules that generate 
>> diffraction in the wave model described below,  I still don't have an 
>> intuition **how** the gaps in an obstacle have the emergent effect of 
>> diffracting waves when wavelengths >= gap width. Can anyone help?
>> 
>> 
>> Background:
>> The question arose from my mentoring NM School for the Arts high school 
>> students in the NM Supercomputing Challenge 
>> <http://nmsupercomputingchallenge.org/> where the students simulated spatial 
>> acoustics by appropriating Saint-Venant equations used for shallow water 
>> waves to instead model acoustic pressure waves. We wrote a Netogo 
>> agent-based model with Python extension for reading / writing the sound 
>> files and simulating spatial acoustics.
>> 
>> 
>

Re: [FRIAM] Diffracton: minding the gap

[Angel Edward]

I hope someone can check out the analysis below. 

If you look at the gap as a sampler, you can do the following analysis using 
Fourier methods:

A gap is a window on a continuous function. A perfect gap is a step function 
multiplying the continuous function. 

In the Fourier domain, the Fourier transform of the continuous function on the 
input side of the gap is convolved with the Fourier transform of gap (the step 
function).

The Fourier transform of a step function is a sinc (sin(ax)/(ax)) function.

The width of the main lobe of the sinc is inversely proportional to the width 
of the gap.

Consequently, the smaller the width of the gap, the more a given frequency is 
distorted because the sinc is wider. Convolution applies the sinc at each 
frequency of the input function.

I think it gets more complicated when we add in sampling. If we take a number 
of samples that is proportional to the width of the gap, then as we make the 
gap smaller there are fewer samples, hence more reconstruction issues which is 
the second, often overlooked, part of the sampling theorem.

In the limit as the gap goes to zero width, there is no distortion to the 
continuous function but in the digital world you could have only a single 
sample.

Ed
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Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory (ARTS Lab)
Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico

1017 Sierra Pinon
Santa Fe, NM 87501
505-984-0136 (home) edward.an...@gmail.com
505-453-4944 (cell) http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel

> On Aug 14, 2021, at 10:39 AM, Stephen Guerin  
> wrote:
> 
> The images in my initial email may have not come through. Attached is a PDF 
> of the message
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> 
> 
> On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 10:17 AM Stephen Guerin  > wrote:
> At yesterday's Virtual Friam I asked a question on diffraction and said I 
> would send more background.
> 
> The gist of my question is: 
> 
> Even though I completely understand the micro-level rules that generate 
> diffraction in the wave model described below,  I still don't have an 
> intuition **how** the gaps in an obstacle have the emergent effect of 
> diffracting waves when wavelengths >= gap width. Can anyone help?
> 
> 
> Background:
> The question arose from my mentoring NM School for the Arts high school 
> students in the NM Supercomputing Challenge 
>  where the students simulated spatial 
> acoustics by appropriating Saint-Venant equations used for shallow water 
> waves to instead model acoustic pressure waves. We wrote a Netogo agent-based 
> model with Python extension for reading / writing the sound files and 
> simulating spatial acoustics.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> The students explored the effects of different room configurations on 
> acoustics.  
> 
> One configuration of interest was a wall gap illustrated below in the top 
> right under Madelyn's video below. The wall gap is hard to see on right side.
> 
> 
> 
> They simulated microphones in Netlogo by recording amplitudes at a patch (red 
> dot below in top-right visualization of room) and simulated speakers 
> (hard-to-see blue dot below red dot on other side of wall) by driving 
> amplitudes at a patch from the time series of amplitudes in  .wav files 
> (recordings of a singer and viola performance). They could hear, and through 
> Fourier analysis, see the gap acting as a low-pass filter on the acoustic 
> signal. ie, only the low frequencies were "bending" around the wall to reach 
> the microphone. 
> 
> You can see and listen to this effect and the spectrogram visualization at 
> time 33:11 in their presentation .
> 
> 
> 
> It took me a few weeks after their presentation in the NM Supercomputing 
> Challenge - they got second place - to connect the low pass filter behavior 
> to the concept of diffraction. Had this been a light model and I saw the 
> rainbow effects I would have clued in much faster.  Their presentation was a 
> month after finals and they added this epilogue in the presentation above to 
> identify the effect as diffraction. 
> 
> Their presentation included this physical wavepool video demonstration 
>  which was helpful to me to begin to understand 
> the diffraction relationship with frequency and gap width.
> 
> Note: my question is not about "describing" the behavior with macroscopic 
> equations or geometric models but fundamentally how does the gap become a 

[FRIAM] Presbyterian Covid vaccination

[Angel Edward]

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Re: [FRIAM] Get your vaccine NOW!

[Angel Edward]

It leads to place where you can make an appointment for a Covid test but not a 
vaccination. 
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> On Jan 12, 2021, at 1:01 PM, Merle Lefkoff  wrote:
> 
> Nick, it does not lead you there.  It leads you directly to Presbyterian, 
> although Presbyterian in Santa Fe is not listed--only in Albuquerque and 
> other sites around the state.  Have your Medicare card ready.
> 
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 11:39 AM  > wrote:
> Merle,
> 
>  
> 
> I think that site just leads you to the NMDOH registration form.  If you saw 
> something more, please let us know.
> 
>  
> 
> N
> 
>  
> 
> Nicholas Thompson
> 
> Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology
> 
> Clark University
> 
> thompnicks...@gmail.com 
> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ 
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> From: Friam mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com>> On 
> Behalf Of Merle Lefkoff
> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2021 12:22 PM
> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group  >
> Subject: [FRIAM] Get your vaccine NOW!
> 
>  
> 
> For those of you 75 or over, you can schedule a vaccine appointment at 
> Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque right now.
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> https://www.phs.org/covid19/ 
> vaccine/Pages/vaccine-schedule.aspx
> 
>  
> 
> --
> 
> Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D.
> Center for Emergent Diplomacy
> emergentdiplomacy.org 
> Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
> 
> 
> mobile:  (303) 859-5609
> skype:  merle.lelfkoff2
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Re: [FRIAM] MY MISTAKE; SEE THIS: Recycling electronics: What to do with your old laptops, phones, cameras and batteries

[Angel Edward]

My experience is that they’ll take pretty much everything. They really need 
more volunteers. Lots of stuff lying around waiting to be processed.

Ed
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> On Dec 29, 2020, at 3:07 PM, Tom Johnson  wrote:
> 
> Could they use various cables?  USB, charging, power, etc. 
> 
> 
> 
> Tom Johnson - t...@jtjohnson.com 
> <https://www.cloudhq-mkt9.net/mail_track/link/64c381c6d9a84b1b66_1609279669895?uid=226430&url=mailto%3Atom%40jtjohnson.com>
> Institute for Analytic Journalism   -- Santa Fe, NM USA
> 505.577.6482(c)505.473.9646(h)
> NM Foundation for Open Government 
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> Check out It's The People's Data 
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> 
> On Tue, Dec 29, 2020 at 2:04 PM Angel Edward  <mailto:edward.an...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> Don’t forget Computer Charity (http://www.computercharitynm.org/ 
> <http://www.computercharitynm.org/>) in Santa Fe. They recycle what they 
> can’t repair and donate to people who need computers and peripherals. 
> 
> Ed
> __
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> Ed Angel
> 
> Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory (ARTS Lab)
> Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico
> 
> 1017 Sierra Pinon
> Santa Fe, NM 87501
> 505-984-0136 (home)   edward.an...@gmail.com 
> <mailto:edward.an...@gmail.com>
> 505-453-4944 (cell)   http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel 
> <http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel>
> 
>> On Dec 29, 2020, at 1:55 PM, Tom Johnson > <mailto:t...@jtjohnson.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> https://www.cnet.com/how-to/recycling-electronics-what-to-do-with-your-old-laptops-phones-cameras-and-batteries/
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Re: [FRIAM] MY MISTAKE; SEE THIS: Recycling electronics: What to do with your old laptops, phones, cameras and batteries

[Angel Edward]

Don’t forget Computer Charity (http://www.computercharitynm.org/ 
) in Santa Fe. They recycle what they can’t 
repair and donate to people who need computers and peripherals. 

Ed
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> On Dec 29, 2020, at 1:55 PM, Tom Johnson  wrote:
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Re: [FRIAM] The History of CTRL + ALT + DELETE | Mental Floss

[Angel Edward]

I was an indirect beneficiary of IBM’s secret development of the PC in Florida.

IBM brought in my graduate school friends two-person company that was operating 
out of his garage to teach the IBM team about microprocessors. The IBM 
experience led to that company (Integrated Computer Systems, now Learning Tree 
International) becoming the leading company in the world providing short 
courses on high technology. During the 80’s I got to teach courses in image 
processing, graphics and networking all over the U.S., Canada and Europe for 
them.

Ed
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> On Nov 24, 2020, at 9:06 AM, Barry MacKichan  
> wrote:
> 
> Interesting… IBM’s big miss on estimating the market reminds of another PC 
> story. According to Stewart Alsop, Jr., IBM evaluated the 80386 chip for its 
> personal computers and rejected it. The comment that sticks in my mind is, 
> “It is not a personal computer chip; it’s designed for a mini-computer”. 
> Therefore, the first 386-powered computer was from Compaq, who had the field 
> pretty much to themselves for a while.
> 
> One of the OS/2 developers told me that OS/2 (a joint project with IBM) was 
> developed almost on Compaqs.
> 
> —Barry
> 
> On 23 Nov 2020, at 16:17, Tom Johnson wrote:
> 
> https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/51674/history-ctrl-alt-delete 
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[FRIAM] Fwd: [Colloquia] Colloquium - Wed Nov 11 - Kasra Manavi

[Angel Edward]

> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: Shuang Luan 
> Subject: [Colloquia] Colloquium - Wed Nov 11 - Kasra Manavi
> Date: November 9, 2020 at 10:10:31 AM MST
> To: colloq...@mail.cs.unm.edu, csg...@cs.unm.edu, csunderg...@cs.unm.edu, CS 
> Faculty mail list 
> 
> UNM Computer Science Department Colloquium Series
> Wednesday, Nov 11, 2020
> 2:00-2:50 PM
> 
> Join via Zoom:
> https://unm.zoom.us/j/98715707842 
> Meeting ID: 987 1570 7842
> Passcode: 9620277
> 
> Speaker:
> Kasra “Kaz” Manavi, PhD
> Director of Research and Communications, Simtable
> 
> Title:
> Realtime.Earth: Collective Intelligence from Distributed Imagery for Wildland 
> Fire
> 
> Abstract:
> We are currently fighting “blind” on wildland fire incidents. Fire location 
> and behavior intelligence is crucial during the initial phase of an incident, 
> but reports of wildfire can be delayed for hours. To make matters worse, 
> changes in fuel loads and forest composition along with increasing fire 
> season lengths are resulting in larger and more intense fires. With recent 
> events like the Tubbs, Atlas and Camp Fires, more and more catastrophic 
> wildland fire events are causing significant structure damage and 
> considerable numbers of lives are being lost. Real-time data streams relevant 
> to wildland fire are diversifying e.g. increased activity on social media and 
> publicly accessible imagery. With the increase in these streams, more and 
> more sources of relevant imagery are becoming available during an incident. 
> We suggest the fusion of these data outlets coupled with streaming camera 
> feeds directly from mobile phone browsers can provide real-time situation 
> awareness during the critical first hours of an incident. In this talk we 
> discuss observations obtained using Realtime.Earth, a web-based platform for 
> real-time collective intelligence enabled by imagery capture and collection, 
> data distribution and model visualization, all in the browser. We discuss how 
> imagery captured on mobile devices from citizens, crews and social media can 
> be fused together into live 3D models for real-time fire behavior monitoring.
> 
> Bio:
> Kasra “Kaz” Manavi is the Director of Research and Communications at 
> Simtable. He received a M.S. in Computer Science from Texas A&M University 
> with an emphasis on robotic motion planning and received a PhD in Computer 
> Science from the University of New Mexico with a focus on computational 
> structural biology. After graduation, he started working at Simtable LLC in 
> Santa Fe, NM, where he has been working on developing a web-based platform to 
> enable real-time collective intelligence by providing users the ability to 
> seamlessly incorporate agent-based modeling, ambient computing, 
> photogrammetry, geospatial information systems and distributed computation 
> into solutions that helps users better understand complex environmental and 
> social phenomena in their community, primarily in the wildland fire space.
> 
> 
> Shuang (Sean) Luan, PhD
> Professor and Associate Chair, Computer Science
> Director, Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program
> University of New Mexico
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Re: [FRIAM] How to Repurpose Your Old Gadgets Step away from the trash bin!

[Angel Edward]

Two other options:

1. Computer Charities in Santa Fe
2. Phones to women’s shelters. 911 works on the old phone even when you stop 
service to it.

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Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico

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> On Oct 20, 2020, at 12:19 PM, Tom Johnson  wrote:
> 
> There are plenty of ways to give old phones, laptops, and cameras a new life.
> https://www.wired.com/story/what-to-do-with-old-gadgets/ 
> 
> 
> 
> Tom Johnson - t...@jtjohnson.com 
> Institute for Analytic Journalism   -- Santa Fe, NM USA
> 505.577.6482(c)505.473.9646(h)
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> Check out It's The People's Data 
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Re: [FRIAM] Rio En Medio & Caja del Rio Fires

[Angel Edward]

https://nmfireinfo.com/2020/08/24/burnout-operations-to-increase-smoke-on-medio-fire/
 


Note the URL for the daily meetings in Facebook.
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> On Aug 24, 2020, at 2:38 PM, Steve Smith  wrote:
> 
> I don't know much myself..   there is a local (pilot?) who is tracking things 
> (on the new Caja fire) closely (because the fire is close to the airport?) 
> and is apparently flying over right now:
> 
> https://twitter.com/Bewickwren/status/1297981293624463360 
> 
> Stephen has a "crew" of students photographing the Medio fire and there are a 
> few reports coming through twitter on 
> 
> https://twitter.com/hashtag/MedioFire?src=hashtag_click 
> 
> and InciWeb has *this* information.
> 
> https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7031/ 
> 
> Google just started publishing KML for MODIS (and other satellite imaging)
> 
>     https://fsapps.nwcg.gov/googleearth.php?sensor=modis&extent=conus 
> 
> I've been trying to photograph (to contribute above) plumes from *my* side of 
> the valley... here IN the valley and up the Los Alamos Hill perspective but 
> the smoke is so pervasive that I really haven't been able to identify a 
> "plume" from Rio en Medio in days.   My ISP (CNSP) is a tight-beam from 
> Tesuque Peak and I understand from them that they are running on generator 
> power there, so I'm (vaguely) expecting to lose internet "soon"...
> 
> I get the feeling that the Pacheco burn scar from years ago has provided a 
> modest fire-break.
> 
> Any evacuations from direct fire-threat would obviously be most likely in the 
> Tesuque hills area, though *smoke* might lead folks to want to evacuate 
> otherwise.  I drove into Pojoaque yesterday and the smoke was pretty harsh 
> there (just downhill/down-watershed from the fire)... it sounds like SFe is 
> getting it too... with the Caja (much smaller, less fuel) on the opposite 
> side of town, it might mean that shifting winds just change which smoke you 
> get?
> 
> Los Alamos is "up above" most of the smoke from my perspective...
> 
> Stephen can probably vouch better for how well SFe's emergency alert system 
> works... but here is their link ifyou don't have it:
> 
>     https://www.santafenm.gov/alertsantafe 
> 
> I hope this is somehow helpful...
> 
> - Steve
> 
> On 8/24/20 1:42 PM, jon zingale wrote:
>> Since, you know, there are Simtablers here, what should I know about the
>> possibility of evacuations in Santa Fe in anything?
>> 
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Re: [FRIAM] Abducktion

[Angel Edward]

Isn’t it a consequence of the routine use of the passive voice in Spanish as in 
“me gusta” instead of “yo gusto?”

The passive voice is pretty much gone in textbooks but I occasionally I get 
objections from Spanish speakers who claim my textbook can’t be serious because 
I don’t use the passive voice.

Ed
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> On Aug 7, 2020, at 4:17 PM, Gary Schiltz  wrote:
> 
> Despite living in a Spanish speaking country for 12 years, I still struggle 
> mightily with Spanish grammar. This is mainly due to laziness on my part, as 
> well as lack of necessity to immerse myself in the language (there are a lot 
> of English speakers here, not to mention expat groups on Facebook in 
> English). Still, Spanish is *so* much more consistent in all respects than 
> English - pronunciation especially. But the reflexive verbs are still 
> somewhat of a mystery to me. I've wondered exactly the same thing that Frank 
> mentioned: does "the cup fell itself on me" and "the pencil broke itself on 
> mf" represent desire to avoid responsibility? Maybe even blame the victim? 
> Ouch! Your nose nearly broke my fist!
> 
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 2:06 PM Tom Johnson  > wrote:
> Or the equally famous Spanish phrase, "The pencil broke itself."  A phrase 
> which you think I would remember.
> TJ
> 
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> On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 12:55 PM Frank Wimberly  > wrote:
> In Spanish if you drop your cup you say, "See me cayó la taza".  A literal 
> word--for-word  translation is "The cup fell itself on me".  Some people say 
> this is an effort to avoid responsibility.
> 
> Frank
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> On Fri, Aug 7, 2020, 9:01 AM Barry MacKichan  > wrote:
> Very much so. We hired a grad student a long time ago (he stayed with us 
> until he retired). He wrote great Pascal programs. He wrote great Pascal 
> programs in C++, and in JavaScript. The effect of your first programming 
> language on style, idioms, and your feelings about recursion and 
> encapsulation.
> 
> —Barry
> 
> On 6 Aug 2020, at 23:24, thompnicks...@gmail.com 
>  wrote:
> 
> Nah.  He means more than that.  Even ordinary languages predispose users to 
> one kind of discourse or another.  I assume that programming languages do the 
> same. 
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Re: [FRIAM] "certain codes of conduct"

[Angel Edward]

Frank,

There a lot to said for targeted gifts that focus on support  for a variety of 
under represented groups.

Modest gifts are pretty much irrelevant to getting one's kid into an elite 
school. Recall that Jared Kushner’s father gave Harvard $2.5M to get him in. 
Harvard is so well endowed that even trying to give them a building doesn’t 
always work.

But I think the discussion misses some of the reality of what's going in 
nationally, especially in state schools. Here’s two key factors.

State colleges are terribly underfunded. One of the many consequences is that 
there are fewer slots available and the cost is higher. The University of 
California has been under stress for many years. One simple measure is that the 
available slots have not kept up with the population growth in CA. Another 
aspect of this problem is that amount the college gets for in-state students 
has been an increasingly smaller fraction of the real cost. However, tuition 
for out-of-state students reflects the real cost. Consequently, there is a real 
incentive for state colleges to recruit out of state students often at the 
expense of in-state students. While this might not affect the most financially 
challenged students who often qualify for aid, it has a major impact on 
middle-class families. 

Many of the observations some of you have made about the number of highly-paid 
administrators is often a consequence of the funding problem. Most public 
universities have responded to funding problem by becoming research 
institutions to a large degree because they profit off of research contacts. 
But with the money comes more administrators (many for “compliance testing 
whatever that is), competition for researchers who can bring in contracts and 
lower teaching loads.

Nevertheless, what I see as the overriding issue that doesn’t get addressed on 
this list is the underfunding of public K-12 schools. Whatever position any of 
us might have as what we’d like to see at the college level, it isn’t going to 
happen with the present situation of the public schools.  As long as the public 
schools can’t provide an equal education for all its students, we can’t expect 
the colleges to solve the educational problem.

Ed
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> On Jul 30, 2020, at 3:46 PM, Frank Wimberly  wrote:
> 
> My daughter was admitted to the University of Chicago and the University of 
> Michigan and I never gave either university a gift.
> 
> Frank
> 
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> 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, 
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> 
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2020, 3:13 PM Merle Lefkoff  > wrote:
> Nick,
> 
> I'm a Piketty fan, and he takes on this subject in "Capital" in a variety of 
> different ways.  For instance, Harvard, Princeton and Yale are so well 
> endowed by alumni that they get a 6.2% return and they become what Piketty 
> calls "rentiers", people and institutions able to support themselves through 
> their capital income. The rentiers gifts get their kids in. And this is just 
> one example of the absence of equal opportunity in our most prestigious 
> universities. If we "allowed broader segments of the population to have 
> access to (these institutions), this would surely be the most effective way 
> of increasing wages at the low to medium end of the scale and decreasing the 
> upper decile's share of both wages and total income."
> 
> I was excited to find, also,  Piketty's pairing of climate change and 
> "improving educational access" as two of the most challenging issues facing 
> humanity.  The knowledge that will be needed in the next future is hard to 
> imagine, but if we are to keep the peace as the systems continue to collapse, 
> we need to get everyone ready to cope.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Later in the book Piketty pairs climate change with the idea of improving 
> educational access as two of the greatest “challenges” to the human race.  
> Ameliorating schooling is even more important than fixing governmental debt: 
> “the more urgent need is to increase our educational capital” (568)
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 1:23 PM  > wrote:
> Eric,
> 
>  
> 
> A Marxist would say, I think, although I have barely ever known one, that 
> every act of training is simultaneously an act of indoctrination and class 
> reproduction.  If the declaration of independence is correct, what an 
> extraordinary coincidence it is that the children of wealthy well educated 
> people tend to be wealthy and well educated!   Well, some would say that 
> that’s because ABILITY is inherited.  But that precisely is racism, isn’t it? 
> 
>  
> 
> S

Re: [FRIAM] "certain codes of conduct"

[Angel Edward]

Frank,

Your dean at CMU was right. Any technology we might have learned then was not 
relevant five years later. In my only undergraduate electronics course, we 
learned to design vacuum tube circuits. Just when transistors were coming in. 

I’ve taught over 100 professional short courses around the world. The largest 
group of attendees has always consisted of technical people who had or were 
about to loose their jobs because the skills they had learned in college were 
no longer relevant.

When I came to UNM in EE, I tried, mostly unsuccessfully, to get students to 
learn that although they would get jobs at graduation based on what they had 
learned on Electronics 1, 2, 3, 4,….., they were not going to get the good 
design jobs. Fortunately it was not a problem for me when I moved to CS.

Ed
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> On Jul 30, 2020, at 1:48 PM, Frank Wimberly  wrote:
> 
> That is interesting and sounds correct to me, Eric.  However, people who 
> major in engineering need a specific set of skills which, not held, will 
> cause them to be incompetent in an engineering job.  That said when I was a 
> freshman in the College of Engineering and Science one of the deans told us 
> that the goal of their approach to undergraduate education was not to prepare 
> us for a job but to teach us to learn how to learn because we would learn 
> what we needed to know on the job.  As I've said before, after a year and a 
> half I transferred to UC Berkeley which was a much less nurturing 
> environment.  I was a math major which meant I was in the College of Letters 
> and Science with all the implied breadth requirements to satisfy:  social 
> science, humanities, English, foreign language, biological sciences, physical 
> science and the requirements specified by your major department.
> 
> After the first semester at Carnegie my class's average gpa was 1.75.  To 
> transfer to Berkeley you had to have a 2.8 grade point average.  Today 
> students are despondent if they have less than 3.0.
> 
> Frank
> 
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 1:02 PM Eric Charles  > wrote:
> Come on Nick... outside new disciplines emerging, those who will change a 
> discipline over the next 20 years are typically well embedded within the 
> discipline now. That's kind of how cumulative knowledge construction works. 
> But... to emphasize it a bit more bluntly The primary purpose of college 
> isn't to reproduce the professoriate, or produce the next generation of 
> innovators within the professorate: It is to provide a general set of skills 
> (sometimes called the "hidden curriculum"), which provides a baseline of 
> things a person with a college degree can reasonably be expected to be able 
> to do. College is justified by the assertion that you can't really get those 
> skills outside of trying to do something intellectual with some seriousness; 
> what you are trying to be intellectually serious about doesn't matter nearly 
> so much, though obviously some skills will be emphasized more in some areas. 
> 
> Most jobs most people want require "a college degree". They don't require a 
> college degree in anything in particular. That makes sense, IF college 
> degrees are reasonably well correlated with having some set of skills most 
> general employers value in most of their employees. It generally helps to 
> have employees who can read, write, and math at a certain level, who can 
> present things in standard forms orally, graphically, and in writing. It 
> generally helps to have employees who can integrate ideas and come up with 
> solutions, who can balance various priorities, who can adapt to arbitrary 
> requirements that a boss or company might impose. It generally helps to have 
> employees who can work productively on team projects, as leaders or 
> followers. Etc., etc. The less college degrees reliably indicate those 
> skills, the less valuable they are (on average). 
> 
> There is a quirky college that revamped it's curriculum a few decades ago to 
> focus on "8 Abilities": Communication, Problem Solving, Social Interaction, 
> Effective Citizenship, Analysis, Valuing, Aesthetic Engagement, and 
> Developing a Global Perspective. It looks like they've gone back a bit 
> towards traditional majors, but still all classes, in all majors, have to 
> explicitly focus on developing at least one of those abilities in the 
> students. (https://www.alverno.edu/Undergraduate 
> )
> 
> Most colleges are not doing anything so dramatic, but many are still making 
> great strides in helping students figure out skills that others arrive with, 

Re: [FRIAM] albuquerque

[Angel Edward]

The Bernalillo County sheriff invited them in.

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> On Jul 24, 2020, at 7:00 AM, Prof David West  wrote:
> 
> what did they do to merit Trump sending them federal troops?
> 
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Re: [FRIAM] square land math question

[Angel Edward]

You keep talking in terms of implementations rather than the abstract object. 

Here you say a square does not include information about its location but then 
you add the location in the class definition. In coordinate-free geometry, you 
have only three basic entities: scalars, points and vectors. You can use them 
to define all the standard geometric objects and write code purely in terms of 
these entities.

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> On Jul 23, 2020, at 4:09 PM, Frank Wimberly  wrote:
> 
> The mathematical concept of a point in R^2 is that a it is completely 
> determined by the values of its coordinates.  Same coordinates, same point.  
> A square per se Is determined by the length of its side(s).  There is no 
> information about it's location.
> 
> If I were writing a Square class for a graphics application I would include 
> two member variables:
> 
> LocationOfLowerLeft point;
> LengthOfSide double;
> 
> I haven't written code for years so beware.
> 
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> On Thu, Jul 23, 2020, 3:58 PM uǝlƃ ↙↙↙  > wrote:
> No, I don't. What's the difference?
> 
> On 7/23/20 2:46 PM, Frank Wimberly wrote:
> > OK.  As long as you grok the difference between the mathematical concept 
> > and the OO concept.
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Re: [FRIAM] square land math question

[Angel Edward]

In geometry, I find it better to think in terms of objects. A point is an 
object that has a location, dimension 0 (no measurable property) and no other 
properties; a line segment is an object with one dimension, has dimension one,  
and is defined by two points and so on. For each object, we have a set of 
functions. A point has no functions defined for it. When you say a point is an 
n-tuple in R^n you are talking about the representation of a point in some 
space, not the geometric object. To get back to Cody’s original question. From 
a geometric perspective, a sequence of two dimensional objects (the squares), 
which can be scaled,  cannot turn into a point which is a different object  
type.

Here’s a somewhat different geometric view of why you have to be wary of what 
the kid claimed. Suppose I start with a unit square. I divide it evenly in both 
directions to get four equal squares. I then throw away two diagonally opposite 
squares so I have half the original area. However, if I follow the edges I the 
distance between the opposite vertices is still 2. As you repeat this 
construction, the area of total of all the 2^n squares goes to zero but the 
distance along the edges between the original opposite vertices remains as 2. 

We can’t say this construction converges to a line connecting the two original 
vertices since we just showed it has a length two not sqrt(2). Or does it since 
if we add up the diagonals of all little cubes they do sum to sqrt 2. It gets 
even more interesting if we remove only one of the subcubes each time and add 
up the perimeters of all the subcubes thus creating an object than in the limit 
has no area but an infinite perimeter. Fractal geometry has nice definition of 
dimension that cover these issues.

Ed
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> On Jul 23, 2020, at 2:20 PM, Frank Wimberly  wrote:
> 
> "While a point and a vector in R^n might be described by the same tuple,
> dividing the numeric elements of the tuple does not "partition" the
> point..."
> 
> Good point, Steve.  There are infinitely many ways of resolving a vector.  
> E.g. (1, 1) = (1, 0) + (0, 1/2) + (0, 1/4) + (0, 1/4) etc.
> 
>   
> 
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 2:09 PM uǝlƃ ↙↙↙  > wrote:
> Nice challenge! ... Wel, the original question was basically how Cody 
> might respond to the kid's suggestion that a point is a square with no area. 
> My suggestion to Cody would be to answer the kid with a discussion about the 
> actuality or potentiality of infinity ... or intermediately, distinguishing 
> between *definitions* of "square".
> 
> And if you define define a square geometrically, then it makes complete sense 
> that there is no arealess square. But there are OTHER ways to define a 
> square. And since this kid already pulled out a sophisticated mathematical 
> argument, it's useful and interesting to see how far that kid can go.
> 
> You're free to hem and haw about the foundations of math and which foundation 
> you like better than another. But the point of discussing the extent of a 
> point was to answer the kid's challenge. Answering a bright kid with "because 
> Euclid says so" is not all that useful. >8^D
> 
> On 7/23/20 1:00 PM, Steve Smith wrote:
> > Can you illuminate us as to what treating the *location* of a point as a
> > *quantity* and demonstrating that the quantity can be divided
> > arithmetically adds to the meaning of a point? 
> > 
> > While a point and a vector in R^n might be described by the same tuple,
> > dividing the numeric elements of the tuple does not "partition" the
> > point, it merely scales the vector which is quite useful, but I'm not
> > sure if in any way doing so has any meaning that could be construed as
> > having "divided" the point?
> > 
> > I think Euclid's geometry is pretty "standard math"?
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Re: [FRIAM] Miller, miller moths everywhere...

[Angel Edward]

In the 25 years we lived in ABQ,, we had more frequent invasions than 19 or 20 
years apart. If you believe it depends on prime numbers, how about 5 or 7? Also 
the invasions were much more dense that what we’ve seen here. We’d get up in 
the morning and hundreds would be jammed under the front door and in the car 
vents.

Ed
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> On May 19, 2020, at 8:05 AM,  
>  wrote:
> 
> Hi, Merle, 
>  
> Are you sure it’s not 19 years?  The standard “take” on insect eruptions is 
> (used to be?) that they occur on a cycle of prime numbers to make it harder 
> for creatures with shorter cycles to “track” them.  See 
> https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/the-cicadas-love-affair-with-prime-numbers
>  
> 
>  for a pretty thin introduction to the idea. 
>  
> N
>  
> Nicholas Thompson
> Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology
> Clark University
> thompnicks...@gmail.com 
> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ 
> 
>  
>  
> From: Friam mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com>> On 
> Behalf Of Merle Lefkoff
> Sent: Monday, May 18, 2020 10:01 PM
> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group  >
> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Miller, miller moths everywhere...
>  
> My son in Boulder says they get the "infestation" right on the dot every 20 
> years.
>  
> They are also important pollinators.  
>  
> On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 9:57 PM Jon Zingale  > wrote:
>> Wow, they are everywhere! According to wikipedia:
>>  
>> Army cutworms are one of the richest foods for predators, such as brown 
>> bears , in this ecosystem, where 
>> up to 72 per cent of the moth's body weight is fat, thus making it more 
>> calorie-rich than elk or deer.[10] 
>>  This is the 
>> highest known body fat percentage of any animal.[11] 
>>  
>>  
>> And according to the New Mexican:
>>  
>> `... they do not carry disease, Formby said, and they’re not the type of 
>> moth that will get into your clothes closet and start shredding your new 
>> camel hair jacket.`
>>  
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Re: [FRIAM] Mission to Abisko

[Angel Edward]

I went to grad school with John. Known him for almost 50 years.

Ed
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Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico

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> On May 17, 2020, at 9:16 PM, Prof David West  wrote:
> 
> By John L. Casti and Anders Karlqvist
> 
> Casti seems to hail from Santa Fe — anybody know him?
> 
> Our conversations involving metaphor and story and science prompted me to 
> reread this book over the weekend. I would like to highly recommend it to 
> everyone on the list.
> 
> The subtitle of the book is "stories and myths in the creation of scientific 
> 'truth'."
> 
> Jon, Frank and anyone else who identifies as a mathematician will enjoy / 
> find interesting the chapter by Ian Steward, "Secret Narratives of 
> Mathematics."  From the chapter:
> 
> "A proof is a story. Not any old story. It has to take off from the 
> hypothesis and end by confirming the conclusion. Not end with the conclusion, 
> by the way — any more than a novel is obliged to end with the hero and 
> heroine riding off together into the sunset. The story ends when the 
> conclusion is firmly pinned down. (This is where you stop and put your Halmos 
> symbol.)
> 
> If a proof is a story, then a memorable proof must tell a ripping yarn."
> 
> Lot's of fun stuff about evolution, computational thinking, algorithmic and 
> ascetic storytelling, something for everyone interested in science, how 
> science is done, science as communication, science and prediction.
> 
> davew
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Re: [FRIAM] FRIAM: The Comic Edition: April 2020

[Angel Edward]

We just did a video on Morse code for 3rd-5th graders in the SFPS. The 
beginning of the message is

“The Eloi live a banal life of ease on the surface of the Earth”

Ed
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Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico

1017 Sierra Pinon
Santa Fe, NM 87501
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505-453-4944 (cell) http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel

> On May 15, 2020, at 9:36 PM, thompnicks...@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> Any boyscouts on the list who can decipher the Morse Code on the second 
> panel.  Funny.  I just assumed it was Arabic.
> http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/2020/04/ 
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Re: [FRIAM] PSC Tornado Visualization (2008) [720p] - YouTube

[Angel Edward]

Because triangles are convex they are guaranteed to be rendered correctly. 
Every modern graphics system whether hardware or software is based on using 
triangles as the basic element.
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Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico

1017 Sierra Pinon
Santa Fe, NM 87501
505-984-0136 (home) edward.an...@gmail.com
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> On May 13, 2020, at 7:28 PM, Frank Wimberly  wrote:
> 
> I'm not Marcus but in finite element analysis the discretization of a 2 
> dimensional region is always done with triangles. It's much more flexible 
> than rectangular grids, to oversimplify.
> 
> Frank
> 
> ---
> Frank C. Wimberly
> 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, 
> Santa Fe, NM 87505
> 
> 505 670-9918
> Santa Fe, NM
> 
> On Wed, May 13, 2020, 7:13 PM  <mailto:thompnicks...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> Marcus,
> 
>  
> 
> Can you explain why the basic unit is a triangle?
> 
>  
> 
> Any Peircean would LOVE it.
> 
>  
> 
> n
> 
>  
> 
> Nicholas Thompson
> 
> Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology
> 
> Clark University
> 
> thompnicks...@gmail.com <mailto:thompnicks...@gmail.com>
> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ 
> <https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/>
>  
> 
>  
> 
> From: Friam mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com>> On 
> Behalf Of Marcus Daniels
> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 6:00 PM
> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group  <mailto:friam@redfish.com>>
> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] PSC Tornado Visualization (2008) [720p] - YouTube
> 
>  
> 
> Check out that WaPost article for the state-of-the-art.   (The new Unreal 
> Engine.)
> 
>  
> 
> From: Friam mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com>> on 
> behalf of Angel Edward  <mailto:edward.an...@gmail.com>>
> Reply-To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group 
> mailto:friam@redfish.com>>
> Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 4:58 PM
> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group  <mailto:friam@redfish.com>>
> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] PSC Tornado Visualization (2008) [720p] - YouTube
> 
>  
> 
> I vaguely remember plot 3d. No one renders today the way it did. Cray was 
> less than a PC with a decent graphics card.
> 
>  
> 
> Ed
> 
> __
> 
> Ed Angel
> 
> Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory (ARTS Lab)
> Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico
> 
> 1017 Sierra Pinon
> Santa Fe, NM 87501
> 505-984-0136 (home)edward.an...@gmail.com <mailto:edward.an...@gmail.com>
> 505-453-4944 (cell)   http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel 
> <http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel>
>  
> 
> On May 13, 2020, at 5:51 PM, Frank Wimberly  <mailto:wimber...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>  
> 
> Let me revise that a little bit.  There was a visualization of the rider's 
> view of a roller coaster ride that ran on a Cray supercomputer.  The purpose 
> was to demonstrate the capability and speed of a Lisp-based 3D renderer 
> called Plot-3D or P3D or something similar.  Do you know what I'm talking 
> about, Ed?
> 
> ---
> Frank C. Wimberly
> 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, 
> Santa Fe, NM 87505
> 
> 505 670-9918
> Santa Fe, NM
> 
>  
> 
> On Wed, May 13, 2020, 5:31 PM  <mailto:thompnicks...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
> Thanks, Frank. 
> 
>  
> 
> NIck
> 
>  
> 
> Nicholas Thompson
> 
> Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology
> 
> Clark University
> 
> thompnicks...@gmail.com <mailto:thompnicks...@gmail.com>
> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ 
> <https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/>
>  
> 
>  
> 
> From: Friam mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com>> On 
> Behalf Of Frank Wimberly
> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 3:35 PM
> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group  <mailto:friam@redfish.com>>
> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] PSC Tornado Visualization (2008) [720p] - YouTube
> 
>  
> 
> You should take it seriously but I'm biased.  I don't think PSC let's its 
> supercomputers be used for eye candy.  They didn't when I worked there and 
> they were accountable to NSF.
> 
> ---
> Frank C. Wimberly
> 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, 
> Santa Fe, NM 87505
> 
> 505 670-9918
> Santa Fe, NM
> 
>  
> 
> On Wed, May 13, 2020, 3:26 PM  <mailto:thompnicks...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
> Dear Phellow Phriammers,
> 
> Is this eyecandy, 

Re: [FRIAM] PSC Tornado Visualization (2008) [720p] - YouTube

[Angel Edward]

I vaguely remember plot 3d. No one renders today the way it did. Cray was less 
than a PC with a decent graphics card.

Ed
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Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory (ARTS Lab)
Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico

1017 Sierra Pinon
Santa Fe, NM 87501
505-984-0136 (home) edward.an...@gmail.com
505-453-4944 (cell) http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel

> On May 13, 2020, at 5:51 PM, Frank Wimberly  wrote:
> 
> Let me revise that a little bit.  There was a visualization of the rider's 
> view of a roller coaster ride that ran on a Cray supercomputer.  The purpose 
> was to demonstrate the capability and speed of a Lisp-based 3D renderer 
> called Plot-3D or P3D or something similar.  Do you know what I'm talking 
> about, Ed?
> 
> ---
> Frank C. Wimberly
> 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, 
> Santa Fe, NM 87505
> 
> 505 670-9918
> Santa Fe, NM
> 
> On Wed, May 13, 2020, 5:31 PM  > wrote:
> Thanks, Frank. 
> 
>  
> 
> NIck
> 
>  
> 
> Nicholas Thompson
> 
> Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology
> 
> Clark University
> 
> thompnicks...@gmail.com 
> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ 
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> From: Friam mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com>> On 
> Behalf Of Frank Wimberly
> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 3:35 PM
> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group  >
> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] PSC Tornado Visualization (2008) [720p] - YouTube
> 
>  
> 
> You should take it seriously but I'm biased.  I don't think PSC let's its 
> supercomputers be used for eye candy.  They didn't when I worked there and 
> they were accountable to NSF.
> 
> ---
> Frank C. Wimberly
> 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, 
> Santa Fe, NM 87505
> 
> 505 670-9918
> Santa Fe, NM
> 
>  
> 
> On Wed, May 13, 2020, 3:26 PM  > wrote:
> 
> Dear Phellow Phriammers,
> 
> Is this eyecandy, or should I take it seriously?
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gQutQQiuAI&feature=youtu.be 
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Re: [FRIAM] Shakira and Plato

[Angel Edward]

Shakira was smart enough to take belly dancing and singing first. I think she 
also studied CS. Missed your chance Frank.

Ed
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Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico

1017 Sierra Pinon
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> On Apr 24, 2020, at 12:47 PM, Frank Wimberly  wrote:
> 
> I took that course in the summer between my sophomore and junior years at 
> Berkeley.  Philosophy 20A the pre-Socratics.  I still have some of the 
> textbooks.
> 
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> Frank C. Wimberly
> 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, 
> Santa Fe, NM 87505
> 505 670-9918
> Santa Fe, NM
> 
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 11:35 PM Jochen Fromm  > wrote:
> Shakira says she has finished a Coursera course about "Ancient Philosophy - 
> Plato and his Predecessors". If Shakira can do it, we can too ;-)
> https://twitter.com/shakira/status/1253351137866104834 
> 
> 
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Re: [FRIAM] New information on COVID-19

[Angel Edward]

Yes. Adds a couple of ounces to our bags/packs.

Ed
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Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico

1017 Sierra Pinon
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> On Apr 23, 2020, at 7:35 PM, Tom Johnson  wrote:
> 
> Are you saying you carry one when traveling?
> 
> 
> Tom Johnson - t...@jtjohnson.com 
> Institute for Analytic Journalism   -- Santa Fe, NM USA
> 505.577.6482(c)505.473.9646(h)
> NM Foundation for Open Government 
> Check out It's The People's Data 
> 
>  
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 6:52 PM Edward Angel  > wrote:
> We’ve had two life-threatening incidents, one trekking in Nepal and the other 
> in a remote part of Sri Lanka, where the availability of a pulse oximeter 
> made all the difference. We now routinely check our oxygenation with one.
> 
> Ed
> ___
> 
> Ed Angel
> 
> Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory (ARTS Lab)
> Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico
> 
> 1017 Sierra Pinon
> Santa Fe, NM 87501
> 505-984-0136 (home)   an...@cs.unm.edu 
> 
> 505-453-4944 (cell)   http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel 
> 
> 
>> On Apr 23, 2020, at 6:32 PM, Roger Critchlow > > wrote:
>> 
>> I found it credible.  We're adding a pulse oximeter to the kit.
>> 
>> There was another report, 
>> https://meaww.com/six-austrian-divers-permanently-damaged-lungs-recovery-mild-coronavirus-covid-19
>>  
>> .
>>  scuba divers recovered from mild covid infection and ended up with lungs so 
>> damaged that it is not safe for them to dive anymore.  So many people with 
>> less demanding pastimes may be in a similar way but not manifesting the 
>> problem, though a dive safety exam would turn it up, and maybe a pulse 
>> oximeter, too.
>> 
>> I wonder if any of those cell phone pulsimeters could be upgraded to 
>> oximeters with some calibration?
>> 
>> -- rec --
>> 
>> On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 5:32 PM Merle Lefkoff > > wrote:
>> Has the list read this article in the NYTimes.  What's your take?
>> 
>> https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/20/opinion/coronavirus-testing-pneumonia.html?smid=em-share
>>  
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D.
>> President, Center for Emergent Diplomacy
>> emergentdiplomacy.org 
>> Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
>> merlelefk...@gmail.com 
>> mobile:  (303) 859-5609
>> skype:  merle.lelfkoff2
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Re: [FRIAM] Fundraiser by Christina Z. : Ohoris Staff Relief Fund

[Angel Edward]

Go to Charity Navigator or Charity Watch. There are others. They’ll give you 
access to the IRS forms and more importantly give you how much of thir funds 
are spent on programs.

Ed 
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Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico

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> On Apr 22, 2020, at 3:17 PM, Frank Wimberly  wrote:
> 
> Whenever I get drawn to contributing to a charity, usually based on 
> sentimental TV ads, I send them an email and ask how to access their IRS Form 
> 990, which has to be publicly available, usually via a web page.  The last 
> time I did this was for Shriners' Hospital for Children.  If I read the form 
> correctly, in a recent year they had $700,000,000 in income, paid 
> $500,000,000 in executive salaries and  fundraising.  I don't believe 
> remaining $200,000,000 all went to medical and family travel/lodging 
> expenses.  But I may not be reading it right.  Any accountants out there?
> 
> Frank
> 
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 2:36 PM uǝlƃ ☣  > wrote:
> Heh, it's funny how something you say can be perfectly inverted by the 
> audience to mean the opposite of what you intended. The Telephone Game is 
> always relevant.
> 
> My point to Steve was about "effective altruism", the idea that the 
> philanthropist has any idea whatsoever of the relative optimality of one 
> charity compared to another. My position is one of ignorance and against the 
> (mostly wealthy, tech-savvy, arrogant) person's most likely *mistaken* belief 
> in their own competence, especially in a domain that is fundamentally 
> different from where they operate "professionally". My point to Steve was 
> that meritocracy is a sham and a sibling effect to the Great Man Theory.
> 
> Now, to the extent that my reading of von Hayek (not Friedman) argued for 
> market forces because it is *arrogant* to pretend you can design a system 
> more efficient than the one nature relaxes into, then I would argue for such 
> natural, organic solutions over engineered ones. But that's precisely 
> *because* those who think they can singularly, themselves, engineer a reality 
> better than the one that grew, stigmergically, socially, naturally are most 
> likely wrong.
> 
> But I have *never* insisted there is such a thing as a *free* market. 
> Everything that seems to be "natural" is constrained by the engineering of 
> the agents in and around it, even if those agents are termites or bacteria. 
> Whatever the Robin Hood foundation might mean by "free market", their very 
> use of the term means I would not support them in any way. The term "free 
> market" is a trigger phrase for this delicate snowflake. >8^D And I've 
> already blown several cherries at billionaire phlanthropists. Ptouie. E.g. 
> Bill Gates' magnanimity comes at the cost of decades of slimy and 
> exploitative practices. It's reputation laundering in the extreme. If Bill 
> Gates really gave a flying fsck about these things, he should have begun 
> working on them *before* (or instead of) exploiting the world to make siphon 
> off and concentrate billions of dollars.
> 
> So, I tend to stick with established charities with proven track records 
> including both the united way and the red cross. My tiny personal donations 
> are doled out at the end of the year to organizations like mozilla, MAPS, 
> software in the public interest, etc. with ZERO regard to how "efficient" or 
> "effective" they are. And my real contributions are paying (and voting for) 
> taxes and buying goods and services from the smallest businesses and co-ops I 
> can find.
> 
> On 4/22/20 1:04 PM, thompnicks...@gmail.com  
> wrote:
> > I was listening to a podcast by the guy who runs Robin Hood, an 
> > organization dedicated to getting at the institutional roots of poverty.  
> > When asked where we should give money in this crisis, he said, give it 
> > where you feel passion, because that is where you are likely to give it 
> > again.  I confess I feel passion for these young folks, who in the 60’s 
> > would have been  in graduate programs, or art or music schools, teaching, 
> > learning, inspiring, but are instead meagerly supporting their passions by 
> > making me coffee.  And very good coffee at that.  So that’s where my money 
> > goes.  Robin Hood  > > might be better for 
> > Glen because “According to /Fortune 
> >  > >/ magazine, "Robin Hood 
> > was a pioneer in what is now called venture philanthropy, or charity that 
> > embraces free-market forces. A

Re: [FRIAM] What is the most important selection principle in evolution?

[Angel Edward]

Here’s a sidebar from my graphics texxtbook on shortest path:

Sidebar 6.1 Finding the Angle of Reflection
Our derivation of the angle of reflection began with the principle that the 
angle of reflection equals the angle
of incidence. This principle was known to Euclid and Ptolemy 2000 years ago. 
Hero of Alexandria showed that
this path was the shortest from the source to the eye (see Exercise 6.13). If 
wasn’t until the early 17th century
that Fermat stated a more general version known as the principle of least time. 
However, none of these works
was based on the physics of light propagation but rather on the observation 
that light took the shortest (fastest)
path. Hence they did not explain why the angle of reflection equaled the angle 
of incidence nor why light didn’t
take multiple paths. It wasn’t until later in the 17th century that Huygens 
used the wave nature of light to
derive the angle of reflection.

From the above, refraction follows as does the lifeguard problem.

Ed


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> On Feb 16, 2020, at 10:33 PM, _ Bruno W  wrote:
> 
> Not sure about the natural selection, but here are 2 small (possibly 
> important) corrections.
> 1.  The lifeguard is still to the left of the swimmer when the lifeguard hits 
> the water.  But by a much smaller distance than if
> he had ran straight at the swimmer.
> 2.  The most widely accepted explanation for the origin of the least action 
> principle has to do with waves or paths, and doesn't
> require the photon to know in advance where it should go.
> In one version, the wave function of the photon goes out in all directions 
> with a phase at any point given by exp(iS/hbar) where
> S is the action.  Because hbar is small, the waves oscillate rapidly and 
> generally cancel out everywhere, except of course
> when the derivative of the action is zero and the wave stops oscillating 
> completely.  This will happen at the path of least (or in some
> cases greatest) action.
> Feynman did this one better by saying you don't need waves, you integrate 
> over all paths, and you get to include all kinds
> of crazy paths, even ones that go in crazy loops and backwards in time and 
> whatever.  Once again the extreme action paths
> are the only ones that survive in the classical limit (hbar -> 0).
> Hope this helps?
> 
> On Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 10:05 PM  > wrote:
> Hi, Everybody, and Steve, and Miles
> 
>  
> 
> Please everybody forgive me for what I am about to garble.
> 
>  
> 
> Steve Guerin and I have a long standing argument concerning the above 
> question.  He thinks my answer to the above question will be “natural 
> selection.”  His answer to that question is, is that as energy flows from 
> high to low concentrations, it seeks, and finds the most efficient route. 
> Today, steve presented to me a most astounding example, which I am sure most 
> of you are familiar with, but which I had never quite grasped.  It is 
> illuminated by a metaphor.  Imagine a beach and a lifeguard standing on the 
> beach when a drowning swimmer calls out to the lifeguard’s right.  Should the 
> lifeguard run directly toward the drowning swimmer.  No, because he can make 
> a lot faster progress toward the swimmer while running on the beach than he 
> can while swimming.  So he should chose a path that minimizes his time to the 
> swimmer, not the path directly toward the swimmer.  That path, the path of 
> least action, will carry him to the right of the swimmer until he reaches he 
> water’s edge and starts to swim.   Lifeguards have to be trained to do this, 
> and lifeguards argue about which direction to head off under  under which 
> conditions. 
> 
>  
> 
> Well, light approaching boundary between air and water faces the same 
> situation.  And the stunning fact is that light finds the least action path.  
> As I understand it, the light leaves the source in a direction that takes 
> into account the boundary that it is approaching.  PLEASE correct me if I 
> have this wrong. Yet, of course, in this situation there is no trial and 
> error.  Photons of light just “know” how to do this.  If this is true, I 
> promise NEVER to yawn again when one of you is going on about quantum 
> physics. 
> 
>  
> 
> Now, Steve, èIFç I understood you, you also went on to describe ants behavior 
> and lightening behavior as analogous processes that also find Least Action 
> Pathways.  And, I think you are also going to perhaps assert that a tornado 
> is a structure that facilitates a least action pathway. Etc.  But these are 
> plainly “historical” processes. I.e, in all cases the process tries out 
> options, and settles on 

Re: [FRIAM] friam Winter Party

[Angel Edward]

Ed Angel and Rose Mary Molnar
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> On Feb 11, 2020, at 3:19 PM,  
>  wrote:
> 
> Hi Everybody, 
>  
> I am looking for the roughest sort of nose count for Saturday.  Could some of 
> you offer up your noses to be counted?  
>  
> Hoping for the first in-person meeting of the Four Russells, but perhaps my 
> ambitions are a bit out of control. 
>  
> Nick 
>  
>  
>  
> Nicholas Thompson
> Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology
> Clark University
> thompnicks...@gmail.com 
> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ 
> 
>  
>  
> 
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[FRIAM] Fwd: First Robotics Mentors needed

[Angel Edward]

You need not have expertise with robots to be able to help a team.

Ed
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> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: Caren Shiozaki 
> Subject: First Robotics Mentors needed
> Date: February 6, 2020 at 2:40:58 PM MST
> To: Ed Angel 
> 
> Hi Ed,
> A new First Robotics team has been formed in Santa Fe for high school 
> students. They are collaborating with SFCC, who are providing working space 
> for them.
> 
> The competition they're entering can be seen here:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmiYWTmFRVE 
> 
> 
>  
> The team is preparing for a competition that will take place in Texas 
> mid-March.  They are in need of mentors who can help the kids to work with 
> tools and do problem solving.  They do not mind if mentors can only drop in 
> one time for a few hours.  Every bit of assistance helps.
> 
> Between now and March 6th, the working hours are:
> Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday:  5pm - 8pm
> Friday:  5pm - 6:30pm
> Saturday:  10am - 5pm
> All sessions take place in the SFCC Fitness Center Room #2016.
> 
> Can you put out a call to your network to see if anyone is interested in 
> helping them out, and if so, what dates and times they are available.
> 
> I'll get the names compiled and submitted to the organizers.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 


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Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: NO LANL IN SANTA FE! Wednesday, 12; 00 outside SF City Hall; bring friends

[Angel Edward]

I agree with your observations. The problem is that your fix is exactly what is 
happening with our best students. They leave. 

For those of us concerned with economic development is a state which leads in 
childhood poverty, the labs are not an asset, largely because of precisely the 
points we agree on. And that’s not commenting on the ethical issues or on 
whether society at large should support the labs through our taxes.

One helpful fix for the state/city is not to consider the labs as a source of 
expertise on economic development.

Ed
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> On Jan 14, 2020, at 10:24 AM, Marcus Daniels  wrote:
> 
> Ed writes:
>  
> “In area in which I’ve worked, there have been large expensive projects at 
> the labs, the quality has been mediocre and the labs are almost totally 
> unrepresented in open conferences and journals. A related issue is that the 
> cost of doing science at the labs is ridiculously high, another consequence 
> of their welfare status. Under the present management, many of the scientists 
> have to seek external funding but the cost of a lab scientist is usually two 
> to three times higher than for a university researcher. Not a good argument 
> for bringing a lab to SF.”
>  
> Generally, it is not practical to be funded at LANL without the DOE (or DOD) 
> funding structure.   That leads to a tendency for staff to attach themselves 
> to large block-funded projects (or money drained from block-funded projects) 
> which may have dubious technical leadership.  Even some senior scientists 
> have to do this.  
>  
> For physicists and computational people that work 30 or 40 years at the lab, 
> and like that lifestyle – recognizing they will have to cooperate with some 
> projects they don’t care about – LANL is a decent place to do that.   A long 
> career has opportunities that come and go and come back.  The whole system 
> has been built to raise a family on a single income and, unlike LLNL, there’s 
> a recognition it is the only real game in town.  Santa Fe, Los Alamos, and 
> Albuquerque will probably continue to be how they are for decades, and it 
> won’t be like Seattle or San Francisco.   There’s a fix for that:  Moving.
>  
> Marcus
> 
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Re: [FRIAM] MicroBit

[Angel Edward]

I wasn’t there last Friday. I have six microbits and 5 microbit robot cars. 
I’ve programmed them all from the microbit makecode website using block coding. 
Easy and fun.

Ed
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> On Jan 9, 2020, at 10:02 AM, Owen Densmore  wrote:
> 
> This is the tiny, but feature packed, chip we discussed at Saveur last week: 
> https://microbit.org/guide/features/ . 
> Great learning tool.
> 
> It is surprisingly capable .. it can "chat" to other microbits .. let them 
> "swarm". It is programmable with "blocks", python, javascript.
> 25 individually-programmable LEDs
> 2 programmable buttons
> Physical connection pins
> Light and temperature sensors
> Motion sensors (accelerometer and compass)
> Wireless Communication, via Radio and Bluetooth
> USB interface
> 
> You use a browser based simulator to write programs, loading them to the 
> microbit via usb cable. A $20 starter package has the microbit, a usb cable, 
> and a battery pack for using the microbit disconnected from your computer.
>   https://www.amazon.com/micro-bit-BBC2546862-Micro-go/dp/B01G8X7VM2/ 
> 
> 
>-- Owen
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Re: [FRIAM] IT is Not Sustainable

[Angel Edward]

It may be Bob but he spent most of his career at Sandia and before that at UNM 
CS.

Ed
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> On Dec 26, 2019, at 5:27 PM, Frank Wimberly  wrote:
> 
>  Bob Ballance!!
> 
> ---
> Frank Wimberly
> 
> My memoir:
> https://www.amazon.com/author/frankwimberly 
> 
> 
> My scientific publications:
> https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Wimberly2 
> 
> 
> Phone (505) 670-9918
> 
> On Thu, Dec 26, 2019, 4:40 PM Frank Wimberly  > wrote:
> Also, there was a guy who had also worked at Bell Labs, for a lot longer than 
> I did, who used to come to Friam.  Then he got some kind of honorary position 
> in DC left town temporarily.  He had thinning white hair and wore glasses and 
> was about my height.  With that unique description someone must know who I'm 
> talking about. His name is on the tip of my tongue.
> 
> Frank
> 
> ---
> Frank Wimberly
> 
> My memoir:
> https://www.amazon.com/author/frankwimberly 
> 
> 
> My scientific publications:
> https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Wimberly2 
> 
> 
> Phone (505) 670-9918
> 
> On Thu, Dec 26, 2019, 4:06 PM  > wrote:
> Our Own Lee Rudolph, was there as well.  In the belly of Net Logo, I think.
> 
>  
> 
> Lee Are you out there? 
> 
>  
> 
> Nick
> 
>  
> 
> Nicholas Thompson
> 
> Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology
> 
> Clark University
> 
> thompnicks...@gmail.com 
> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ 
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> From: Friam mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com>> On 
> Behalf Of Steven A Smith
> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2019 2:56 PM
> To: friam@redfish.com 
> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] IT is Not Sustainable
> 
>  
> 
> Frank -
> 
> I am, it's first draft is roughly what I get when I filter my outbox.  
> The chapters on "memoirs of sci/tech" are in the "recipients:Friam" stream... 
> this collection may very well also be the primary contents of many's TL;DR 
> folder here.
> 
> I would appreciate a second memoir from yourself covering the years (and 
> anecdotes) including running Paul Erdos out of the Berkeley Campus Library 
> each night and the belly of the ATT and CMU (and???) beasts... to complement 
> the not-too-long-after-wild-wild-west days in NM.
> 
> My friend who is no more than a couple of years younger than you who grew 
> up in Las Vegas and Amarillo recognized a lot of familiar "color" from your 
> memoir.  He got lucky and ended up at MIT in the early 60s...
> 
> - Steve
> 
> On 12/26/19 11:30 AM, Frank Wimberly wrote:
> 
> Steve,
> 
>  
> 
> You should write a memoir.
> 
>  
> 
> Frank
> 
> ---
> Frank Wimberly
> 
> My memoir:
> https://www.amazon.com/author/frankwimberly 
> 
> 
> My scientific publications:
> https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Wimberly2 
> 
> 
> Phone (505) 670-9918
> 
>  
> 
> On Thu, Dec 26, 2019, 10:42 AM Steven A Smith  > wrote:
> 
> Frank -
> 
> It is fascinating to hear that you were in the "belly of the beast" if only 
> for a short while.  I suppose we have all been in the belly of *some* beast 
> in our various times.
> 
> My earliest years were without a telephone in the house (camp-trailer in the 
> woods) followed by several party lines (shared in 2 cases amongst other USFS 
> families in forest-camp compounds) and understanding that the magical rings 
> and voices coming from the handsets in the house were modulated (whatever 
> that meant to a 3 year old) over the insulated bundles of wires running from 
> tree-to-tree and pole-to-pole...   It wasn't hard to understand the idea that 
> if voices could travel over single wires, that any one of us on a party line 
> could pick up and hear the other's voices during a conversation or even that 
> the volume/static on the line would abruptly change if someone picked up (say 
> to listen in?).   It made perfect sense that such resources (wires on poles) 
> were very scarce and needed to be shared...   I had heard of 
> operator-assisted calling which made great sense (patch panels) but the idea 
> that the pulses sent via the spring-loaded rotary dial could "tell" a 
> electromechanical switch (my father showed me the one in