Attracted to this through the claimed ability to predict the upcoming
primaries as well as answering whether one can still wear a speedo without
scaring children (well, I don't need an equation to know the second answer).
Haven't read it, but sounds intriguing - let the US residents test the
wate
FRIAM-ers:The current issue of the American magazine, The New Yorker, has an interesting article on Sim City developer Will Wright at http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/061106fa_fact
It touches on the popular history of gaming and Wright's current work with Spore.And in the same issue (
A former student of colleague Steve Ross sends this
interesting report on how simulation models can/are being used in the
real world:I'm the communications officer for the
International Research
Institute for Climate and Society at Columbia University. The IRI specializes
in making forecasts of c
