[FRIAM] a brush with greatness for fans of free software

2006-12-12 Thread Marcus G. Daniels
Firefox ads on television! http://www.firefoxflicks.com http://www.firefoxflicks.com/backstage/tv-schedule FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, map

Re: [FRIAM] a brush with greatness for fans of free software

2006-12-12 Thread J T Johnson
Here's hoping someone is devoting the same creative energies to solving the "FFx has locked me up again" bug in v 2.0. -tj On 12/12/06, Marcus G. Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Firefox ads on television! http://www.firefoxflicks.com http://www.firefoxflicks.com/backstage/tv-schedule

Re: [FRIAM] a brush with greatness for fans of free software

2006-12-12 Thread Marcus G. Daniels
J T Johnson wrote: > Here's hoping someone is devoting the same creative energies to > solving the "FFx has locked me up again" bug in v 2.0. Pooh pooh pooh! The call seems more for analytical skills. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=specific&order=relevance+desc&bug_statu

Re: [FRIAM] a brush with greatness for fans of free software

2006-12-12 Thread J T Johnson
Marcus: Thanks for this link. I had been unsuccessful in my search for something like this. Ah, the power of the well-sourced listserv; may it reign for ever and ever. -tj On 12/12/06, Marcus G. Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: J T Johnson wrote: > Here's hoping someone is devoting the s

Re: [FRIAM] Democracy and evolution

2006-12-12 Thread Phil Henshaw
One thing seems sure is that the world's obsession with multiplying wealth, power and the complexity of our lives will stop being fun and loose credibility, the same way any 'unstoppable' force built on contradictions does. There's nothing more perfectly certain to be embarrassed than a plan to a

Re: [FRIAM] Democracy and evolution

2006-12-12 Thread Marcus G. Daniels
Phil Henshaw wrote: > One thing seems sure is that the world's obsession > with multiplying wealth, power and the complexity of our lives will > stop being fun and loose credibility Money, value and stability are different. Thus we have markets, mechanisms for determining interest and exchange

Re: [FRIAM] Democracy and evolution

2006-12-12 Thread Phil Henshaw
That describes, in a jocular way, the concept of homeostasis. When the regular balances aren't enough, you just rely on your reserves of creativity. The reserves don't cover the gap for infinite strains tending rapidly toward infinity, just for some range of unexpected events. The interesting o

Re: [FRIAM] Democracy and evolution

2006-12-12 Thread Marcus G. Daniels
> > That describes, in a jocular way, the concept of homeostasis. When the > regular balances aren't enough, you just rely on your reserves of > creativity. The reserves don't cover the gap for infinite strains > tending rapidly toward infinity, just for some range of unexpected > events. The i