[FRIAM] is it the phones?

2007-04-17 Thread phil henshaw
I can't vouch for it quite, but seems plausible. http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/wildlife/article2449968.ece Now a limited study at Landau University has found that bees refuse to return to their hives when mobile phones are placed nearby. Dr Jochen Kuhn, who carried it out, said

Re: [FRIAM] Can you guess the source.

2007-04-17 Thread Phil Henshaw
I think Frank Marcus may be discussing the difference between abstract categories and real ones. Science has been trying to become more 'realistic' for some time, by talking about 'self-organizing' systems as well as 'natural laws', for example, but the discussion hasn't gone the next step, to

Re: [FRIAM] is it the phones?

2007-04-17 Thread dcbill
- PŮVODNÍ ZPRÁVA - Od: phil henshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] Komu: 'FRIAM' Friam@redfish.com Předmět: [FRIAM] is it the phones? Datum: 18.4.2007 - 2:02:23 I can't vouch for it quite, but seems plausible. http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/wildlife/article2449968.ece Now a

Re: [FRIAM] Can you guess the source.

2007-04-17 Thread Marcus G. Daniels
Phil Henshaw wrote: So maybe the question of abstract v. real categories could provide plenty to talk about. Or perhaps how to take a lot of talk (or papers) and mine it for strict or fuzzy categories that a computer could use, e.g. software like http://www.opencyc.org I think that common

[FRIAM] Google Voice Local Search

2007-04-17 Thread Owen Densmore
I've been using this on the road for the last week and have to say its slick! http://labs.google.com/goog411/ I admit I've mainly used it to find starbucks, but hey, when you're sleepy and need some speed, it sure works well. It even will send you a text message with the phone number and