Re: [FRIAM] John Catherino's Blog: Simple Inter-JVM communication... The Grail!

2007-09-05 Thread Douglas Roberts
Looks promising. I'd like to see a real distributed memory application successfully running using his 'Grail' communication methods before declaring success, however. Benchmarked against a C++ implementation of the same distributed memory application, of course. --Doug -- Doug Roberts, RTI Int

[FRIAM] TouchGraph | Products: Google Browser

2007-09-05 Thread Owen Densmore
-- Owen FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org

[FRIAM] ** today ** Lecture Wed Sep 5, 12:30p: Jim Hayes - Hedging Complex and Chaotic Private Health Insurance Markets and the Uninsured

2007-09-05 Thread Stephen Guerin
** reminder today ** Jim Hayes Albuquerque, NM TITLE: Hedging Complex and Chaotic Private Health Insurance Markets and the Uninsured TIME: Wednesday, September 5, 12:30p LOCATION: Redfish Conference Room, 624 Agua Fria Street, Santa Fe NM Lunch will be available for $5 purchase ABSTRACT

Re: [FRIAM] TouchGraph | Products: Google Browser

2007-09-05 Thread Owen Densmore
Put in: complex adaptive systems ... sorta interesting. On Sep 5, 2007, at 8:00 AM, Owen Densmore wrote: > > > > -- Owen > > > > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fri

Re: [FRIAM] wet artificial life in 3-10 years

2007-09-05 Thread Marcus G. Daniels
Roger Crichlow wrote: > The AP has an article about the imminence of wet artificial life, as in > synthetically constructed cells. > > http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/ARTIFICIAL_LIFE > Related work as well as an article on climate change... http://www.lanl.gov/news/index.php/fuseaction/n

[FRIAM] Microsoft/Novell collaboration on Silverlight

2007-09-05 Thread Marcus G. Daniels
http://tirania.org/blog/index.html http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/AQW07105092007-1.htm FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe

Re: [FRIAM] politics and cliques

2007-09-05 Thread Glen E. P. Ropella
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Phil Henshaw wrote: > I may not be speaking directly to your actual phrase, describing what > you've gathered from complexity theory: "the extent versus the > objectives of control structures should show something like an > inverse power law to maint

Re: [FRIAM] politics and cliques

2007-09-05 Thread Glen E. P. Ropella
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Your use of English confuses me at some points; but, I think I've gotten your gist. I agree that a scientist is not (indeed _cannot_) be neutral or amoral. Scientists are humans first and foremost. And humans cannot be neutral. They are indocrinat

Re: [FRIAM] politics and cliques

2007-09-05 Thread Glen E. P. Ropella
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Robert Cordingley wrote: > re: important point 1. It is easier for me to see/say that it is > _unethical_ to _not_ lend some assistance to deprived segments in order > to improve their lot. Reduce the segment to one deprived human being > that you pa

Re: [FRIAM] politics and cliques

2007-09-05 Thread Phil Henshaw
Glen, > Phil Henshaw wrote: > > I may not be speaking directly to your actual phrase, > describing what > > you've gathered from complexity theory: "the extent versus the > > objectives of control structures should show something like > an inverse > > power law to maintain a balance between