On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 01:54:45PM -0400, Phil Henshaw wrote:
Russ,
You say: I'm trying a slightly different tack with Tierra, of artificially
inducing mass extinctions every now and then. I have also tried reducing
parsimony pressure from time to time (I'm not sure what would be the
David Pogue is one of the computer culture's heros. He is the guy who
invented the Missing Manual series of books: books that should have
come with your cell phone, computer, software .. but didn't! He's
turned into everyone's favorite tech uncle by starting the hugely
successful Pogue's
Well, maybe their environment is less rich than some, but is then just what
they CAN explore, and have different ways to respond to. I guess you let
them eat each other or leave each other along. Maybe they could also attach
different tags to each other to identify 'good guys' from 'bad guys'
On the quest of how truth / morality and honesty drive data ( or not ) I
came across this priceless quotation which I though I would share.
Call me nuts but it makes so much sense
QUOTATION: There is a tendency to mistake data for wisdom, just as
there has always been a tendency to confuse
Peter,
Nice, That's definitely very poetic, making clear why one needs to learn how
to read beyond the facts and the data, as we are all taught never to do.!
Still it seems to omit some of the tension within analysis which allows that
to happen, and that Cousins and Whitehead both seem likely
Nick is quite correct. And remember, too, that it is better to VOTE EARLY
VOTE IN PERSON in any state where it is possible. And if you're a U.S.
citizen abroad, get your ballots mailed this week.
Post-election analysis in 2004 and 2006 suggests that mailed-in ballots are
more prone to
