Re: [FRIAM] time, the brain, the self

2010-12-04 Thread Richard Lowenberg
Victoria's posting misses a primary consideration regarding life (us and all other) and time, which we rarely consider.We are all resonant beings, from micro to macro scale. We are entrained and tuned at the atomic, molecular, cellular and greater, to the many radiative wavelengths and

[FRIAM] Peer review

2010-12-04 Thread Russell Standish
On Fri, Dec 03, 2010 at 10:18:26AM -0800, glen e. p. ropella wrote: On a tangent, however, I found this article interesting: Citizens Against Peer Review http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2010/12/03/citizens-against-peer-review/ But it does bring up the point that we

[FRIAM] Read, download share more than 200 FREE SCIENTIFIC BOOKS

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[FRIAM] pond scum update

2010-12-04 Thread lrudolph
Here is a report from someone on another list to which I forwarded Nick's original usb microscope question; the list had been kicking it around for a while, and this guy took action. ===begin=== http://www.celestron.com/c3/product.php?ProdID=516 These are pretty good photos! How easy is it to

Re: [FRIAM] Read, download share more than 200 FREE SCIENTIFIC BOOKS

2010-12-04 Thread Mikhail Gorelkin
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Re: [FRIAM] Peer review

2010-12-04 Thread Nicholas Thompson
Russell, Money for doing peer reviews!? Oh, gosh. If the world were thus! Nick -Original Message- From: friam-boun...@redfish.com [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Russell Standish Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2010 3:31 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied

Re: [FRIAM] Peer review

2010-12-04 Thread lrudolph
I am told that in economics these days, some journals do pay referees (which I presume means peer reviewers) an honorarium that diminishes by some set amount every day from the receipt of the paper (not dipping below $0, though; that *would* get my attention). This might be an Academic Urban

Re: [FRIAM] Peer review

2010-12-04 Thread John Kennison
But would referees need some incentive to do a good job of reviewing a paper? If we only go by economic motivation, and if our pay goes down the longer we take, why not do a rush job? If reviewers are paid, shouldn't their work be evaluated? Perhaps it is. Editors make note of who does a good

Re: [FRIAM] pond scum update

2010-12-04 Thread Russell Standish
On Sat, Dec 04, 2010 at 07:24:43PM -0500, lrudo...@meganet.net wrote: The stills are JPEGs, the videos are 3gp (whatever that is, but miraculously both my linux boxes could display it, so kudos to Celestron for choosing that format). 3gp is a low-res MPEG4 format used by 3G phones for

Re: [FRIAM] time, the brain, the self

2010-12-04 Thread Victoria Hughes
DId you come to my talk today? The piece I posted was one of the papers I read for the talk. It does not represent the totality of my thinking on this subject. You are absolutely right, there are a variety of rhythms and systems of entrainment and response that we simultaneously inhabit.

Re: [FRIAM] pond scum update

2010-12-04 Thread Steve Smith
Sure you weren't huffing them? I hear that slows things down as well... Try placing the slide on a cold plate to slow things down. We used to use that trick for insect macrophotography. Shssh don't tell anyone how we cheated all those years. Sometimes a little spray can of volatiles works to

Re: [FRIAM] pond scum update

2010-12-04 Thread Douglas Roberts
VLC (Video For Linux) is actually the preferred multimedia Linux player. I don't think you can huff it, though. On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Russell Standish r.stand...@unsw.edu.auwrote: On Sat, Dec 04, 2010 at 07:24:43PM -0500, lrudo...@meganet.net wrote: The stills are JPEGs, the videos