Re: [FRIAM] I'm looking for a word

2009-09-07 Thread Birchard Hayes
Data Structure -Birch -- "Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering. " - Buckminster Fuller Use of advanced messaging technology does not imply

Re: [FRIAM] I'm looking for a word

2009-09-07 Thread Birchard Hayes
Being slightly less terse: A Data Structure is the term for any collection, container, or arrangement of primitives or objects. In a language that makes functions first class objects, the structure can contain anything (variables, objects, or functions.) The details are sorted out during

Re: [FRIAM] I'm looking for a word

2009-09-07 Thread Birchard Hayes
of western industrial civilization * On Sep 7, 2009, at 3:32 PM, Steve Smith wrote: Birchard Hayes wrote: Data Structure Birch... you are *so* not ObjectOrientedly Correct... you, you, you... PROCEDURAL PROGRAMMER! Bring your K&R Bible by the house and we will burn it ceremo

Re: [FRIAM] I'm looking for a word

2009-09-07 Thread Birchard Hayes
Steve, C is a wonderful thing and still runs the world, don't give up hope! If it is any consolation, Prolog warped my fragile mind and ML hurt my feelings. Ah Brooklyn, life was simpler then -Birch -- "I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we ca

Re: [FRIAM] I'm looking for a word

2009-09-07 Thread Birchard Hayes
Okay Russ, There are several options to chose from, depending on just how adaptive you'd like the functionality to be. LISP (Scheme, et alia): Allows for partial instantiation or "currying." This mechanism allows your program to build functions out of little pieces of text and then call

Re: [FRIAM] I'm looking for a word

2009-09-07 Thread Birchard Hayes
ent large ABMS of complex systems. LISP was nice, but the virtual machine and garbage collection made it a non- player in the modern HPC computing arena. --Doug On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Birchard Hayes wrote: Okay Russ, There are several options to chose from, depending on just how

Re: [FRIAM] ABMs and Psychology

2009-09-23 Thread Birchard Hayes
Actually, I was looking for mine ... Birch -- "Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment." - Buckminster Fuller Use of advanced messaging t

Re: [FRIAM] Anyone need a google wave invite?

2009-11-14 Thread Birchard Hayes
I'd like one please. Birch bi...@chimptek.com -- "Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons." ~R. Buckminster Fuller Use of advanced messaging technology does not imply * an endorsement of western

Re: [FRIAM] iPhone on T-Mobile ?

2010-01-17 Thread Birchard Hayes
The rumor mill sez that there will be a Verizon iPhone by the end of this year. However, it will have been built for Verizon's network and will be slightly smaller (at least that's what the spy photos show.) I plan on switching to an Android phone on Verizon when my AT&T contract ends in

Re: [FRIAM] 802.11g enhanced coverage?

2008-01-27 Thread Birchard Hayes
Steve, You might look at http://www.binarywolf.com/249/pringles_cantenna.htm for inspiration. They have a lot of different point-to-point d.i.y. solutions. Alternatively, you could just go get two Linksys Wireless- G Access Points, WAP54G, and the High Gain Antennae kit (worked at my hous

Re: [FRIAM] Stating the obvious

2008-02-03 Thread Birchard Hayes
Instead of using Microsoft's Volta, I would suggest using tools from Google Code, http://code.google.com , or Yahoo's developer kits, http://developer.yahoo.com ; and there are many others. If you review the code snippets on the Volta site you will see the following, which is intended to r

Re: [FRIAM] Stating the obvious

2008-02-03 Thread Birchard Hayes
On Feb 3, 2008, at 11:16 AM, Marcus G. Daniels wrote: > Indeed `System' is native to Windows, and that fact could be detected > such that CLI bytecodes could be directed to the native engine on a > Windows or Mono-based system for fast execution. Further, Firefox > will > also soon have a high

Re: [FRIAM] Postpone lunch?

2008-08-04 Thread Birchard Hayes
Is my name really so close to Jack's? ha ha ha Apologies for being so hard to reach, LANL has sucked my brain out upon my return. Our team will be at Siggraph next week as well, perhaps I'll get a chance to catch up with you there. Otherwise, I'd like to buy you a round when we all get b

Re: [FRIAM] Postpone lunch?

2008-08-04 Thread Birchard Hayes
trial civilization * On Aug 4, 2008, at 8:18 PM, Birchard Hayes wrote: Is my name really so close to Jack's? ha ha ha Apologies for being so hard to reach, LANL has sucked my brain out upon my return. Our team will be at Siggraph next week as well, perhaps I'll get a chance to ca