Re: [FRIAM] help with memory

2017-02-22 Thread Russell Standish
I know ... I know ! MOOC - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 06:04:38PM -0700, Nick Thompson wrote: > Hi, Everybody, > > > > Does anybody remember from the 90's (yes, the 90's!) a computer web thing, > VERY primitive, that tried to imitate a un

[FRIAM] help with memory

2017-02-22 Thread Nick Thompson
Hi, Everybody, Does anybody remember from the 90's (yes, the 90's!) a computer web thing, VERY primitive, that tried to imitate a university with class rooms, and discussion groups. It had a cheesy graphic interface you could "move around in" I think it was called moo doo, but I possibly hav

Re: [FRIAM] Help with memory

2010-12-23 Thread Richard Lowenberg
ailto:nickthomp...@earthlink.net] Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 9:24 PM To: 'c...@plektyx.com'; 'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group' Subject: RE: [FRIAM] Help with memory Carl and everybody, The Wikipedia entry sure looked like it was going to have the reference

Re: [FRIAM] Help with memory

2010-12-23 Thread George Duncan
nce! > > > > Nick > > > > > > > > From: Nicholas Thompson [mailto:nickthomp...@earthlink.net] > Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 9:24 PM > To: 'c...@plektyx.com'; 'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group' > Subject: RE:

Re: [FRIAM] Help with memory

2010-12-23 Thread Nicholas Thompson
, that does not mention entropy once! Nick From: Nicholas Thompson [mailto:nickthomp...@earthlink.net] Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 9:24 PM To: 'c...@plektyx.com'; 'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group' Subject: RE: [FRIAM] Help with memory Car

Re: [FRIAM] Help with memory

2010-12-19 Thread Nicholas Thompson
y related topic, that does not mention entropy once! Nick From: Nicholas Thompson [mailto:nickthomp...@earthlink.net] Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 9:24 PM To: 'c...@plektyx.com'; 'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group' Subject: RE: [FRIAM] Help

Re: [FRIAM] Help with memory

2010-12-18 Thread Brent Auble
__ From: Nicholas Thompson To: c...@plektyx.com; The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Sent: Fri, December 17, 2010 11:23:45 PM Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Help with memory Carl and everybody, The Wikipedia entry sure looked like it was going to have the reference, but alas

Re: [FRIAM] Help with memory

2010-12-17 Thread Nicholas Thompson
abbit have to do with street cars and entropy? From: friam-boun...@redfish.com [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Carl Tollander Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 8:28 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Help with memory Google &

Re: [FRIAM] Help with memory

2010-12-17 Thread Carl Tollander
Google "Roger Rabbit", which sends you to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_streetcar_scandal Many links. On 12/17/10 8:03 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote: Many years ago, perhaps more than 40, I swear I read a series of articles, later published as a book, that laid out the basic

[FRIAM] Help with memory

2010-12-17 Thread Nicholas Thompson
Many years ago, perhaps more than 40, I swear I read a series of articles, later published as a book, that laid out the basic principles of entropy, told the history (perhaps mythic) of how GM tore up the trolley lines in LA to get its dirty busses to replace clean trolley cars, argued that we woul