“Data Genetics” – cute name… http://www.datagenetics.com/blog.html
Mapping reality with math etc… Thought provoking…
Thanks to Dan (DPL) for finding this one!!)
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“Data Genetics” – cute name… http://www.datagenetics.com/blog.html Mapping reality with math etc… Thought provoking… Thanks to Dan (DPL) for finding this one!!) A thinker in a similar mode… worth reading more about what’s cooking in his noggin… http://ascentstage.com/ Nuggets: “I lost the boys midway between arcane regulation and exotic financial instruments, but they were intrigued with the idea of a business more complex than a lemonade stand. And then they wouldn’t shut up about starting one, embarking on an entrepreneurial brainstorming session whose intensity would have made a venture capitalist smile. (Or back away slowly.)” “…the O’Reilly Radar blog Alex Howard highlights “going local” as one of the defining trends of the year.” “…promoting data-driven decision-making either by testing processes in the lab or by offering guidance for problem-solving strategies.”
So hours after I had stood in a nest of fire ants a bit too long, I wondered later what sort of karma led to that? What had I done now? Maybe simply stepping in their home was what did it… Maybe next time I will bring a pint of gasoline and an ignition source to the party. So, after much searching, some good homemade recipes… She finally finds a BBQ sauce that doesn’t have a certain allergen in it. Once home, the glass bottle slips thru a hole in the bag and SMACK! It hits the garage floor and explodes. This is funny stuff! How much of my colorful duct tape do I let Daughter use? After all, it’s only duct tape. SOME of it, so that she’ll learn “reasonable” and have some fun making something? ALL of it so she won’t have to worry about how much NOT to use? Do I get her a few rolls of her own? (How much will go to waste vs. fun & the potential learning experience?) Vs. Am I being selfish to even think of not giving her all of it? (It is nice to have it handy when I need a piece.) Oh, the deep questions and trials of parenting… They didn’t warn me that these complex, life-changing issues would arise. Forming the right question can be more important than finding an answer. And more challenging. And often, well worth the time invested. (A tip o’ the hat to Dr. Rasp here!) Witnessed recently in class: a train wreck of misunderstandings and confusion over the mis-wording of a question – and the derailed answers due to the non-precision of the task and the question. So, I have this knot that I tie… I tie it the same way every time. Because “that’s the way that I know how to tie it.” It seems to me that there are more “under” crossings than “over”, therefore the method that I use to tie it is inherently inefficient. However, it’s a method that I’ve memorized. It must be that there is a way to look at a given knot from an efficiency standpoint as well as the aspect of a logical way in which it may be tied in the interests of tying it in a “simple” manner versus an “efficient” manner. and then find a balance point between the two that works for an individual (or perhaps even a machine.) Of course, this needs to be done in such a way that it can be applied to any decorative knot. To do this, the existing mathematical models will need to be understood. And then something new will need to be done to analyze the “efficiency” of various methods. Sounds like a job for some heavy computing hardware. This should be interesting… To take this one step further, it is obvious that all knots can be tied by distorting a structure (bight, loop, existing knot, etc.) and then inserting a straight “ray” or “vector” through the existing structure in such a way as to arrive at a specific end product. A compounded series of these actions would result in a complex end product when “undistorted” properly would be the decorative, complex knot. This needs to be studied…
The plumber fixes things with pipe,
the knotter with string,
the carpenter with wood and nails,
the welder with steel.
What knowledge, experience and skills do you need to add to your toolbox?
How can we do that? How can we open our minds (or the minds of others) to learning a new craft? Harry D. was on a search for beauty
struggling to define just what it might be.
Obsessed like a man searching
for a key that could set him free.
He looked to prose, to music,
to paintings and lyrics.
He looked at the trees and rocks and faces,
studied the cultures, visited places.
Looked into the pools and into the fountains,
walked thru the surf and through the mountains.
I’m not sure if he’s found the beauty that he was was looking for.
Maybe he doesn’t realize that he’s leaving
so much of it in his wake.
I wonder if he ever stops to look over his shoulder and notice what he’s done.
The lives he’s changed, the smiles he’s triggered and the hearts he’s warmed.
Five hours. It seems like every song is a love song. Or maybe that’s just what I’m hearing…? |
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