tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post655130651852218269..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: From a DistanceSabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-35842084246312896662008-08-21T01:31:00.000-04:002008-08-21T01:31:00.000-04:00yes, but california... thats where anything is pos...yes, but california... thats where anything is possible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-57759621749782122632008-08-20T17:01:00.000-04:002008-08-20T17:01:00.000-04:00Bee, simply being centered in front of a keyboard,...Bee, simply being centered in front of a keyboard, you're supposed to be able to place your hands on it and be in the right place - and know it. I took a year of typing in high school (one of the few classes I got an 'A' in...I think....last quarter, anyways) and though I didn't use it much for a few years, it came back when I did.bellamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12243108422389386105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-1251728145177094832008-08-20T09:32:00.000-04:002008-08-20T09:32:00.000-04:00I guess it's just a matter of perspective. It alw...I guess it's just a matter of perspective. It always fills me with awe when I fly and see the cities, towns, farms, and roads from so high up. There's still an awful lot of emptiness in the world and open places. Perhaps to some, the sight of millions of leaves fallen from trees in the autumn looks ugly and very wasteful. Or maybe the copious eggs laid by frogs and spiders? Disgusting to Rae Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10239791074376508016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-19034818435375021472008-08-20T07:49:00.000-04:002008-08-20T07:49:00.000-04:00We design for resiliency. Actually, California's b...We design for resiliency. Actually, California's building code (to cope with earthquakes) is quite good, I am told.<BR/><BR/>The means by which we are communicating - the Internet Protocol - was designed with resiliency in mind.<BR/><BR/>The idea of energy independence is really not to be entirely free of imported energy but rather to have diverse sources of energy and thus be less vulnerable toArunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-75533218890533313192008-08-20T07:36:00.000-04:002008-08-20T07:36:00.000-04:00"The sky over night city, was the colour of a tele..."The sky over night city, was the colour of a television screen tuned to a dead channel . . ." - William GibsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-82196655253745248042008-08-20T02:39:00.000-04:002008-08-20T02:39:00.000-04:00But is it so different now than in the past? What ...But is it so different now than in the past? What would you see if you can fly over Cairo in 1000BC, Rome in 100AD, Constantinople in 1000AD, Beijing in 1500AD, London in 1800AD? You see the same thing. Because humans have not change a bit since Day One. Not even with all the great knowledge accumulated. In fact, it is not knowledge that built the great cities; it is the human desires that build Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-20317698422557885882008-08-19T23:28:00.000-04:002008-08-19T23:28:00.000-04:00Given the US Department of Education and Head Star...Given the US Department of Education and Head Start, initial quality" is easy! "If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?" The Scots summarized civilization run by Marketing Departments, <I>uachdar muc garadh</I>.<BR/><BR/>Needle Tower is stable by tensegrity. It is amazingly strong for its mass until the first component fails. The failure of US education, finance, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-33285411364929526852008-08-19T19:27:00.000-04:002008-08-19T19:27:00.000-04:00Hi Fh,There is a large body of research showing th...Hi Fh,<BR/><BR/>There is a large body of research showing that systems with increasing complexity tend to lose resilience, that circles of breakdown and reorganization are pretty much unavoidable, and that the devastation of a breakdown crucially depends on the system's ability to reconfigure and readapt a previously stable state. Complexity does not always sprawl forward, if it grows too large Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-85204050499880262342008-08-19T18:03:00.000-04:002008-08-19T18:03:00.000-04:00And the beat goes on and on...And it is life, isn'...And the beat goes on and on...<BR/><BR/>And it is life, isn't it? The complexity will always be unmanaged, blind, sprawling forward. When an aspect becomes understood to the individuals that unwittingly create it, this very act moves it beyond our understanding again. Our craving for comprehension and control thus fuels the ever more complex chaos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-62306519396645501862008-08-19T17:28:00.000-04:002008-08-19T17:28:00.000-04:00Hi Arun,ah, Telegraph Road... as if Bee's post was...Hi Arun,<BR/><BR/>ah, Telegraph Road... as if Bee's post wasn't already melancholic enough, why do you have to remind me of an English class twentyfive years ago...? <BR/><BR/>Cheers, Stefan<BR/>;-)stefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495628046446378453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-81598550904686012402008-08-19T17:13:00.000-04:002008-08-19T17:13:00.000-04:00I love that Needle Tower, Uncle Al. It looks like ...I love that Needle Tower, Uncle Al. It looks like it should collapse - what's keeping it up?!<BR/><BR/>I think skyscrapers can be very beautiful if done correctly. I love these new skyscrapers in which each floor twists in the wind:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.dynamicarchitecture.net/" REL="nofollow">http://www.dynamicarchitecture.net/</A><BR/><BR/>Not only do they look amazing, but your view Andrew Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03852211910001840777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-59320902206219029682008-08-19T16:29:00.000-04:002008-08-19T16:29:00.000-04:00http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thum...http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Kenneth_Snelson_Needle_Tower.JPG/800px-Kenneth_Snelson_Needle_Tower.JPG<BR/>http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~reiterc/photo_symm/spa_needle1.jpg<BR/>http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/stories/2006/hangai_prize/needle_tower2.jpg<BR/><BR/>Technological civilization is a beautiful and amazing construction - awesome heights achieved by minimal means of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-5555337210033310832008-08-19T15:22:00.000-04:002008-08-19T15:22:00.000-04:00Not sure how it is connected, but you reminded me ...Not sure how it is connected, but you reminded me of <A HREF="http://dag.wieers.com/personal/lyrics/Telegraph_Road.php" REL="nofollow">this Dire Straits song</A>Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-55748614102343080802008-08-19T15:15:00.000-04:002008-08-19T15:15:00.000-04:00While driving back how did you type?:)While driving back how did you type?:)PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.com