Agent-based modeling at Sugarscape develops complex systems from basic fact-of-life parameters. This is good science, working towards understanding everything, from the ground up, instead of working backward from symptoms. They're promising a Java program that will allow you to run your own experiments; for now, you can see QuickTime movies of their results.
i didnt realize they were working on game simulators at brookings. here, try this one.
If you think life is a game, source me this quote:
"Life is game, you fly a paper plane, there is no end."
Winner gets a free 12 hour tour of the Park, in the rain.
if i could teach you one thing in lyfe, dont mess with the status quo. or maybe not. not the song i thought it was. d'oh. speaking of "d'oh", i read it may be one of the "words" added to the oed.
Not a bad guess, but unlike Status Quo, a band that went on forever, Thunderclap Newman was a one album wonder. Pete Townsend pal John "Speedy" Keene fronted the band, and wrote that classic paean to vague rebellion, "Something in the Air". "Accidents" was the "other" song on the album, and did garner some minor air-play. It's one of those ambitious numbers; you can probably figure out where the tripped-out interlude fits into these lyrics. I also note that it contains a reference to train spotting, 30 years before the novel/movie made the term familiar in the US (or at least the east village). The concept seems to have confused this amateur transcriber.
Thunderclap Newman, though a seemingly 1 hit wonder, was more like a passing fancy. The song "Wild Country" could have been a hit, though not released as a single. Quite a sike-a-dellic song.
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- alex 3-15-2000 11:31 am
i didnt realize they were working on game simulators at brookings. here, try this one.
- dave 3-15-2000 1:16 pm [add a comment]
If you think life is a game, source me this quote:
"Life is game, you fly a paper plane, there is no end."
Winner gets a free 12 hour tour of the Park, in the rain.
- alex 3-15-2000 5:32 pm [add a comment]
if i could teach you one thing in lyfe, dont mess with the status quo. or maybe not. not the song i thought it was. d'oh. speaking of "d'oh", i read it may be one of the "words" added to the oed.
- dave 3-16-2000 3:38 pm [add a comment]
Not a bad guess, but unlike Status Quo, a band that went on forever, Thunderclap Newman was a one album wonder. Pete Townsend pal John "Speedy" Keene fronted the band, and wrote that classic paean to vague rebellion, "Something in the Air". "Accidents" was the "other" song on the album, and did garner some minor air-play. It's one of those ambitious numbers; you can probably figure out where the tripped-out interlude fits into these lyrics. I also note that it contains a reference to train spotting, 30 years before the novel/movie made the term familiar in the US (or at least the east village). The concept seems to have confused this amateur transcriber.
- alex 3-16-2000 6:49 pm [add a comment]
and Yellowstone has it's gyser watchers. I met one once, queer duck.
- steve 3-16-2000 11:30 pm [add a comment]
Thunderclap Newman, though a seemingly 1 hit wonder, was more like a passing fancy. The song "Wild Country" could have been a hit, though not released as a single. Quite a sike-a-dellic song.
- Boom-a-Rang (guest) 11-02-2003 1:42 am [add a comment]