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New Research Shows That Copycats Lead To More Innovation
from the that's-how-it-works deptWe've been arguing this for many years, but a new research report (sent in by a bunch of you!) has provided some empirical support to the argument that you get more innovation from having copycats rather than just a bunch of folks inventing from scratch.
"We thought at first it would be better to have innovators around you," said IU cognitive scientist Robert Goldstone, professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences at IU Bloomington. "But in our experiments, if people are surrounded by imitators, they actually do better."The reasons that the research found, also agree with what we've been saying for many, many years: innovation is an ongoing process of improvements, and it's the "copycats" who usually make the surprising, but necessary changes to make innovations really valuable.
The reason, said co-author Thomas Wisdom, is that "imitators often make their own improvements to the original solution, and these can, in turn, be adopted and improved upon by the originator and others."The report's authors note that it appears that having a lot of imitators around is often most useful in areas such as medicine and software development -- which are two areas where such copycat innovation is least allowed thanks to overaggressive patenting. The researchers point out that part of the reason why imitators and copycats are so important is because it's basically impossible for one person (or a small team) to think through all the possibilities. Opening things up so lots of others can add their input or (better yet) try their own variation, leads to much greater diversity in finding innovations that are truly useful. And that's actually better for everyone.
"You can't possibly explore an entire problem search space on your own, but if you recruit other people, it's to your advantage. They help you survey that area. You benefit when other people imitate you because they help you explore multiple variations around your solution that you couldn't possibly pursue on your own."This has been true for years in the tech field, where many people realized that if the "big challenges" were achieved, it would open up vast new markets, and everyone could compete in those markets. But the way to get over those hurdles is to have lots of different people with different viewpoints working on those challenges.
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Open Shelving? Try This Double Duty Storage Trick!
For the last several months my husband and I have been working in a rather makeshift kitchen. We have two metal baker's racks that we use to store all of our dishes and bakeware, along with our food. Since they're currently the only storage we have and tabletop space is limited, we've been making our racking pull double duty — and will continue to do so even when we have proper cabinets!
Out of desperation one day I started to hang the long tongs on our bakers rack. You see, we have one utensil crock and more utensils than will fit in it. We also have a small basket that holds our regular silverware, but between the two, we have important items that just don't have a home.
So the idea started with tongs but has since gone on to other items that are always a little awkward in your kitchen drawer. Next up we placed the measuring cups on and even measuring spoons. Then came the can opener, bench scrapers and then the meat thermometer.
Below the items, we placed our seasoning bin that slides in and out so we aren't stabbing ourselves with the items stores above. They're ridiculously easy to grab when you need them and no longer do we have to play that game where you try to see how many long handled utensils you can cram in your crock (which is a fun phrase to say). Do you have an unusual kitchen storage tip? Let us know below!
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Mark DeRosa's solo homer in the top of the 11th inning provided the Toronto Blue Jays with the go-ahead run in their 7-4 victory over the San Diego Padres on Sunday at Petco Park.
DeRosa entered the game as a pinch-hitter in the eighth and his second hit of the day sailed over the left-field wall to start the final frame. The Blue Jays then tacked on two more runs with the help of a throwing error on Chase Headley and an RBI double from Jose Bautista.
Brad Boxberger (0-1), recalled from Triple-A Tucson prior to the game, was the seventh pitcher used by the Padres and was charged with three runs on five hits in just an inning of work.
Casey Janssen (1-0) tossed a scoreless 10th inning and Aaron Loup notched the save to complete an excellent effort by the Toronto bullpen, which picked up injured starter Ramon Ortiz by combining for nine innings of two-hit ball.
Most of San Diego's offense came off the bat of starting pitcher Edinson Volquez, who clubbed his first career home run with a three-run shot. However, the righty gave up four runs on six hits and three walks over five frames on the hill.
The Blue Jays tacked on a few insurance runs after Derosa's homer to secure the win and salvage the final contest of this three-game set.
Emilio Bonifacio followed with a single, swiped second base and then came around to score when Headley committed a throwing error on pinch-hitter Anthony Gose's bunt down the third-base line.
Bautista then tagged Boxberger for a double into right field to plate Gose and give Toronto a commanding 7-4 lead. The Padres provided no resistance, as Loup set them down in order in the bottom of the 11th.
The Blue Jays jumped out to the early lead on Colby Rasmus' RBI double in the top of the second, but Jedd Gyorko countered with one of his own in the bottom half to knot the score at 1-1.
Ortiz then intentionally walked Will Venable to bring up Volquez, but that proved to be a mistake as the right-handed hurler lifted a first-pitch fastball over the left-field wall for a three-run homer.
Ortiz eventually got through the inning, but had to exit soon after. While throwing a pitch to Headley in the bottom of the third, his left knee appeared to buckle and he came up clutching his right elbow.
A frustrated and clearly upset Ortiz threw his glove into the mound with his left hand while a team trainer checked out his pitching elbow. Ortiz appeared to be crying while he was headed for the dugout.
The Blue Jays, though, rallied to knot the score at 4-4 by the fifth. Edwin Encarnacion's homer in the top of the third brought them within two and two innings later, Adam Lind pulled the Jays even when he lifted a two-out double into center to plate a pair of runs.
Game Notes
The Padres were 1-for-4 with runners in scoring position and Toronto was 4- for-14 with RISP ... San Diego's Yonder Alonso sat for the second straight game after taking a pitch on the hand on Friday ... The start of Sunday's game occurred at 7:10 p.m. local time because of The Rock 'n' Roll Marathon and a post-race concert by The Psychedelic Furs at the stadium ... Encarnacion's homer was his 16th of the season.


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Jaime Edmondson has quite the résumé. A former Boca Raton Police officer who left the force to rejoin the Miami Dolphins cheerleading squad, with whom she had worked while studying criminology at Florida Atlantic University, Edmondson last year added the title of reality-TV star to her curriculum vitae when she appeared as a contestant on the 14th season of CBS' The Amazing Race.
Edmondson and her race partner, fellow ex-Dolphins cheerleader Cara Rosenthal, finished third in the competition, missing out on a million-dollar prize. The show may not have made Edmondson rich, but it did, thanks to her fiercely competitive nature, frequent shouting and apparent xenophobia, earn her the dubious distinction of being the closest thing the race had to a villain. This past April, the Yahoo! TV Blog named Edmondson one of the "Most Questionable Characters of Reality TV," placing her on a list that also included Jon and Kate Gosselin, Hell's Kitchen's Gordon Ramsay and The Real Housewives of New York City's Kelly Bensimon.
"She hates it when people do not speak English," the blog's author wrote of Edmondson, "so it makes perfect sense that she would want to go on a show that constantly requires her to communicate with people who do not speak English. She's also ridiculously impatient, a yeller and a huge embarrassment to her lovely teammate Cara."
The 30-year-old Edmondson seems to be unfazed by the criticism, none of which prevented her from making her latest high-profile career move: This Friday, Edmondson will appear on newsstands as Playboy magazine's Miss January. City Link recently spoke to Edmondson about her centerfold, The Amazing Race, her time with the Boca PD and shooting guns in the Georgia woods.
How did you get involved with Playboy?
I didn't go about it in the traditional way. I did not see myself at 30 becoming a Playmate. I didn't know they had Playmates at 30, which they have, and I'm the first in five years. At the end of [The Amazing Race], I didn't know what I was going to do. I joked that maybe Playboy would call.
So my friend talked to her agent, unbeknownst to me, and got in touch with the [magazine's] West Coast editor. They called and wanted to do a story on the two of us. She is in law school and had to decline. A couple days later, they called back and wanted to know what I thought about trying to be a Playmate. I asked if they knew I was not 19 and not blonde. So I sent pictures in to the editor.
I got a call from them that said Hef loved my pictures and wanted to fly me out to test to be a Playmate. I was wondering where Ashton [Kutcher] was because I was sure I was being punked. So I spent four days at the mansion. One week later, I saw the phone ringing with a 310 area code. So I answered it and started to say, "Thank you so much for the opportunity ÃÂ " and they broke in and said that [Hefner] said yes. My whole body broke out in goose bumps.
What was the theme of your centerfold shoot?
My theme was after racing around the world on The Amazing Race in all the unglamorous places, a mystery man is whisking me away. First, I take a vintage train to Paris. The next set is actually New Year's Eve and it is a nightclub. In the background, you can see the Eiffel Tower. The inside is blues and purples like South Beach coloring. At the end, the last set is returning to the French hotel room.
I really liked it. It is not like their normal, cutesy look. They told me I'm just not the type of girl to be holding a teddy bear. Mine was a little bit more sophisticated and elegant than the normal sets.
You grew up in both South Florida and Georgia.
I was born passing through Bartow, Fla. My father was in the military and we were just passing through. I grew up in Georgia till I was 5. When I was 5, my mom met my stepdad and we moved to South Florida. From that point on, I spent every summer in Georgia with my dad and school year back in Florida with my mom.
So I can do both. I can ride four-wheelers and shoot guns in the country with my dad in a place in Georgia with one traffic light. I also went to high school in Oakland Park at Northeast High.
How did you end up working in law enforcement?
Well, my whole family consists of police officers. My whole life, that is just what I thought I was going to be. I wanted to work for the federal government and wanted to be an undercover spy. It was the only life I knew and I loved it.
So I graduated with my bachelor's in criminology and went to the police academy right after. Then, I discovered that people are not receptive to people who don't look like they are supposed to be police officers.
Why did you leave the Boca police department?
Well, I cheered for four years for the Dolphins when I was in college. I went to the police department for two years after. Then, I did two more years with the Dolphins after leaving the department.
So after my fourth year cheering, I thought I was done and hanging up my pompoms. As soon as I got hired, it spread like wildfire through the department that they had a cheerleader. And [my fellow officers said], "What do we need a cheerleader for?" I literally could have saved a school full of children and they would never have seen me in another way. They only saw me as a cheerleader. So I left and went back to the Dolphins. It was the best thing that could have happened because I have had so many more opportunities with that. If I had stayed, I'd still be working the night shift.
What is one of the craziest things that happened to you while working as a cop?
It was 3 a.m. and I saw this truck driving 5 mph. Obviously, he was probably drunk. I pulled him over, and it was one guy, who was looking around. I asked for his license and registration, and he's looking at me, looking around, looking over his shoulder. I'm like, "I need your license and registration."
He said, "Is this for my birthday?"
I did not catch on at first. I asked for his license and registration again. He was perplexed and kept looking around. I asked who he was looking for, and he said his friends. He asked again if this was for his birthday. Then, it dawned on me when I looked at his license and it was his birthday. This guy truly believed in his heart that I was his birthday present.
I said, "Sir, if I was for your birthday, I would not be wearing this asexual costume. I'd be wearing something more sexy like a Halloween costume."
Describe your experience on The Amazing Race.
I had wanted to be on the show since I first saw it. Finally, last year I was committed to doing it and it was now or never. It was not fun. I am sure there were a few moments that were fun, like we had to sing karaoke in Bangkok. That was fun.
For the most part, it wasn't fun but it was an amazing experience. You couldn't have paid a million dollars to have that experience. ÃÂ We went to nine countries in 23 days. I have to go back to these countries again because I never got a chance to stop and smell the roses while I was there. I am very competitive. I am very focused. So I never lost sight of that. My character oftentimes came off as a bitch and that everyone should have to help me. That was not the case. I was just not there to make friends. I was there to make a million dollars and this was a race. You have to have a sense of urgency or you are going to lose.
How do you feel about being included on that Yahoo! list along with Gordon Ramsay and Jon Gosselin?
I'm actually not offended by being compared to Gordon, because he is a no-nonsense kind of guy and I like that. I actually prefer people like that. He gives praise where praise is due and worries about the results. I also love his show.
As for Jon, you will see in my Playboy bio that I don't like guys that wear Bedazzled shirts. He wears Ed Hardy, which I can't stand.
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RedBaron0 wrote:Think I found a quirk in the XML connections. Albert Lea (MN) is connected to Sioux City (IA) instead of Des Moines (IA) should be the other way around.
Yeah, this is a small map/large map discrepancy. Albert Lea connects to Sioux City on the small, but not the large.


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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A measure used by Medicare to penalize hospitals for poor performance is not linked to how many patients die after being admitted, suggests a new study.
The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on Tuesday, suggests that hospitals can keep the number of patients who come back for more treatment low without having more of them die.
"The concern was that their performance in one area is going to compromise their performance in another," said Dr. Harlan Krumholz, the study's lead author from the Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut.
Currently, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which oversees the federal government's insurance programs for the elderly, disabled and poor, uses those measures to judge a hospital's quality.
CMS also punishes hospitals with high readmission rates by reducing their payments. In 2013, CMS estimates hospitals will lose - on average - 0.3 percent of their funding, about $270 million overall (see Reuters Health story of January 22, 2013 here: reut.rs/Xwm984).
For the new study, Krumholz and his colleagues looked at whether there was a link between the number of people who died within 30 days of being admitted to hospitals and the number of people who came back for more treatment within 30 days after they were discharged.
They analyzed data on older Americans on Medicare who were admitted to U.S. hospitals between July 2005 and June 2008 with a heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia - the conditions CMS tracks.
They found about 20 percent of heart attack patients, 24 percent of heart failure patients and 18 percent of pneumonia patients came back to the hospital for more care. That compared to about 17 percent of heart attack patients and 11 percent of heart failure and pneumonia patients who died.
Overall, they found no relationship between the number of heart attack and pneumonia patients who were readmitted and those who died.
The researchers also found that between 5 percent and 9 percent of hospitals were able to have both low readmission and death rates, which Krumholz said should calm concerns that doing well in one area means doing poorly in the other.
"I think our goal should be to learn from the hospitals excelling in both areas and spread those ideas," said Krumholz, whose team created the measures CMS uses to judge hospital quality.
He added that the findings also suggest that readmission and death rates measure two different events, and one is not dependant on the other.
But Nancy Foster, vice president for quality and patient safety policy at the American Hospital Association, said the new study does not close the door on questions about readmission and death rates.
"This question that has been raised around the link between readmission and mortality is beginning to be investigated. There is no easy path to know what the relationship is because it's a very complicated problem," said Foster, who was not involved with the new study.
Foster told Reuters Health that she believes the new study has flaws, including that the researchers adjusted the rates for smaller hospitals, which led to the findings. She added that there could be other reasons why hospitals performed well on both measures.
"I'd love to say that it's only to the hospitals' credit that they've done so well (to) have low levels of mortality and readmission. But in all fairness, we recognize that community and other factors have an important role," she said.
SOURCE: bit.ly/WddS8K Journal of the American Medical Association, online February 12, 2013.


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Some two dozen "elves" from Florida Power & Light created a special surprise for a Coral Springs family before a soldier's departure for Afghanistan.
U.S. Army Pfc. Seth Marks will be deploying to Afghanistan Thursday and wanted to make sure his wife and three kids would have a holiday season they wouldn't forget.
Volunteers from FPL made sure of that, as they created a winter wonderland at the family's home, which they decorated with white and colored lights, snowmen, icicles and more holiday cheer.
"We know the kids are a little bit sad Dad's leaving for a year, so to be able surprise them before he goes is precious," FPL spokesperson Heather Kirkendall said of the display – created just in time for Veterans Day.
With minutes to spare, the FPL elves put the finishing touches on the front lawn. The display includes 2000 energy-efficient LED lights.
When Danielle Marks pulled up to the house with their three kids, she was moved to tears.
"I thought the power was out when I pulled up. This is amazing. I was blown away. This is absolutely, absolutely amazing," she said later, crying.
She is a U.S. Air Force veteran. Her husband, who is a combat engineer, is deploying for his first tour of active duty in Afghanistan and is expected to be away for 400 days.
A surprise was also in store for Seth Marks, Kirkendall said.
"We're giving him a tablet, so he can communicate and Skype with them while he's gone," she said.
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text: MainWho We AreOur Coaches Listen Our CoachesWas there a mentor, teacher or coach who made a difference in your life? The one who gave you the courage and determination to strive to be your best? The one who helped shape both your performance and your character? You can be that important person in someone else's life.Floor hockey players in South Africa gather round their coach for a strategy session before a tournament held near Johannesburg. Photo by Will Schermerhorn More Than a CoachCoaches teach the skills and spirit that define a true athlete. Coaches are role models and character-builders.Special Olympics coaches go even further -- they help athletes with intellectual disabilities find their own strengths and abilities. They also show them how to build upon those strengths and improve every day. As a Special Olympics coach, you bring enthusiasm, commitment and a positive attitude to each practice, event and competition. You will enrich the lives of our athletes in many life-changing ways. The skills and confidence an athlete learns through sports have a long and lasting effect. They can help an athlete succeed in school or even find a job.Coaches also get a lot in return. They get to know athletes who inspire -- athletes who are brave and determined, despite the odds against them. Coaches become more than teachers, mentors and role models -- they are seen as leaders in the community. Become a CoachTo become a coach, get in touch with Special Olympics near you.Coaching ExcellenceSpecial Olympics is committed to coaching excellence -- because it benefits both coaches and athletes at the same time. In a supportive learning environment, coaches work to enhance athletes' sport techniques, tactics and fitness.We partner with sports organizations to provide the highest and most up-to-date level of coaching knowledge. Coaching education helps our coaches recognize each athlete's potential. It also comes into play as we increase training and competition. Those opportunities help each athlete can reach -- or exceed -- their personal best.Special Olympics focuses on our athletes. Our coaches aim high and take pride in their athletes' achievements, which can often be life-changing moments. About Intellectual DisabilitySpecial Olympics is a global movement of people who want to improve the lives of people with intellectual disabilities. But what are intellectual disabilities? Learn More


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Jeff is a Team Lead and Senior Developer at SolutionsIQ, Inc. in Redmond, WA. Having been an Eclipse user for years, Jeff's recent work at SolutionsIQ has resulted in an RCP application in use by a variety of governmental agencies, both local and national.
Always on the lookout for opportunities to give back to the communities from which he benefits, Jeff has contributed to various Apache projects as well as led the effort to provide a distributed build capability to Cruise Control. This work led to an invitation to speak at the 9th Jini Community Meeting in Chicago.
In addition to Eclipse and all the exciting things happening in its various sub-projects, Jeff is also interested in Jini, Apache River, and Rio.
Jeff is a contributor to the Ecore ODA Driver, proposed here to the Incubator f the Data Tools Platform Project.


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Roughly two weeks ago, we broke the story that Alpinestars and Dainese were headed to court over the alleged patent infringement that was occurring between the two brands' airbag technologies. That report has since spurred a pair of press releases from the two brands on the subject.
First to respond was Alpinestars, which released a statement that clarified that the lawsuit in Italy centered around the material of the airbag. Alpinestars also offered correction to our report, saying instead that that no legal action had occurred in the German market.
Dainese has now released its own statement on the matter, which insists that legal action was indeed taken in the German market – the Court of Munich ultimately granting an injunction on the sale of Tech-Air products in Germany – and Dainese restates that legal action is underway in Italy.
You can read Dainese's full statement after the jump. We'll reiterate what we first said when all this started: the outcome of this legal battle will have big consequences in the motorcycle industry. Stay tuned, we doubt this is far from over.


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Purifier, 2005
bronze, steel, electric motor
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Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery; Acquired with funds from the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance program/Oeuvre achetée avec l'aide du programme d'aide aux acquisitions du Conseil des Arts du Canada and with funds from the Royal Canadian Academy Trust Fund
Sculpture, Canadian Contemporary (1980-present)
Purifier is composed of a classical-style bronze sculpture of a German Shorthaired Pointer that is equipped with a functioning air purifier. The idea for this sculpture transpired when the artist, Chris Cooper, was visiting Florence, Italy. While taking a break sitting on a curb, she was overcome by the exhaust fumes emitted by the passing motor vehicles. Cooper was struck by how a city could be so beautiful and yet so polluted. Her attention turned to the stray dogs that live in this environment known for its architecture, art, and literature. Purifier represents an evolutionary hybrid, a future consequence of humankind's domination over the natural world.
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Explosion at factory in China kills 68
BEIJING: A powerful explosion has ripped through a factory in eastern China, killing at least 68 people and injuring more than 187 others.
The blast, one of the worst industrial accidents in China this year, happened at around 7.37 am on Saturday morning at a wheel-hub polishing workshop in Kunshan, Jiangsu province.
Police said initial investigations indicated the explosion may have been caused by flames igniting metal polishing dust, according to official news agency Xinhua.
One eyewitness quoted by state media there was one large explosion which "shook the ground like the earthquake", shattering glass and blowing parts of the roof off the factory.
Highly graphic photos purportedly of the scene quickly circulated on Chinese social media, showing thick grey smoke billowing out of the factory, and apparent victims of the blast, many blackened from head to toe and stripped of their burnt clothing, huddling outside the factory being attended to by rescue workers. Other photos showed charred bodies laid out on the back of large flat-bed truck.
The Oriental Morning Post said the emergency room of city's main hospital, the Kunshan City Central Hospital, was a scene of chaos, with "a constant stream of dead victims being carried through". Distraught family members were on their knees pleading for information on their loved ones, the report said.
State broadcaster China Central Television said the factory was owned by Zhongrong Plating, a company that manufacturers car parts and employs about 450 workers and whose clients include US giant General Motors..
China has a poor industrial safety record that has accompanied its emergence as a global powerhouse in production. Official figures from last year showed more than 70,000 people were killed in industrial accidents in each of the previous two years.
Users on Chinese social networking platform Weibo were quick to notice the high death toll at the factory despite the blast occurring early on Saturday morning.
"7.37 am! It is Saturday today, why are so many people working overtime? Seeing so many blackened bodies workers laid out on that truck, the feeling in my heart is not just [expletive] grief, but also the helplessness of so many hardworking labourers," one commenter said.
A fire that killed 119 people at a poultry plant in north-east China's Jilin province in June last year ignited fierce debate about work safety conditions in China.
Philip Wen is the China correspondent for Fairfax Media.


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"As a new mother, the flexible work environment allows me to strike the right balance between work and my family."
Iconic. Approachable. Connected. These are some of the ideas that guide our every day at Janie and Jack. We set ourselves apart with outstanding quality and great care to every detail, from our clothing to our customer service to the people we work with. Are you ready to be a part of the Janie and Jack story?
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At Janie and Jack, we know our Sales Specialists are a big part of our success. We look for talented people who have a passion for fashion and can meet the unique needs of each of our retail locations while feeling empowered to make the Janie and Jack shopping experience as sweet as it can be for our customers. Our Sales Specialists are a vital part of the Janie and Jack family.
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First planted in 1980, Cave B Winery is a boutique vintner located in the Columbia Valley wine region in the very center of Washington State. While growing a broad range of varietals - made possible by the microclimates of its distinctive cliffside location 900 feet above the Columbia River - the winery also focuses on sustainability in its buildings and operations. The placement of the multiple buildings on the site and their organization were informed by topographical and geological conditions on the site, particularly the basalt cliffs, and rocky outcroppings and talus. Stone for the green buildings was harvested on-site and cast into concrete forms - the walls of the Inn at Cave B, are made of composite, hand-fabricated panels of concrete, basalt and sand. Designed by Olson Kundig Architects of Seattle, the multi-phase project, is comprised of the Cave B Inn, Lodge and 15 guesthouses at Sagecliffe Winery, surrounded by estate vineyards and orchards.
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In Cave B Inn's Cavern Rooms, geo-thermics are used to heat and cool the building. The water coming from the deep well is 72 degrees year round; that temperature is utilized in the HVAC system for the building, reducing the need for electric power. Salvaged railroad tie flooring is used for the Cave B Inn lobby and Tendrils Restaurant. Trellis poles in the pool area of Cave B Inn are reused Grant County telephone poles, made available when the county undertook a pole-replacement process in 2007. A local ironsmith created the grand lobby chandelier in Cave B Inn from recycled farm machinery. The roof of the wine cave is a living "sod" roof, which insulates the cave, is an oxygen-producing structure, and upholds our goal of architecture which emerges from the environment, as opposed to dominating the environment. The walls of all buildings, as well as walkways, patios, stairways and landscaping walls, have been built from basalt rock culled from the property and the immediate region.
Cave B's Grapes Recycled for Cattle Feed
Grape Pomace (pronounced /PUHM-is/) is the solid remains of grapes after pressing. It contains the skins, pulp, seeds, and stems of the fruit. It is typically used as cattle feed, a soil conditioner, or sent to a landfill. Cave B Estate Winery and Ovenell Farms of Quincy, Washington, have partnered to use the winery's grape pomace. Ovenell Farms accepted all of Cave B Estate Winery's grape pomace in 2009 for use in its cattle feed. After Cave B's harvest and crush season came to an end in early November 2009, Ovenell Farms received more than 100 tons of winery by-product, which made up approximately 20 percent of the feed composition for its Washington State dairy cows. Ovenell Farms, is also working with Cave B in the area of soil enhancement in another synergistic pairing between a winery and a dairy farm.
Seasonal, Regional Foods
The restaurant chef uses seasonal, regional foods, with sustainable, organic local ingredients whenever possible, including the chef's own garden herbs, vegetables and fruits.
School Garden Program
The SageCliffe School Garden Program offers children a "hands-on" learning experience. For the program's launch, more than 170 first-graders from Quincy's Mountain View Elementary School visited on Earth Day, 22 April 2009. The goal of the program is to allow students to learn about the importance of "eating locally", how to grow food organically, and then to see how that harvest can be prepared to provide delicious, healthful meals. Children plant their own plot in the Chef's Garden and learn about heirloom vegetables from the chef.
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For all events, Cave B Inn uses reusable cutlery, dishware and linens instead of disposables, and bulk containers for condiments, instead of individual condiment packets. The organic chef's garden produces a wide variety of fruits, vegetables and herbs, used regularly in its restaurant's dishes. SageCliffe Verjus is a winemaking bi-product extracted from hand-picked unripe wine grapes which have been gently crushed, then gravity-pressed; it is bottled and used as a marinade or dressing. Waste cooking oil from the restaurant is converted into bio-diesel fuel.
Reducing, Reusing and Recycling
Cave B Winery sells its green glass bottles to The Green Glass Company, http://www.greenglass.com/ which recycles the wine bottles to make glasses and goblets that are sold in the winery store, coming full circle. Cave B sold 5,000 of its green glass wine bottles to The Green Glass Company in 2007. The vineyard also sells Vineyard Chips that are 3lb. bags of chipped grapevine clippings used as a cooking fuel or for added smoked flavor while grilling. The vineyard holds post-pruning Grapevine Gathering Days where local crafters are invited to gather just-pruned grapevines for use in crafts & home and garden décor. Wine case boxes and packing material are recycled or re-used for customer wine purchases, and the winery recycles cardboard, glass and paper. Kitchen food waste, winemaking bi-product (grape seeds and skins) and vineyard, orchard and garden yard waste are composted.
Meetings & Events
The winery gives preference to meeting planners who strive to follow green meeting practices. and follows its own Green Meeting Guide. Its primary vendor for printed materials, PrintingForLess.com, is a 100% wind-powered facility that employs recycling, soy-based inks, and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain of Custody Certification to guarantee that all paper used comes from sustainable, well managed forests that adhere to strict environmental standards.
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Origin: South New Berlin, Chenango County, NY
Builder: Unknown
Original owner: Brooks, William, ?-1904
Info: Corncribs have been constructed and used since Colonial times for the drying and storage of feed corn. They became particularly popular with the rise of Indian corn as an animal feed during the mid-nineteenth century. The Brooks corncrib is of the style known as the Connecticut Corn Crib or the Connecticut Corn House, which was the predominant style in the Northeast throughout the nineteenth century. William Brooks ran a small operation, with only forty animals total in 1875. He did not produce a great deal of Indian corn. Therefore, the simplest corncrib with only one set of storage bins was adequate to serve his needs.
Provenance: The Farmers' Museum acquired the corncrib from Charlotte Spicer Layton.
*Charlotte Spicer Layton acquired the property from Mort Brooks on April 28, 1943.
*Mort Brooks became sole owner on August 7, 1942.
*Esther Spicer and Mort Brooks inherited the property from Fred Brooks on April 4, 1941.
(Fred Brooks took control of property when William Brooks died April 13, 1904.)
*William Brooks purchased the property from Smith and Adaline Mayhew on August 13, 1868.
*Smith and Adaline Mayhew purchased property from William and Phoebe Mayhew on June 15, 1849.
*William Mayhew purchased property from John Taylor September 24, 1822.


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Tommy Lee No Longer Participating in Motley Crue Meet and Greets
Motley Crue's Tommy Lee has always been one to walk to the beat of his own drum, sometimes quite literally, so this latest news should come as no surprise. Yesterday (March 3), Lee personally let his fans know that he'll no longer be taking part in the meet-and-greet sessions offered up for purchase during their current Australian tour run.
"For those of you that are asking why I am not doing anymore meet and greets!!" Lee wrote on the band's Facebook page."It's got nothing to do with me not wanting to meet the fans, I just don't agree with doing it under the certain given circumstances. I love u all and I'll gladly high five y'all if I see u out n about - and u won't have to pay me for that."
Although no direct reason was given regarding the "circumstances" that led to Lee bowing out of the meet and greets, his statement does seem to hint at the high price tag of the packages sold to fans that start with the basic 'Crue Teaser Package' at $295 and range all the way up to the $899 price point with the 'Kickstart My Heart Meet and Greet Package' which includes the chance to meet the band and take a group photo. Many current touring bands have similar packages available for fans to purchase.
Lee's new outlook on meeting his fans "out and about" may seem like a change of tune from last summer when he wrote an open letter to his fans asking for a little more consideration when being confronted in public for photos. However, quite understandably, It was later revealed that this sentiment stemmed from a very personal moment when he went to pick up his mother's ashes and was asked by the receptionist for a photo.
Fan feedback on Lee sitting out the meet-and-greets has been a very mixed bag with many fans applauding his decision and offering him support while others seem upset about the decision offering opinions like "If we have the money and we choose to pay the money, then what is the problem?" and "If money was really the barrier Tommy could organize a free comp or something in each town. This is just bs lip service." Whatever the reason, Lee seems pretty steadfast in his decision.
In other related Tommy Lee news, he made headlines this past weekend when a Florida man filed a civil suit against him claiming Lee assaulted him on a beach last summer.


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freenode/#lisp - IRC ChatlogSearch
9:36:14 p_l lol @ strictest...
9:49:07 aeth p_l: Well, #lispcafe does a very bad job at enforcing off-topicness and is often about Lisp.
9:49:24 p_l :D
10:46:46 thekolb Xach: I have this weird situation where a dependency wants asdf3 but my quicklisp has asdf2? I did update-client but that didn't upgrade asdf?
10:47:20 thekolb (don't ask me how I ended up with a dependency that wants asdf3 in the first place, good question though)
10:51:45 Shinmera Quicklisp only ships ASDF2.
10:51:59 Shinmera Update your implementation or download a recent ASDF
10:52:22 Shinmera Also lots of dependencies require ASDF3 nowadays (for instance: all of my libraries)
10:54:15 thekolb I am running the latest CCL from Nov2017?!
10:54:57 thekolb why do I not have asdf3 (-:
10:55:06 thekolb something wrong with my installation I suppose
10:56:05 thekolb MichaelRaskin: any reason why the NixOs ccl wouldn't come with asdf3?
11:00:19 MichaelRaskin I think the Nix package ships whatever upstream ships.
11:00:42 jackdaniel thekolb: asdf is not part of the standard (given how it constantly changes that would mean that our standard is progressing!). You may download lastest asdf relase, compile it and put (load …) in your .cclrc before loading quicklisp
11:00:53 jackdaniel that will give you whichever asdf you want to have
11:01:15 jackdaniel you may compile it with (compile-file "asdf.lisp")
11:01:25 MichaelRaskin Nixpkgs has various Lisp wrappers, these do use ASDF3
11:10:26 Xach thekolb: clozure cl has asdf 3!
11:19:36 thekolb MichaelRaskin: the ccl package on NixOS is broken (doesn't set CCL_DEFAULT_DIRECTORY)
11:21:33 MichaelRaskin Hm, we already set CCL_RUNTIME
11:21:49 MichaelRaskin What should CCL_DEFAULT_DIRECTORY be in addition?
11:22:09 MichaelRaskin Ah, it's only build-time
11:22:20 thekolb MichaelRaskin: CCL_RUNTIME has no effect on ccl whatsoever and seems to be a variable introduced by the Nix expression for referencing the kernel
11:22:40 MichaelRaskin Shoud CCL_DEFAULT_DIRECTORY point to the copied root?
11:23:00 thekolb MichaelRaskin: CCL_DEFAULT_DIRECTORY is a variable used by ccl to refer t its installation destination
11:23:00 thekolb yes
11:23:08 thekolb see scripts/ccl
11:23:33 MichaelRaskin Hmmm. Maybe scripts/ccl should be also wrapped or symlinked into bin/
11:23:46 thekolb MichaelRaskin: https://github.com/Clozure/ccl/blob/master/scripts/ccl64
11:24:55 thekolb MichaelRaskin: Not really, you should make sure that $(which ccl) sets CCL_DEFAULT_DIRECTORY appropriately and execs the kernel
11:25:04 thekolb the scripts are more of an example IMHO
11:25:57 thekolb I.e., set CCL_DEFAULT_DIRECTORY in https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/release-18.03/pkgs/development/compilers/ccl/default.nix#L79
11:26:16 thekolb (and make sure it execs)
11:26:31 MichaelRaskin I think (require :asdf) does work with the current CCL package
11:26:46 MichaelRaskin Any simple test case to check that the fix works?
11:27:11 MichaelRaskin Yes, L79 is my plan
11:28:59 thekolb MichaelRaskin: ccl -e "(print (getf *features* :asdf3))" -e "(quit)"
11:30:29 thekolb or alternatively ccl -e "(quit (or (getf *features* :asdf3) 1))"
11:30:50 MichaelRaskin You meant find, not getf, right?
11:31:38 thekolb yes right^^
11:31:48 thekolb also --no-init otherwise...
11:31:50 MichaelRaskin env -i $(test-build -test ccl)/bin/ccl -e "(require :asdf)" -e "(print (find :asdf3 *features*))" -e "(quit)"
11:31:54 MichaelRaskin Does say :asdf3
11:32:10 MichaelRaskin (pay no attention to my debug wrapper for nix-build)
11:32:28 thekolb ccl -n -e "(quit (or (find :asdf *features*) 1))"
11:32:44 thekolb try this one
11:32:44 MichaelRaskin Works the same with or without CCL_DEFAULT_DIRECTORY
11:33:00 thekolb I suspect you load asdf in your .ccl-init
11:33:15 MichaelRaskin If I don't pre-require :asdf, it is not found — again, with or without CCL_DEFAULT_DIRECTORY
11:33:54 MichaelRaskin I don't have .ccl-init
11:34:11 MichaelRaskin I did paste the line that does pre-require :asdf
11:34:48 MichaelRaskin Wait a minute
11:34:56 MichaelRaskin Do you use stable channel for Nixpkgs?
11:35:07 thekolb yes
11:35:52 MichaelRaskin CCL 1.11.5 in master includes ASDF3 (even without CCL_DEFAULT_DIRECTORY variable set), maybe stable has an older one?
11:38:47 thekolb MichaelRaskin: other things will break if CCL_DEFAULT_DIRECTORY isn't set properly
11:39:19 MichaelRaskin Yes, and I have the change and I want to test one of these things before pushing to master
11:40:46 MichaelRaskin To check if I have made some silly mistake that makes the change useless
11:49:02 unanimousarc Hello, new person here, if I invoke (ql:quickload x) will that package remain installed for future sessions?
11:49:11 thekolb MichaelRaskin: I did nix-env -f https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/master.tar.gz -i ccl and ccl -n -e "(ignore-errors (require 'asdf))" -e "(quit (or (find :asdf3 *features*) 1))"; echo $?
11:49:14 Xach unanimousarc: no
11:49:19 thekolb (no asdf)
11:49:36 Xach unanimousarc: well, it's a bit more subtle than that
11:49:38 Shinmera unanimousarc: It will remain /downloaded/ on disk, but not /loaded/
11:49:46 unanimousarc Xach: so I need to put the (ql:quickload) in my sbcl-init.lisp ?
11:49:48 Xach unanimousarc: shinmera is right
11:49:50 MichaelRaskin thekolb: I think CCL defaults to the image location if CCL_DEFAULT_DIRECTORY is unset; given the details of the Nix package that seems to mean the variable is irrelevant
11:49:55 phoe unanimousarc: quicklisp fetches the dependencies from the network and then invokes ASDF to load the system into memory.
11:49:59 MichaelRaskin Let me check with a fresh user and nix-env
11:50:00 Xach unanimousarc: there are many options, that's one
11:50:10 phoe the former is persistent, the latter needs to be done after each reload of the Lisp image.
11:50:26 unanimousarc Okay cool, thanks
11:50:36 phoe you can theoretically save the resulting Lisp image and then reload that one, but it's not commonly done during development - better to just #'ql:quickload things again.
11:56:17 MichaelRaskin thekolb: (quit :asdf3) doesn't work, a true if is needed there
11:57:06 MichaelRaskin If you run «which ccl», do you actually get the version in the profile? If you just run CCL, what version is reported?
12:03:20 thekolb MichaelRaskin: yes
12:05:22 thekolb MichaelRaskin: Can you still not reproduce this?
12:06:06 MichaelRaskin Well, in a fresh test account I use your installation command (well, with -p, I have a complicated non-default setup) — it gives CCL which loads ASDF3
12:08:53 thekolb I don't know what else to tell you...
12:10:01 thekolb I have /nix/store/32xnrnrf399nxf616fxihx00qi6xb4mv-ccl-1.11.5 and its broken
12:10:13 MichaelRaskin Well, I could try to pastebin a nix-expression that imports from a fixed revision and checks CCL in build-time — failure-or-success of Nix builds is less environment-dependent than installation
12:10:15 MichaelRaskin Ah!
12:11:38 MichaelRaskin I have the same path and it is not broken when I try to test it
12:12:10 thekolb If I run ccl -n and do (require 'asdf) I get an error
12:12:25 thekolb is your pwd the ccl source tree by any chance?^^
12:12:34 MichaelRaskin Definitely not
12:12:37 phoe thekolb: what kind of error?
12:13:27 MichaelRaskin Does this also error: env -i /nix/store/32xnrnrf399nxf616fxihx00qi6xb4mv-ccl-1.11.5/bin/ccl -n -e '(require :asdf)'
12:15:11 thekolb Ah!
12:15:17 thekolb it doesn't
12:15:31 MichaelRaskin And the same without env -i ?
12:16:25 thekolb omg I'm sorry, apparently there is a bogus CCL_DEFAULT_DIRECTORY in my environment
12:18:16 MichaelRaskin Heh
12:18:47 MichaelRaskin That's why I sometimes test in an empty user
12:33:47 v0|d nix-shell --pure might help.
12:34:08 v0|d no need for a new user.
12:44:08 MichaelRaskin v0|d: until I am reproducing a nix-env invokation
13:12:56 AeroNotix What's the cheapest / easiest way to represent infinity that allows me to compare it with numbers.
13:13:20 AeroNotix I.e. I want to have a representation of infinite that I can do things like (< 123 +infinity+)
13:13:30 AeroNotix (the above would return T
13:13:32 AeroNotix )
13:14:04 Shinmera well, there's the IEEE float infinities, but they're not part of the standard :/
13:14:27 Shinmera I've been meaning to make a portability library for that
13:15:14 AeroNotix yeah well get on that
13:15:18 AeroNotix it's _important_
13:15:20 AeroNotix jk
13:15:32 Shinmera Jeez I just published two libraries today
13:15:35 Shinmera But fine
13:15:42 AeroNotix Shinmera: only two?
13:15:45 Shinmera Yes
13:15:48 AeroNotix slacking
13:16:11 Shinmera In Trial I've been doing https://github.com/Shirakumo/trial/blob/master/toolkit.lisp#L32-L38 so far
13:16:27 Shinmera I'll see if I can be bothered to do a proper implementation survey later today
13:16:34 Shinmera Right now I'm starving so I'll grab some grub
13:17:12 AeroNotix cool
13:18:37 v0|d AeroNotix: https://paste.debian.net/1037400/
13:20:03 AeroNotix v0|d: half of those are unbound for me.
13:20:31 v0|d try (apropos 'most-)
13:20:42 v0|d maybe you'll get different ones.
13:23:36 AeroNotix v0|d: I used the sb-ext ones for now. I'll find something more portable later. It's only for a debugging thing right now anyway
13:37:44 foom2 ** NICK foom
13:48:54 unanimousarc anyone here got a lisp related blog?
13:49:32 random-nick well, there's a blog aggregator at planet.lisp.org
13:50:10 unanimousarc I'll take a look, but I would prefer personal recommendations :)
13:54:36 Shinmera unanimousarc: It's not a recommendation, but here's mine. http://blog.tymoon.eu/tagged/common%20lisp
13:55:38 unanimousarc Shinmera: thanks ;)
14:15:26 LiamH AeroNotix: If you don't mind loading a foreign library, GSLL has it: (< 1.0 gsl:+positive-infinity+) => T
14:18:05 sjl_ unanimousarc: I've written some CL-related entries on mine http://stevelosh.com/blog/
14:18:28 unanimousarc sjl_: thanks i'll take a look
14:19:56 unanimousarc sjl_: definitely checking out that chip8 series
14:38:42 Xach ACTION must really fix his planet lisp twitter gateway again
14:44:58 Shinmera Speaking of twitter, there were some API deprecations regarding direct messages that I haven't had time to fix in Chirp.
14:45:14 Shinmera Don't know when I can be bothered to fix them either
15:00:27 drmeister With asdf - is there a way to get a tree of dependencies from a system? I have a groveler that I use for finding all files required by a system in the order that they need to be loaded.
15:00:44 Shinmera Ha ha, oh boy the CCL source for infinity-p has a comment: ; not sure this is right
15:01:00 drmeister The groveler has a function that says it returns all of the systems required by given list of systems. I think this may be what I need.
15:01:12 drmeister But I want to build the tree of dependencies.
15:01:30 drmeister I want to parallelize the building of the tree - so I need to know what it looks like first.
15:01:50 Shinmera drmeister: Sure, holy on
15:02:03 Shinmera *hold
15:02:18 drmeister If it's a linear sequence - well - then I need to put some work into splitting things out a bit to make it a tree.
15:02:48 drmeister Shinmera: Thank you - I'll keep spitting out what I'm looking for - maybe someone will have some thoughts on it.
15:03:10 pjb AeroNotix: if you want to compare with numbers, you have a big problem: numbers are not ordered!
15:03:22 drmeister Then I'll need to time how long each system needs to build it - then I want to organize the build so that it takes as little time as possible using multiple processes.
15:03:30 pjb AeroNotix: in lisp, numbers include complex numbers, and complex numbers are not ordered.
15:03:54 Shinmera drmeister: https://github.com/Shirakumo/radiance/blob/22cdcde8be60f5e49e90a59f7375ceea130358c7/migrate.lisp#L131-L150
15:04:13 drmeister Basically - I want to parallelize the building of a large collection of asdf systems so they build as quickly as possible. Given that POIU is MIA for current versions of ASDF.
15:04:22 drmeister AFAIK
15:04:30 pjb AeroNotix: then if you want to restrict yourself to real, then in lisp we have most-positive-long-float that is bigger than all floats, but not to all integers.
15:05:03 AeroNotix I just need something bigger than all integers
15:06:36 pjb AeroNotix: for integers, there's no such value.
15:06:43 drmeister Shinmera: Thank you - I'll give it a whirl.
15:07:01 pjb AeroNotix: at a given time, there's a maximum representable integer, but since it may depend on the available memory, it may grow later.
15:07:19 pjb AeroNotix: so you have to use a symbol, and implement your own comparisons.
15:07:45 AeroNotix Okay
15:08:10 pjb (defun inferior (a b) (or (eql :-infinity a) (eql :+infinity b) …))
15:12:08 pjb AeroNotix: you may also shadow < <= etc. calling cl:< cl:<= etc when you only have numbers.
15:13:02 pjb See for example: https://github.com/informatimago/lisp/blob/master/common-lisp/invoice/invoice.lisp#L366
15:13:40 pjb (not real methods, just functions, since there are 0-n arguments.
15:13:41 pjb )
15:24:09 drmeister Shinmera: Is the information about system dependencies available after I load-asd - or do I need to load-system everything?
15:24:16 drmeister I'm about to find out...
15:25:30 jackdaniel drmeister: you need to load all asd file (i.e by find-system), but there is no need to load systems into the image
15:26:13 jackdaniel it is quite problematic as it is anyway, because asd files are programs, but not as bad as being forced to load all libraries to learn their dependencies
15:26:31 drmeister Does find-system of the top asd load all dependent asd files?
15:26:44 Shinmera jackdaniel: Does ECL have something similar to sb-int:with-float-traps-masked that allows you to mask which floating point traps signal conditions?
15:26:51 jackdaniel yes
15:26:54 drmeister I'm trying to avoid doing more work than I need to do.
15:26:57 jackdaniel I mean: yes to floats
15:27:03 jackdaniel regarding asdf, I don't know
15:27:12 Shinmera drmeister: No
15:27:41 Shinmera drmeister: It only loads a system file if it has to due to :defsystem-depends-on or due to find-system
15:27:46 drmeister And I have a relationship with asdf that is characterized by timidity.
15:27:47 jackdaniel bugs everywhere http://i.imgur.com/sEgU8qk.png :)
15:28:14 drmeister jackdaniel: And your scrollbars don't work.
15:28:17 Shinmera jackdaniel: What is the functionality called in ECL? apropos is failing me.
15:28:38 drmeister ACTION has never seen a scrollbar that he hasn't tried to scroll with.
15:28:57 jackdaniel drmeister: you mean that you can't scroll a png file? :-)
15:30:22 jackdaniel Shinmera: it is obscure and not part of official API, careful
15:30:24 jackdaniel si::trap-fpe
15:30:29 Shinmera Thanks
15:30:48 Shinmera I'm building another implementation wrapper layer, so I'll take the hit :)
15:44:44 drmeister How does one redirect the ~/.cache directory so that quicklisp/asdf drop the generated code somewhere else?
15:46:51 jackdaniel drmeister: if you set XDG_CACHE_HOME (env var) it should help
15:47:14 jackdaniel also (defvar *user-cache* nil
15:47:16 jackdaniel "A specification as per RESOLVE-LOCATION of where the user keeps his FASL cache")(defvar *user-cache* nil
15:47:19 jackdaniel "A specification as per RESOLVE-LOCATION of where the user keeps his FASL cache")
15:47:24 jackdaniel ops, sorry
15:48:28 drmeister asdf/interface:*user-cache* - I see that.
15:49:33 drmeister And XDG_CACHE_HOME in asdf - thank you!
16:20:54 Shinmera AeroNotix: https://shinmera.github.io/float-features
16:23:50 phoe Shinmera: I read "infinite negativity" the first time and went "wait what"
16:24:26 Shinmera infinite negativity is my middle name
16:24:34 skidd0 you've got a long name
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16:54:18 theseb You can really define the entire lang in terms of about 8 primitives? Why does that seem impossible to me? Think of how complex common lisp is
16:58:14 Xach theseb: it's easy if one of the primitives is make-load-form-saving-slots.
16:58:16 Shinmera The semantics, yes. But an implementation still needs to do a lot more -- like handling OPEN, I/O, etc.
16:58:31 Xach sorry, joking around.
16:59:02 pjb theseb: you only need one primitive.
16:59:03 theseb Shinmera: aha! yes..i knew something was missing!!! All the //side effects// were not mentioned like I/O!
16:59:10 theseb Paul Graham *lied* to me
16:59:11 theseb dammit
16:59:27 theseb srsly...someone should mention that
16:59:34 pjb theseb: Von Neuman architecture only needs 1 microinstruction (conditional-move).
16:59:55 MichaelRaskin Well, if you target Plan9 you don't need many I/O primitives, and then they cover all the OS interaction…
17:00:03 pjb theseb: with lambda calculus, you can implement state and I/O by simulating the whole universe!
17:00:20 pjb theseb: this is actually how our universe comes to be.
17:02:38 pjb theseb: there's a "desire", or "universal love" or "god" that makes kinds of quantum fluctuations in the mathematical world generate random mathemathical objects. Functions and lambda calculus are actually very simple mathematical objects, and thus appear naturally, and "develop" (are "created") by themselves, until find this god lambda calculus program that decides to simulate the whole universe and to reproduce little simulatio
17:08:28 theseb pjb: that was deep
17:08:37 theseb thank i guess
17:09:34 pjb theseb: also, it's not very hard to implement a hardware simulation to do I/O in pure lambda calculus.
17:11:50 theseb pjb: imho..i think it best to just punt and define an abstract "input" and "output" primitive
17:11:52 housel tedious, but not hard
17:12:27 theseb pjb: both just accept and emit bit strings
17:12:40 pjb theseb: of course, if you want to hook to other universes, such as ours, you can always branch out to primitives implemented in another system, eg. in electrons and silicium atoms.
17:13:28 pjb (but notice the funny nature of fermions and bosons that are both just probability wave functions, ie. not any more real than lambda calculus functions).
17:13:38 theseb pjb: what the #$@#$? why are you making this so complicated? i'm suggesting a simple input and output primitive while you want to hook up to other universes!?!!? am i missing something?
17:13:57 pjb theseb: our universe is one of those other universes.
17:14:09 pjb maths is not in our universe.
17:14:26 pjb I just explained that our unvierse was in maths.
17:14:31 Shinmera Please >>##philosophy
17:15:00 pjb Well, this is this infamous question about primitives. Forget them.
17:15:16 pjb You can do metacircular definitions.
17:15:38 pjb See: http://home.pipeline.com/~hbaker1/MetaCircular.html
17:16:25 pjb Primives, like axioms, are your own totally and entirely subjective and arbitrary choice.
17:18:42 theseb pjb: i like that link....avoid english and use lispy mini-langs instead to bootstrap
17:19:27 theseb pjb: i think that is the "Lisp Way (TM)"...to define layers of langs
17:19:36 pjb or realize that lisp was created 50 years ago, and that we don't need to bootstrap anymore: just write CL in CL.
17:20:09 pjb You might need to bootstrap again if you go to Mars, and a meteor destroys all computing equipment.
17:20:33 pjb Then you will have to mine metals, build a new computer, and program it, bootstrapping, hopefully, a new lisp system.
17:20:58 theseb pjb: actually...imagine we worked in a sector where security was paramount.....i wonder if defining layers of langs somehow avoids potential security holes
17:20:59 pjb (Assuming transport with Earth is not possible anymore).
17:21:15 pjb theseb: yes, there's also this case.
17:21:39 theseb pjb: my point is...going hardcore on the math and axioms has its uses
18:27:45 drmeister Within clasp I am going (require :asdf) --> loads clasps shiped 188.8.131.52 version of ASDF
18:28:07 drmeister Then I'm going (load "quicklisp:setup.lisp") (I set up a hostname for it)
18:28:11 drmeister I get this warning...
18:28:13 drmeister https://www.irccloud.com/pastebin/2oamoUiU/
18:29:08 drmeister Why is it telling me I have an older one registered at sys:modules;asdf;asdf.asd ?
18:30:08 drmeister There is an ASD file at that pathname.
18:30:43 drmeister My *features* is
18:30:44 drmeister https://www.irccloud.com/pastebin/9XUoInqY/
18:30:54 drmeister :ASDF3.3 :ASDF3.2 :ASDF3.1 :ASDF3 :ASDF2 :ASDF
18:31:13 drmeister Just pick one damnit - amiright?
18:36:19 pjb drmeister: not really.
18:36:45 pjb drmeister: it helps testing for a version, or higher, since in general releases are backward compatible.
18:36:55 drmeister Probably not - I don't know what all those features are for - they may not be related to the warning.
18:37:00 drmeister Ok.
18:37:17 pjb drmeister: ie. ASDF 4.0 will probably be compatible with asdf 3.3, asdf 3 and asdf 2, so all those features will have to be present.
18:37:33 pjb It would be different in a *system-version-map* ;-)
18:38:13 drmeister Do you know why the warning is being generated? I cloned quicklisp-client.git from github and I'm using that. When I load the quicklisp:setup.lisp I get that warning even after I've loaded an asdf.
18:50:24 jackdaniel drmeister: sys:modules;asdf;asdf is part of clasp core modules (build with it)
18:50:46 drmeister Yes
18:51:01 jackdaniel it is a logical pathname to something like /usr/lib/clasp-x.x.x/modules/asdf2.fasl
18:51:56 jackdaniel and warning is being generated from ASDF itself, it doesn't like its previous incarnations. it is not about asdf2 being loaded, but mere about being present in the path
18:52:14 jackdaniel s/path/location where asdf looks for asd files/
21:21:34 drmeister asdf uses timestamps to figure out what it needs to build
21:22:53 drmeister is that correct?
21:23:12 drmeister I'm dropping source code and a cache directory full of compiled files into a docker image and then running code.
21:23:38 drmeister asdf is rebuilding everything even though the timestamps are preserved - so I'm a bit puzzled.
21:23:59 Shinmera Yes
21:24:28 Shinmera At least as far as I know it uses mtime


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Set Your Tivo: 12.15.10Posted by Brian Otskey on December 15th, 2010
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We told you last night's games would be very interesting and boy were they ever. Louisville and Tennessee were upset victims at home but neither upset was shocking given the matchups we discussed in this space yesterday, plus both teams were due for a letdown. Tonight's slate is not good at all so don't expect much action this evening. All rankings from RTC and all times eastern.
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Akron was blasted by Temple in their last game and really struggles offensively. The Zips don't stand much of a chance in this game so one strategy may be to live or die by the three as Minnesota's opponents get a lot of points courtesy of the trifecta. However, Akron is not a good three point shooting team to begin with, #221 in the country, but taking a page out of Virginia's playbook could make this game somewhat competitive, at least for a while. The Cavaliers bombed away from the arc in a stunning second half turnaround against the Golden Gophers en route to a surprising win at the Barn. Akron's Brett McClanahan and Darryl Roberts are the biggest threats but McClanahan is just seven for his last 23 (30%) from deep. The senior Roberts shoots it well at 42% and also connects 92% of the time at the foul line. Minnesota will look to take advantage with their superior size and skill inside led by Trevor Mbakwe (14/10). Mbakwe is shooting 61% overall, scoring in double figures each game so far and is clearly the most athletic of the Minnesota big men. Akron opponents get 58% of their scoring from two point range so expect Tubby Smith to exploit this early and often to build up a lead. Minnesota also has an outside threat with Blake Hoffarber at 41% from three, now hot after a little slump to start the season. Akron is also a poor rebounding team with only one major contributor taller than 6'8, center Zeke Marshall. Even without point guard Al Nolen (probably won't play), Minnesota is too deep and too talented for Akron to compete with. The Gophers should win this game easily.
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