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08
Jan
2009
Simply Java: An Introduction to Java Programming

26 minutes ago by admin

For novice programmers, finding an interesting, practical Java programming reference that doesn’t overwhelm them with details and complexity is difficult. Simply Java: An Introduction to Java Programming is an easy-to-follow textbook that guides the beginning programmer step-by-step through the proc ...

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Abstraction 201: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

1 hour ago by bugsareeasy

In my previus post on abstraction, we were left with the question of what makes a valid abstraction. For example, suppose we have a gate-level design of an adder. If we write: a = b * c; we can see that this is a higher level of abstraction, but we would not generally consider it a valid abstraction ...

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Hierarchy of inquiring systems in meta-modelling (Gigch & Pipino, 1986)

4 hours ago by Alex

This concludes our little journey into constructivism, complex system thinking, and the big question: "What do we really really really know?" Inputs Philosophy of Science Outputs Evidence, epistemological questions —> Epistemology —> Paradigm Evidence, scientific problems —> Science —> Theories & Mo ...

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System of Systems (Flood & Jackson, 1991) Decision making process (Simon, 1976)

4 hours ago by Alex

Not really a summary of two article, but rather a summary of two constructivists’ concepts. Firstly, Flood and Jackson propose a System of Systems and point out the modelling approaches suitable for these specific systems: Unitary Pluralist Coercive Simple Operation Research, Systems Analysis, Syste ...

Projects + Management = ... - blog.budzier.com

07
Jan
2009
many hands

8 hours ago by vt

make the work light. so they say, anyway. in this case, many hands make lightwork. this is a beautiful video by itoworld (a navteq company) of a year's worth of edits on openstreetmap, a magnificent project to crowdsource maps. each edit lights up and then fades out, so that the world pulses as it i ...

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He's The One, Who Likes All Our Pretty Songs, And He Likes To Sing Along, ...

21 hours ago by mojo shivers

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--"In Bloom", Nirvana I'm a man of mercurial temperament. There are a lot of times when I'll place myself categorically in one camp or school of thought, only to reverse my position months or even weeks later. Yes, for the most part, on the weightier issues I tend towards stubbornness but on a great ...

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He's The One, Who Likes All Our Pretty Songs, And He Likes To Sing Along, ...

22 hours ago by mojo shivers

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--"In Bloom", Nirvana I'm a man of mercurial temperament. There are a lot of times when I'll place myself categorically in one camp or school of thought, only to reverse my position months or even weeks later. Yes, for the most part, on the weightier issues I tend towards stubbornness but on a great ...

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ideas into objects

22 hours ago by vt

There are many ways of seeing, but the truest and best is with the intuition, for it takes in the whole, whereas the intellect only takes in a part. Pattern is born reproducing intuitively-perceived essence. Soetsu Yanagi, Bernard Leach, The Unknown Craftsman in the beginning of important things--in ...

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Regional complexity and local community

1 day ago by Mathieu Helie

The housing crisis afflicting Britain has reached such an intolerable level that Prime Minister Gordon Brown is announcing what amounts to a nationalization of planning regulations ( report via Planetizen). This comes on the heels of the mayor of Greater London being granted the power to override pl ...

Emergent Urbanism - mathieuhelie.wordpress.com · Rank: 104,129 · 4 references

Why You Are Not Happy

1 day ago by LivingorSurviving.com

Six common barriers to personal happiness and fulfillment and how to overcome them. Happiness can be a paradox: The more you reach for it, the more it seems to slip through your fingers. “Ask yourself if you’re happy, and you cease to be so,” says Darrin McMahon, PhD, author of Happiness: A History. ...

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