In2SciFi

I found a wonderful visualization of the collapse of the economy when I went to the Spirituality, Science, and Technology blog today.

The post talked about a paper on the Epidemiology of the Credit Crises which was found while reading Chemoton § Vitorino Ramos’ research notebook. I tracked it back to the original paper which you can download and read as a PDF.

The paper also refers to a page with a video of the collapse that you can download and review. The paper was written by Reginald Smith of the Bouchet-Franklin Institute in Rochester. This is very impressive and very interesting to look at. However, you also need to look at his cautions:

• This is not ‘market contagion’
• This shows correlations, it’s nor about causation
• While this uses the word ‘Epidemiology’, it’s not about a mechanism

As an educational piece, it’s an interesting insight into the progressive collapse we’re all now experiencing.

In my last note on Movie Series, I forgot to mention an important one. It came up last night while watching one of the entries in the Star Trek Series.

Star Trek (Movies from the original series)

1. Star Trek II - Wrath of Khan

by far the best of all of the entries … it is completely engaging and worth rewatching.

2/3. Star Trek 3/6

I can’t decide between these two. Both were good, though no where near as good as Wrath of Khan

4/5. Star Trek 4/5

Again, I can’t decide between the two, except I found both disappointing.

2. Star Trek 1

The worst of the series. I thought they’d killed it with this one.

Interesting! Need I say more?

I hadn’t tried Echolink before, but decided last night I’d do what I needed to do to get it running. After editing three firewalls, adjusting a bunch of parameters, and more, I finally got it running … at least one one platform.

I downloaded Echolink for Windows and EchoMac for my Macintosh. I got both to work, but the only contacts I was able to make were on Windows. I still can’t figure out why EchoMac isn’t making contacts, if for no other reason than the fact that the Windows version is running in a Virtual Windows environment on my Mac laptop!

No matter though, I spoke to New Zealand (ZL1SLO), Croatia, Netherlands, and Portland Oregon (KB7WUK). This is great. It looks like I’ve got something more to try out and find new ways to use it. I wonder if this might be a good way to talk to students when I teach the HF Digital Course? Interesting idea!