Comments for sardonick http://motespace.com/blog Disclaimer: The following web space does not contain my own opinions, but merely linguistic representations thereof. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:25:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on I can has consciousness? by batman http://motespace.com/blog/2007/11/28/i-can-has-consciousness/#comment-24455 batman Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:08:09 +0000 http://motespace.com/blog/2007/11/28/i-can-has-consciousness/#comment-24455 in my social psych class, we read an article that discussed a couple of relevant ideas. the first is that of transitive memory-that often humans don't remember information so much as where information is stored, particularly stored in other humans. E.G. I don't remember what the process for getting a purchase reimbursement is, but Mel over in accounting does. The other important point is that, on average, humans can maintain relationships with about 150 people (actually it might have been 300, but it think 150). If a group grows beyond that size, it is no longer possible for everyone to know each other. Interestingly, when Amish communities (which, to my knowledge, have little exposure to social psychology publications) grow beyond that size, they split. And some company was mentioned in the article, I think it was Columbia sportswear, operates as lots of micro-companies, in close proximity to each other, say with a parking lot between them, but each smaller than the 150 person limit. Conventional wisdom is that would make for a very ineffecient management model, but they find it increases productivity dramatically. You end up with a small-world graph. Lots of tightly interconnected cliques, with a few connections between cliques, but the graph width is still very low: probably 2, maybe 3. in my social psych class, we read an article that discussed a couple of relevant ideas. the first is that of transitive memory-that often humans don’t remember information so much as where information is stored, particularly stored in other humans. E.G. I don’t remember what the process for getting a purchase reimbursement is, but Mel over in accounting does. The other important point is that, on average, humans can maintain relationships with about 150 people (actually it might have been 300, but it think 150). If a group grows beyond that size, it is no longer possible for everyone to know each other. Interestingly, when Amish communities (which, to my knowledge, have little exposure to social psychology publications) grow beyond that size, they split. And some company was mentioned in the article, I think it was Columbia sportswear, operates as lots of micro-companies, in close proximity to each other, say with a parking lot between them, but each smaller than the 150 person limit. Conventional wisdom is that would make for a very ineffecient management model, but they find it increases productivity dramatically. You end up with a small-world graph. Lots of tightly interconnected cliques, with a few connections between cliques, but the graph width is still very low: probably 2, maybe 3.

]]> Comment on The Windhover by wil http://motespace.com/blog/2007/10/13/the-windhover/#comment-22293 wil Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:07:26 +0000 http://motespace.com/blog/2007/10/13/the-windhover/#comment-22293 always in support of "manley" poetry. (in reference to above pun: i am a master of the written language.) always in support of “manley” poetry.

(in reference to above pun: i am a master of the written language.)

]]> Comment on Newspapers, Magazines, and Books by micfo http://motespace.com/blog/2005/10/19/newspapers-magazines-and-books/#comment-22160 micfo Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:48:28 +0000 http://fairuz.isi.edu/blog/index.php/archives/2005/10/19/newspapers-magazines-and-books/#comment-22160 Magazine has a shelf life, people often read it. If you put ads in magazine there are more chances that people will see your ads. -Bob Magazine has a shelf life, people often read it. If you put ads in magazine there are more chances that people will see your ads.
-Bob

]]> Comment on Building a Smarter Feedreader by Matt http://motespace.com/blog/2007/02/10/building-a-smarter-feedreader/#comment-21525 Matt Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:45:25 +0000 http://fairuz.isi.edu/blog/index.php/2007/02/10/building-a-smarter-feedreader/#comment-21525 Hello, You know what is really frustrating sometimes with RSS. It is that some readers will render a RSS feed one way and another will render the same RSS feed another way. It is very tough these days to make all the RSS reader happy due to the quick and recent evolution of the tehnology I have found. Matt Hello,

You know what is really frustrating sometimes with RSS. It is that some readers will render a RSS feed one way and another will render the same RSS feed another way. It is very tough these days to make all the RSS reader happy due to the quick and recent evolution of the tehnology I have found.

Matt

]]> Comment on Elevator Spam by mote http://motespace.com/blog/2005/07/11/elevator-spam/#comment-20385 mote Tue, 27 Mar 2007 03:44:48 +0000 http://fairuz.isi.edu/blog/index.php/archives/2005/07/11/elevator-spam/#comment-20385 Hehe, thanks "Your Mom". I think that's the best comment i've EVER received on my blog. You brightened my day. Hehe, thanks “Your Mom”. I think that’s the best comment i’ve EVER received on my blog. You brightened my day.

]]> Comment on Elevator Spam by your mom http://motespace.com/blog/2005/07/11/elevator-spam/#comment-20382 your mom Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:49:43 +0000 http://fairuz.isi.edu/blog/index.php/archives/2005/07/11/elevator-spam/#comment-20382 get over it. quit crying. buy something and shut up. get over it. quit crying. buy something and shut up.

]]> Comment on Darjeeling Oolongs by Ankit Lochan http://motespace.com/blog/2007/02/28/darjeeling-oolongs/#comment-15292 Ankit Lochan Sun, 04 Mar 2007 03:48:58 +0000 http://fairuz.isi.edu/blog/index.php/2007/02/28/darjeeling-oolongs/#comment-15292 Thanks Nick, your testing comments are very exacting. Ankit Lochan Thanks Nick, your testing comments are very exacting.

Ankit Lochan

]]> Comment on Darjeeling Oolongs by Phyll http://motespace.com/blog/2007/02/28/darjeeling-oolongs/#comment-15152 Phyll Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:20:16 +0000 http://fairuz.isi.edu/blog/index.php/2007/02/28/darjeeling-oolongs/#comment-15152 I love your tasting note, I love the design of your blog, and I love the linguistic representations of your opinions! I am about to post this on T Ching. Thank you. I love your tasting note, I love the design of your blog, and I love the linguistic representations of your opinions! I am about to post this on T Ching. Thank you.

]]> Comment on Finishing up the semester. by the wife http://motespace.com/blog/2006/12/04/finishing-up-the-semester/#comment-7427 the wife Tue, 05 Dec 2006 07:37:12 +0000 http://fairuz.isi.edu/blog/index.php/2006/12/04/finishing-up-the-semester/#comment-7427 Congrats, Nick, for finishing the semester! =) Congrats, Nick,
for finishing the semester! =)

]]> Comment on break from the hiatus by mote http://motespace.com/blog/2006/10/27/break-from-the-hiatus/#comment-5669 mote Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:56:44 +0000 http://fairuz.isi.edu/blog/index.php/2006/10/27/break-from-the-hiatus/#comment-5669 Yeah, dude. We're enemies now! Yeah, dude. We’re enemies now!

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