Category Archives: Simulation

Sunrise from the front porch

Posted on January 28, 2011 by

Sunrise from the front porch Originally uploaded by XhyraGraf And on the seventh hour She rested… Something appropriate about this picture because the sun was coming up like a big bald head [I wonder if anyone will get that reference] … Continue reading →

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Need Machinima assistance in Second Life-February 2011

Posted on December 8, 2010 by

I need some help making a good record of the use the computer setup and the software demo at Flinders University Island and an in-world presentation of a paper about it. I would like to begin planning next month and … Continue reading →

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Turing Church Online Workshop

Posted on November 22, 2010 by

A day later than when I said I would post and succumbing to my general lack of time, I will just copy my google group post regarding the Turing Church Online Workshop: I think organization is needed because of my … Continue reading →

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Cosmoscope II

Posted on June 11, 2010 by

From Chalmers’ Locke Lectures, Oxford 2010: Definitional Scrutability: All truths logically entailed by base truths and definitions. Analytic Scrutability: All truths analytically entailed by base truths. Primitive Scrutability: All truths a priori (analytically?) scrutable from truths involving primitive concepts. ____________________________________________________________________ … Continue reading →

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Cosmoscope

Posted on May 27, 2010 by

From Chalmers’ Locke Lectures, Oxford 2010: P: microphysical/macrophysical truths in (final plus classical) physical vocabulary. Q: phenomenal truths (optional: secondary quality truths, intentional truths). T: a that’s-all truth I: indexical truths PQTI: P, Q, T, I plus laws/counterfactuals in PQTI … Continue reading →

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Random thoughts, 16 blocks and Defying Gravity

Posted on May 22, 2010 by

So I sit to begin this post and dare myself not to edit it when I’m done.  I had the deja vu feeling as I thought about writing it.  Of course, I attribute my deja vu feelings to the inordinate … Continue reading →

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The VR Thing

Posted on May 17, 2010 by

To pick up from here:  What’s the importance of the VR, specifically Second Life? Is it just that it’s more practical than creating big ass sculpture in real life?1 There’s About the Xhyra Graf. It is what I came up … Continue reading →

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