Natura in reticulum sua genera connexit, non in catenam; homines non possunt nisi catenam sequi, cum non plura simul possint sermone exponere.
- Albrecht von Haller
Nature connects its categories in a network, not a chain; people can’t follow anything but chains, for they can’t express several things simultaneously in words. (very rough translation, subject to correction from my betters)
Could that possibly be "nisi" not "misi?"
Posted by: Pascale Soleil at November 10, 2003 05:31 PMCertaimly!
Posted by: AKMA at November 10, 2003 10:35 PMlinked, by barbasi makes it clear that networks are an actual fact, not just a theory but the way you can map the tracks of an infection as it spreads throughout society or the growth of something like the growth of traffic on yahoo. non linear connections are the way life connects. btw, been linking your stuff onto our site. we are starting a blogging network.
Posted by: kevin jones at November 11, 2003 10:06 PMIsn't a network just a bunch of chains of various lengths? An association is a minimal chain; a network is an agglomeration of associations, yes? We may experience a bunch of associations in a seeming explosion, but aren't they each still linear? I do mean this as a question.
Posted by: Lawrie Hunter at November 13, 2003 05:42 AMEarlier I mentioned that variables can live in two different places. We're going to examine these two places one at a time, and we're going to start on the more familiar ground, which is called the Stack. Understanding the stack helps us understand the way programs run, and also helps us understand scope a little better.
Posted by: Hieronimus at January 12, 2004 08:58 PMEarlier I mentioned that variables can live in two different places. We're going to examine these two places one at a time, and we're going to start on the more familiar ground, which is called the Stack. Understanding the stack helps us understand the way programs run, and also helps us understand scope a little better.
Posted by: Ingram at January 12, 2004 08:58 PMBut some variables are immortal. These variables are declared outside of blocks, outside of functions. Since they don't have a block to exist in they are called global variables (as opposed to local variables), because they exist in all blocks, everywhere, and they never go out of scope. Although powerful, these kinds of variables are generally frowned upon because they encourage bad program design.
Posted by: Tobias at January 12, 2004 08:58 PM