#infoAnarchy Chump Archives for 2004, 2005

http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0503451
posted by ^matthew at 2005-04-12 16:24

^matthew: "We introduce and solve analytically a model for the development of disparate social classes in a competitive population. Individuals advance their fitness by competing against those in lower classes, and in parallel, individuals decline due to inactivity. We find a phase transition from a homogeneous, single-class society to a hierarchical, multi-class society. In the latter case, a finite fraction of the population still belongs to the lower clas
^matthew: This paper purports to mathematically prove what every person who bothered to think about it already knew: competition makes people poor.
^matthew: Kurt: You might benefit from reading this.
pretender: "While the lower class is still static, it is not as destitute as in the homogeneous society phase"
simmo: Kurt can read?

Wikipedia -- first with the news
posted by simmo at 2005-04-12 15:09

Dead head theft
posted by ^matthew at 2005-04-12 14:49

^matthew: " Authorities are not sure of the motive of the crime. Court documents said the suspect allegedly talked of using the man's head as a bong or a pipe for smoking marijuana."

1000baseT to 1000baseLX interface converter
posted by ^matthew at 2005-04-12 14:09

^matthew: this thing gives me the willies
simmo: distances up to 70km

(8 April) KLM flight to Mexico sent back by U.S. Homeland Security
posted by simmo at 2005-04-12 13:12

simmo: got pic of KLM 747 to donate to public domain?

Kerneltrap: linux: Managing the Kernel Source With 'git'
posted by eeeeeee at 2005-04-12 08:29

http://www.signal-9.net/rtfm.mp3
posted by slak at 2005-04-12 04:31