Comments for Another Blasted Weblog http://jeremycherfas.net/wp I never touched it, honest! Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:58:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Unapologetic by Gordeaux http://jeremycherfas.net/wp/Archive/2008/07/04/unapologetic/#comment-10849 Gordeaux Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:48:18 +0000 http://jeremycherfas.net/wp/Archive/2008/07/04/unapologetic/#comment-10849 Short answer? Because for all our enormous achievements as human beings, on some level we've barely evolved past yeast. What's the first thing yeast does when given a salutary environment? The population expands past carrying capacity until the environment is too befouled and the resources too exhausted to support the population -- which crashes. Our history has been one long struggle to evade carrying capacity... but then we expand past it... hence our need to disprove Malthus... oh, about generationally, these days.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('10849','Gordeaux'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('10849','Gordeaux','Short answer? Because for all our enormous achievements as human beings, on some level we\'ve barely evolved past yeast.\r\n\r\nWhat\'s the first thing yeast does when given a salutary environment? The population expands past carrying capacity until the environment is too befouled and the resources too exhausted to support the population -- which crashes.\r\n\r\nOur history has been one long struggle to evade carrying capacity... but then we expand past it... hence our need to disprove Malthus... oh, about generationally, these days.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Short answer? Because for all our enormous achievements as human beings, on some level we’ve barely evolved past yeast.

What’s the first thing yeast does when given a salutary environment? The population expands past carrying capacity until the environment is too befouled and the resources too exhausted to support the population — which crashes.

Our history has been one long struggle to evade carrying capacity… but then we expand past it… hence our need to disprove Malthus… oh, about generationally, these days.

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]]> Comment on Obliging as ever by Jonathan Eisen http://jeremycherfas.net/wp/Archive/2008/07/03/obliging-as-ever/#comment-10847 Jonathan Eisen Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:12:30 +0000 http://jeremycherfas.net/wp/Archive/2008/07/03/obliging-as-ever/#comment-10847 I thank you for helping. The Tree of Life thanks you too Jonathan<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('10847','Jonathan Eisen'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('10847','Jonathan Eisen','I thank you for helping. The Tree of Life thanks you too\r\n\r\nJonathan'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I thank you for helping. The Tree of Life thanks you too

Jonathan

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]]> Comment on Obliging as ever by Jeremy http://jeremycherfas.net/wp/Archive/2008/07/03/obliging-as-ever/#comment-10846 Jeremy Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:24:46 +0000 http://jeremycherfas.net/wp/Archive/2008/07/03/obliging-as-ever/#comment-10846 A little progress, yes. I plan to write a long post, just as soon as I can find time to think.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('10846','Jeremy'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('10846','Jeremy','A little progress, yes. I plan to write a long post, just as soon as I can find time to think.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> A little progress, yes. I plan to write a long post, just as soon as I can find time to think.
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]]> Comment on Obliging as ever by Duncan Hull http://jeremycherfas.net/wp/Archive/2008/07/03/obliging-as-ever/#comment-10845 Duncan Hull Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:57:51 +0000 http://jeremycherfas.net/wp/Archive/2008/07/03/obliging-as-ever/#comment-10845 Yeah, spread the Tree of Life "Link Love" Google juice! P.S. Any progress on your cytochrome stuff? Did the authors get back to you?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('10845','Duncan Hull'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('10845','Duncan Hull','Yeah, spread the Tree of Life \"Link Love\" Google juice! \r\n\r\nP.S. Any progress on your cytochrome stuff? Did the authors get back to you?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Yeah, spread the Tree of Life “Link Love” Google juice!

P.S. Any progress on your cytochrome stuff? Did the authors get back to you?

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]]> Comment on Does my blog look good in this? by Wren http://jeremycherfas.net/wp/Archive/2008/06/25/does-my-blog-look-good-in-this/#comment-10844 Wren Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:49:12 +0000 http://jeremycherfas.net/wp/Archive/2008/06/25/does-my-blog-look-good-in-this/#comment-10844 I like the simple, clean look you've got going here, Jeremy, and I like the vast white space, which is easy on the eye. However, you strike me as a colorful and artistic sort of person, and so I'm wondering what glorious creative impulses you're holding back on. And wondering if holding back might give you ulcers? One thing I haven't learned yet (I'm considering taking a class at the local community college, though) is HTML and website design. My own blog is pretty uninteresting, design-wise, and yet I'm a graphic designer of the old school and an artist, as well. So I think it may be time to learn. Anyway -- this comment is about you and your good work. Long story short? Don't squash your creativity... :o)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('10844','Wren'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('10844','Wren','I like the simple, clean look you\'ve got going here, Jeremy, and I like the vast white space, which is easy on the eye. However, you strike me as a colorful and artistic sort of person, and so I\'m wondering what glorious creative impulses you\'re holding back on. And wondering if holding back might give you ulcers? One thing I haven\'t learned yet (I\'m considering taking a class at the local community college, though) is HTML and website design. My own blog is pretty uninteresting, design-wise, and yet I\'m a graphic designer of the old school and an artist, as well. So I think it may be time to learn. Anyway -- this comment is about you and your good work. Long story short? Don\'t squash your creativity... :o)'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I like the simple, clean look you’ve got going here, Jeremy, and I like the vast white space, which is easy on the eye. However, you strike me as a colorful and artistic sort of person, and so I’m wondering what glorious creative impulses you’re holding back on. And wondering if holding back might give you ulcers? One thing I haven’t learned yet (I’m considering taking a class at the local community college, though) is HTML and website design. My own blog is pretty uninteresting, design-wise, and yet I’m a graphic designer of the old school and an artist, as well. So I think it may be time to learn. Anyway — this comment is about you and your good work. Long story short? Don’t squash your creativity… :o)
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