Re: Two neat things from a talk on graphics and grammar

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I'm excited for this Crowley project.


Posted by: Counterfly | Link to this comment | 01-18-07 2:53 PM
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Can't believe I haven't ever linked to Gapminder. Here's one pretty interesting progression (click Play), showing birth rates over the past 40 years in the US, China, and Iran.


Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 01-18-07 3:01 PM
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I took a screenwriting class from Crowley in college. Heckuvah teacher! (I, however, am not a heckuvah screenwriter.)


Posted by: Josh | Link to this comment | 01-18-07 3:13 PM
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I disliked Crowley's Lord Byron's Novel, even though it was very good in many ways.


Posted by: Jackmormon | Link to this comment | 01-18-07 3:24 PM
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Life expectancy vs. fertility is definitely a good graph to look at. Watch how China moves between 1960 and 1965! But at what happens if you substitute in the population axis; it doesn't move much on in that dimension at all.


Posted by: rob helpy-chalk | Link to this comment | 01-18-07 4:04 PM
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Well, it moves little if you switch to lin.


Posted by: rob helpy-chalk | Link to this comment | 01-18-07 4:05 PM
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1: Really? It looks kind of silly to me.


Posted by: ben w-lfs-n | Link to this comment | 01-18-07 5:23 PM
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ben, I like accordions!


Posted by: Cala | Link to this comment | 01-18-07 5:25 PM
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Cala, that's excellent!


Posted by: ben w-lfs-n | Link to this comment | 01-18-07 5:28 PM
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I am still shocked!

Seriously, great work on the show.


Posted by: Cala | Link to this comment | 01-18-07 5:30 PM
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Thanks.


Posted by: ben w-lfs-n | Link to this comment | 01-18-07 5:34 PM
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Neurath is my favorite logical positivist, that's for sure.


Posted by: John Emerson | Link to this comment | 01-18-07 5:45 PM
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12: But how was he on the accordion?


Posted by: rob helpy-chalk | Link to this comment | 01-18-07 8:49 PM
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More members of the Crowley Cabal, hurrah!

(JM, The Translator is probably the most accessible; Little, Big is the one that will be around for centuries if there is any justice; the Aegypt sequence is rather daunting; while of the early, more clearly sf-nal novels, Engine Summer is the one that still stays with me nearly 20 years after I first read it.)


Posted by: Doug | Link to this comment | 01-19-07 4:52 AM
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It's only silly if you dislike fine editions of good books. I suppose it also depends how you feel about Peter Milton.


Posted by: Counterfly | Link to this comment | 01-19-07 9:14 AM
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Crowley is one of my favorite writers, but _Aegypt_ was probably the least enjoyable book I ever finished reading.

In emotional impact/word, I'd say _Engine Summer_ is actually better than _Little, Big_.


Posted by: rilkefan | Link to this comment | 01-19-07 9:59 AM
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