"An algorithm must be seen to be believed." (106)
A long, long long, long day. And I fear tomorrow will be longer. Weather? That is the tradition, yes. Sunny today and a high of 57˚F.
Few people seem to suspect how important tradition is to me.
Most of the day, hours and hours, was spent revising the text of MP2 and getting serious about the phylogenetics section. Late in day, a string of phone conversations with Mike Polcyn began, as he'd worked out an algorithm to provide constraint for the PAUP4 analysis, so that only topologies will be generated that recognize a certain genus as monophyletic. A good deal of time was spent with me sitting here, listening to him code. Today, I'm running the the analysis again, with the constraint, and then I have to begin writing the phylogenetic section of the paper, including the rationale for the constraint. It will be a very long and tedious day.
Science can be tedious, but through tedium lies revelation.
I mean that.
This afternoon's film was J.J. Abrams Star Trek (2009). The movie was really only an excuse to permit myself a two-hour break from the work.
Please have a look at the Big Cartel shop. The spice must flow.
Later Tater Beans,
Aunt Beast
8:41 p.m.
Few people seem to suspect how important tradition is to me.
Most of the day, hours and hours, was spent revising the text of MP2 and getting serious about the phylogenetics section. Late in day, a string of phone conversations with Mike Polcyn began, as he'd worked out an algorithm to provide constraint for the PAUP4 analysis, so that only topologies will be generated that recognize a certain genus as monophyletic. A good deal of time was spent with me sitting here, listening to him code. Today, I'm running the the analysis again, with the constraint, and then I have to begin writing the phylogenetic section of the paper, including the rationale for the constraint. It will be a very long and tedious day.
Science can be tedious, but through tedium lies revelation.
I mean that.
This afternoon's film was J.J. Abrams Star Trek (2009). The movie was really only an excuse to permit myself a two-hour break from the work.
Please have a look at the Big Cartel shop. The spice must flow.
Later Tater Beans,
Aunt Beast
8:41 p.m.