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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Skylines...


26 comments:

DaveO said...

Almost like spiders weaving madly to keep back the cloud.

Spockgirl said...

Hmm... All I was thinking when I looked up was... this looks weird, I have to take a picture.

DaveO said...

Glad you did. The cloud now looks like a battering ram rolling up to the webbic gate.

Spockgirl said...

Heh... I'm still just fixated on the lines.

DaveO said...

You focus on what is in front of you, is solid even if doesn't restrain the cloud.

I focus on the cloud, which is in the distance, isn't solid, and just rolls along.

Heh

Spockgirl said...

In this case, and presently, yes, but for others I look at things beyond the beyond, inside and out, backwards and forwards.

DaveO said...

Your method sounds vaguely medical.

Spockgirl said...

Sort of heuristic, except perhaps when studying the abstract.

DaveO said...

For your method to be even sort of heuristic, you imply prior knowledge and experience of the subject under study.

Spockgirl said...

I believe you to be incorrect sir. An heuristic approach to analysis can be applied to any subject under study where a solution to a problem is being sought, whether with or without knowledge or experience in said field of study.

DaveO said...

By definition, an heuristic approach is applying knowledge and experience gained earlier to a new problem. Shorter: 'trial and error.'

Or, are you meaning the second definition, which involves self-learning as exploration of the problem progresses?

Spockgirl said...

Shall I call you Webster?

Who gives order to definitions?

My interpretation of the definition works. One can still use trial and error as a method of analysis with a basic knowledge of a subject matter, thereby gaining experience through self-learning. How's that for you?

DaveO said...

It works like a horse-drawn cart.

:D

Spockgirl said...

My definition or my method in practice?

DaveO said...

Calling me Webster.

Your definition and method work so long as the issue, or whatever, is resolved to your satisfaction.

Merriam.

Spockgirl said...

The problem is that more often than not, at least in my case, satisfaction requires complete resolution.

DaveO said...

Why is that?

Spockgirl said...

You don't think so?

I guess because I'm weird.

DaveO said...

No, my question is why do you feel the need for your solution to be complete.

Not a weirdity on your part, just a curiosity on my part.

Spockgirl said...

Uh... sorry about that. My question "You don't think so?" was referring to my bit there "satisfaction requires complete resolution." Was just inquiring as to your perspective, or whether you agreed or disagreed with my position.

DaveO said...

Cheekiness aside, IMO your satisfaction is paramount. Not necessarily attainable, but still top of the heap.

The point of my question was to draw you into conversation on your need for completeness.

As for me, completeness is an impossibility. For every issue, any situation, as we move through time, the basics change. Perception mutates, and solutions present themselves rather like a kaliedoscope: not necessarily random, but also incomplete and only in the moment.

Spockgirl said...

If I have no expectations, then satisfaction is a moot point... for most things.

Yes, I know that is what you were doing.

Although you may not think so, I agree with that last bit. My problem is that 40 years is a hell of a long time to go without a mutation in perception... or existence for that matter. I liken this to a Sudoku puzzle.

DaveO said...

You are fortunate. You lack the haughty and self-righteousness of most folks who go decades without changing their perceptions.

Wouldn't you recognition of not changing be proof that you have changed [enough to recognize you haven't changed]?

Never played, nor displayed an interest in Soduku, or Count Duku either.

Spockgirl said...

Perhaps it is because my personal perceptions and perspective have always been with a wide-angled lens.

Only started playing Sudoku last year. I have found that it allows me to use the bread and butter part of my brain which I have been losing in the past few years.

Count Duku? Star Wars? How about Eliza Dushku?

DaveO said...

I have a restraining order on Ms Dushku. She wields a vicious light sabre.

Spockgirl said...

In your dreams maybe.