<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358823616508684659.post4749566154574365588..comments</id><updated>2007-10-24T21:04:02.645-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Optimizing the world: Someone call the nut house</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.simonfl.com/feeds/4749566154574365588/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8358823616508684659/4749566154574365588/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.simonfl.com/2007/10/someone-call-nut-house.html'/><author><name>simonfl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01710187988499098321</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358823616508684659.post-4643815129876883688</id><published>2007-10-24T21:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-24T21:04:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Making a complete model would be quite difficult b...</title><content type='html'>Making a complete model would be quite difficult because you have to account for so many things, like there may be more than one bus that passes at that corner which would make t depend on another bus so you would need to come up with something for the whole bus network. Plus, some people could also decide to just stay home, etc. Basically you'll end up with a differential equation that takes up a whole page with plenty of initial conditions. Oh, the joy of differential equations...</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8358823616508684659/4749566154574365588/comments/default/4643815129876883688'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8358823616508684659/4749566154574365588/comments/default/4643815129876883688'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.simonfl.com/2007/10/someone-call-nut-house.html?showComment=1193285040000#c4643815129876883688' title=''/><author><name>Jonathan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03085513400451573447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.simonfl.com/2007/10/someone-call-nut-house.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358823616508684659.post-4749566154574365588' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8358823616508684659/posts/default/4749566154574365588' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>