http://blog.metasd.com/2008/11/my-bathtub-is-nonlinear/ Don't just do something, stand there! (Sometimes good policy in complex systems is counterintuitive) Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:00:47 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://blog.metasd.com/2008/11/my-bathtub-is-nonlinear/comment-page-1/#comment-135 Tom Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:44:18 +0000 http://blog.metasd.com/2008/11/11/my-bathtub-is-nonlinear/#comment-135 Well ... I actually flipflopped on the title a bit, because a linear decline in water level implies a nonlinear depth-volume relationship and/or drain behavior (or a constant outflow, but that's not very likely). I could have said, "my bathtub is both" but that wouldn't have been very catchy. I think you came up with some better words ... watch for another bathtub post ... Well … I actually flipflopped on the title a bit, because a linear decline in water level implies a nonlinear depth-volume relationship and/or drain behavior (or a constant outflow, but that’s not very likely). I could have said, “my bathtub is both” but that wouldn’t have been very catchy. I think you came up with some better words … watch for another bathtub post …

]]> http://blog.metasd.com/2008/11/my-bathtub-is-nonlinear/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Nathan Myers Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:20:42 +0000 http://blog.metasd.com/2008/11/11/my-bathtub-is-nonlinear/#comment-134 Seems like the title's wrong: your bathtub, or anyway your bathtub drain, is <i>manifestly</i>, measurably, indeed measuredly, linear. Do you wish it wasn't? Seems like the title’s wrong: your bathtub, or anyway your bathtub drain, is manifestly, measurably, indeed measuredly, linear. Do you wish it wasn’t?

]]> http://blog.metasd.com/2008/11/my-bathtub-is-nonlinear/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Bill Harris Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:45:39 +0000 http://blog.metasd.com/2008/11/11/my-bathtub-is-nonlinear/#comment-132 Cool idea! System dynamics a la Seth Roberts (http://blog.sethroberts.net/): self-experimentation. Cool idea! System dynamics a la Seth Roberts (http://blog.sethroberts.net/): self-experimentation.

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