I was saddened this morning to read that Prof. Claude Elwood Shannon
passed away last Saturday, at age 84. He is commonly called the Father
of Information Theory; we would not be reading this email today without
the application of the mathematical theorems and approaches that Prof.
Shannon first proposed.
Prof. Shannon had a wide-ranging mind, and found amusement in a number
of problem-solving and coordination activities. His Bell Labs obituary,
cited below, recalls him juggling while riding a unicycle down the halls
of Bell Labs. In the fall of 1973, he was one of the Founding Members of
the Unicycling Society of America.
As you go about your activities on your computer today, I ask that you
reflect on the many ways that your life and society as a whole have
changed due (in part) to the lifework of our fellow unicyclist, the late
Prof. Claude Shannon.
>I must report that Bell Labs is no longer a place where unicycling is allowed. >I have a (struggling) juggling club here and have been prevented from bringing >my uni into the building. Seems that insurance considerations take precedence >over creative outlets. <Sigh>. Safety first, I guess.
I am working for Shell in the Netherlands, and while I have never seriously
thought of unicycling at our premises (except in dreams), I have considered to
use the unicycle as a means of transport while on business travel. However, our
safety rules forbid that. Or, indeed, the rules say that business travel is only
to be undertaken using Shell-approved means of transport. I have never bothered
to look up the list of approved means of transport (of course I should have…)
but I’m pretty sure it does not include unicycles.
Klaas Bil
“To trigger/fool/saturate/overload Echelon, the following has been picked
automagically from a database:” “encryption, Air Force 1, biological warfare”
On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 11:53:32AM -0800, Craig Milo Rogers wrote: > I was saddened this morning to read that Prof. Claude Elwood Shannon > passed away last Saturday, at age 84. He is commonly called the Father > of Information Theory; we would not be reading this email today without > the application of the mathematical theorems and approaches that Prof. > Shannon first proposed. > > Prof. Shannon had a wide-ranging mind, and found amusement in a number > of problem-solving and coordination activities. His Bell Labs obituary, > cited below, recalls him juggling while riding a unicycle down the halls > of Bell Labs. In the fall of 1973, he was one of the Founding Members of > the Unicycling Society of America. > > As you go about your activities on your computer today, I ask that you > reflect on the many ways that your life and society as a whole have > changed due (in part) to the lifework of our fellow unicyclist, the late > Prof. Claude Shannon. > > http://www.bell-labs.com/news/2001/february/26/1.html > > Craig Milo Rogers
>I must report that Bell Labs is no longer a place where unicycling is
allowed. I >have a (struggling) juggling club here and have been prevented from bringing
my >uni into the building. Seems that insurance considerations take precedence
over >creative outlets. <Sigh>. Safety first, I guess.
Poor deprived people. Not only have I ridden inside my office, I have been
filmed for promotional video material riding around rather expensive and fragile
office computers. I use my unicycle to get to inner city client offices and
between departmental offices as well.
To cap it off though, our CEO wandered past, saw my uni and decided he wanted to
try unicycling (in the office of course I guess NZ doesn’t have the same
insurance concerns.
Peter
o o Peter Bier o O o Juggler, unicyclist and mathematician.
o/|\o peter_bier@usa.net
Ok, not about unicycling, but continuing the thread… anyone ever hear of
Shannon’s Juggling Theorm?
b/h=(d+f)/(d+e) where b = # of balls h = # of hands d = dwel time (amount of
time a ball spends in a hand between a catch and a throw f = flight time
(amount of time a ball is in the air between being thrown and caught) e =
empty time (amount of time between a throw and a catch that a hand is empty
>I sit in an office along the hallways that Shannon once graced on his uni. I am >a librarian and not a member of the science community here at Bell Labs and >have not been here long, so I did not know much about him prior to the news of >his death. I can report that a bust of him was installed on Jan 16, 2001 in our >main lobby. And needless to say, I had sometimes heard about the guy who used >to unicycle in the halls. Now I know who he was. > >I did a search of our photo archives, but came up with nothing that purports to >have Shannon while riding. > >I must report that Bell Labs is no longer a place where unicycling is allowed. >I have a (struggling) juggling club here and have been prevented from bringing >my uni into the building. Seems that insurance considerations take precedence >over creative outlets. <Sigh>. Safety first, I guess. > >We’ll all just have to heed Craig’s suggestion. > >Raphael Lasar Matawan, NJ > > >Craig Milo Rogers wrote: >> >> I was saddened this morning to read that Prof. Claude Elwood Shannon >> passed away last Saturday, at age 84. He is commonly called the >> Father of Information Theory; we would not be reading this email >> today without the application of the mathematical theorems and >> approaches that Prof. Shannon first proposed. >> >> Prof. Shannon had a wide-ranging mind, and found amusement in a >> number of problem-solving and coordination activities. His Bell Labs >> obituary, cited below, recalls him juggling while riding a unicycle >> down the halls of Bell Labs. In the fall of 1973, he was one of the >> Founding Members of the Unicycling Society of America. >> >> As you go about your activities on your computer today, I ask that >> you reflect on the many ways that your life and society as a whole >> have changed due (in part) to the lifework of our fellow unicyclist, >> the late Prof. Claude Shannon. >> >> http://www.bell-labs.com/news/2001/february/26/1.html >> >> Craig Milo Rogers
Ok, not about unicycling, but continuing the thread… anyone ever hear of
Shannon’s Juggling Theorm?
b/h=(d+f)/(d+e) where b = # of balls h = # of hands d = dwel time (amount of
time a ball spends in a hand between a catch and a throw f = flight time
(amount of time a ball is in the air between being thrown and caught) e =
empty time (amount of time between a throw and a catch that a hand is empty
>I sit in an office along the hallways that Shannon once graced on his
uni. I am >a librarian and not a member of the science community here at Bell Labs
and have >not been here long, so I did not know much about him prior to the news of his >death. I can report that a bust of him was installed on Jan 16, 2001 in our >main lobby. And needless to say, I had sometimes heard about the guy who
used to >unicycle in the halls. Now I know who he was. > >I did a search of our photo archives, but came up with nothing that
purports to >have Shannon while riding. > >I must report that Bell Labs is no longer a place where unicycling is
allowed. I >have a (struggling) juggling club here and have been prevented from
bringing my >uni into the building. Seems that insurance considerations take
precedence over >creative outlets. <Sigh>. Safety first, I guess. > >We’ll all just have to heed Craig’s suggestion. > >Raphael Lasar Matawan, NJ > > >Craig Milo Rogers wrote: >> >> I was saddened this morning to read that Prof. Claude Elwood Shannon >> passed away last Saturday, at age 84. He is commonly called the >> Father of Information Theory; we would not be reading this email >> today without the application of the mathematical theorems and >> approaches that Prof. Shannon first proposed. >> >> Prof. Shannon had a wide-ranging mind, and found amusement in a >> number of problem-solving and coordination activities. His Bell Labs >> obituary, cited below, recalls him juggling while riding a unicycle >> down the halls of Bell Labs. In the fall of 1973, he was one of the >> Founding Members of the Unicycling Society of America. >> >> As you go about your activities on your computer today, I ask that >> you reflect on the many ways that your life and society as a whole >> have changed due (in part) to the lifework of our fellow unicyclist, >> the late Prof. Claude Shannon. >> >> http://www.bell-labs.com/news/2001/february/26/1.html >> >> Craig Milo Rogers
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with some info on Shannon’s Theorum. Brian Dube (www.dube.com) also sells a
tee-shirt with the theorum on it.
On the subject of riding at work, when I was a younger man in the late 70s I had
a job working for the photo department of the Associated Press. It was pure
gopher work, but I did get to ride my unicycle when making deliveries of photos
to the NY Daily News and the NY Times. The Daily News guards made me leave the
uni in the lobby, but at the Times I took it up to the news desk offices and
even rode it once in a while up there. I must admit though that given Times
Square, NYC in the 70s, a unicyclist, even at midnight, did not really attract
much attention.
Raphael Lasar Matawan, NJ
Jeff Lutkus wrote: > > Ok, not about unicycling, but continuing the thread… anyone ever hear of > Shannon’s Juggling Theorm? > > b/h=(d+f)/(d+e) where b = # of balls h = # of hands d = dwel time (amount of > time a ball spends in a hand between a catch and a throw f = flight time > (amount of time a ball is in the air between being thrown and caught) e = > empty time (amount of time between a throw and a catch that a hand is empty
I sit in an office along the hallways that Shannon once graced on his uni. I am
a librarian and not a member of the science community here at Bell Labs and have
not been here long, so I did not know much about him prior to the news of his
death. I can report that a bust of him was installed on Jan 16, 2001 in our main
lobby. And needless to say, I had sometimes heard about the guy who used to
unicycle in the halls. Now I know who he was.
I did a search of our photo archives, but came up with nothing that purports to
have Shannon while riding.
I must report that Bell Labs is no longer a place where unicycling is allowed. I
have a (struggling) juggling club here and have been prevented from bringing my
uni into the building. Seems that insurance considerations take precedence over
creative outlets. <Sigh>. Safety first, I guess.
We’ll all just have to heed Craig’s suggestion.
Raphael Lasar Matawan, NJ
Craig Milo Rogers wrote: > > I was saddened this morning to read that Prof. Claude Elwood Shannon > passed away last Saturday, at age 84. He is commonly called the Father > of Information Theory; we would not be reading this email today > without the application of the mathematical theorems and approaches > that Prof. Shannon first proposed. > > Prof. Shannon had a wide-ranging mind, and found amusement in a number > of problem-solving and coordination activities. His Bell Labs > obituary, cited below, recalls him juggling while riding a unicycle > down the halls of Bell Labs. In the fall of 1973, he was one of the > Founding Members of the Unicycling Society of America. > > As you go about your activities on your computer today, I ask that you > reflect on the many ways that your life and society as a whole have > changed due (in part) to the lifework of our fellow unicyclist, the > late Prof. Claude Shannon. > > http://www.bell-labs.com/news/2001/february/26/1.html > > Craig Milo Rogers
I guess NZ doesn’t have the same