On Oct 21, 2010, at 1:27 PM, Ray F. Cowan wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I'm at home with some sort of flu & fever this morning, so I'm going to > need to miss our LQS meeting today. The new ReadyTalk conference system > requires that one caller enter the chairperson code before the conference > will start--anyone can do this. You'll here a prompt to press "*" if > no chair code has yet been entered. Do that, then enter chair code 5639# > and the conference will start up in "listen only" mode. Press "*2" and it > will then start the conference. > > My apologies for missing the meeting, but I really need to recover a bit. > > Thanks very much, > --Ray > > > On Wed, 20 Oct 2010, Ray F. Cowan wrote: > >> Hi Everyone, >> >> ** NOTE NEW CALL-IN INFORMATION BELOW ** >> >> Our next weekly LQS meeting is at 2 PM Eastern time Thursday, October 21. >> >> We'll discuss the article in Nature Physics 6, 744 (2010) on "Emergent complex >> neural dynamics" by Dante Chialvo. This article discusses some half-dozen >> issues at the frontiers of neuroscience studies of the brain. Emergent >> behavior arising from the interactions of the 100 billion neurons and 100 >> trillion synapses is considered. The article is attached. You can also >> download it from http://dmtpc.mit.edu/MaKaC/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=445. >> >> Meeting info: >> >> Dial-in: >> SLAC is transitioning to a new conference system. Dial-in is now toll-free >> from both the U.S. and most countries. Instructions: >> >> Passcode: 3144955 >> From the U.S or Canada: toll-free 866-740-1260. >> Int'l dial-in (toll-free): http://www.readytalk.com/support/intl >> >> The chair code is 5639. >> Note that when the chair leaves the conference, the call ends, and >> everyone remaining on the line will be disconnected. >> >> Agenda: >> >> 1) Round-table reports. >> 2) Discussion of arXiv:1009.4184 >> >> Thank you, >> --Ray >>