Theoretical Musings
Dave Bacon is a theoretical ski bum who is also an assistant research professor at the University of Washington in Seattle. His research is on quantum computing, his scientific passions extend to everything in physics, mathematics, computer science and beyond, and his personal pleasures include making wine, playing poker, skiing, camping, and daydreaming (although not all of those at the same time.)
January 31, 2008
Category: Science
I enjoy reviewing papers even knowing it sucks up too much of my time. I mean what better way is there to get out any inner angst than to take it out on the writers of a sub par paper?...
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January 29, 2008
Category: The Loony Bin Called Academia
Blue Monday, which was January 21, of this year, is supposedly (and I say supposedly when I might have better said, erroneously) the most depressing day of the year. Now there are plenty of reasons given for this: you finally...
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January 28, 2008
Category: Science
The CRA Policy Blog has the latest info on the impact of the underfunding of science in the budget. In particularNSF will likely fund 1,000 fewer research grants in FY 08 than planned and the average award size will be...
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Category: Stone Sculpture
What will it become?...
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January 24, 2008
Category: Quantum
Michael sends me a link to an article with the name of the new James Bond movie: Quantum of Solace. If compassion is quantized (down that path leads madness), I really hope I'm in a region where the correspondence principle...
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January 23, 2008
Category: Caltech
Fortune has put out its list of the top 100 companies to work for. The Google Monster is number one. Washington state does pretty good, as it is in a tie for fourth in the total number of companies on...
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January 21, 2008
Category: Physics
A while ago a message from Kris Krogh appeared on Scirate.com about ariXiv:0712.3934 stating Kris' belief that the paper appeared under a pseudonym (the comment contains the contents of the link which was sent to the arxiv's administrator.) Today I...
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Category: Politics
Craig Barrett, the chairman of Intel has a scathing op-ed in the San Fransisco Chronicle on the recent spending omnibus and its effect on science funding (via Computing Research Policy Blog): What are they thinking? When will they wake up?...
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Category: Wine
This weekend was "bottling weekend." Here is one of the final products: That's right, the Villa Sophia, 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon "Gruccia" has found its way, with a little labor on my part, out of the carboys and into the bottle....
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January 18, 2008
Category: Biology
California company claims steps in human cloning. Witch burning outside of their laboratory to follow this evening....
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