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Dave Bacon is a theoretical ski bum who is also a pseudo professor. 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.)
Nothing he says on this blog should be construed as having anything to do with his employer or his dog.
May 31, 2008
Category: Quantum Basterdizations
Sometimes you find one that is just so over the top that it brings a smile to your face. It starts out okay,The doughnut shaped universe spinning about a central axis of quantum singularity India Daily Technology Team May 26,...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 1:50 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 30, 2008
Category: Geology
The scientific data, it wants to be free! San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth: "You are currently viewing Hole E - Run 1 - Section 1" Cool....
Posted by Dave Bacon at 12:00 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 28, 2008
Category: Biology
Bill Gates thinks that robots are at the equivalent stage that computers were when he and Paul Allen and a ton of hobbyists helped fuel the PC revolution. But is he right? Here is a radical proposal: might not bioengineering...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 6:54 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 27, 2008
Category: Computer Science
A story, from Jeff Silverman: Whenever you build an airplane, you have to make sure that each part weighs no more than allocated by the designers, and you have to control where the weight it located to keep the center...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 11:37 PM • 16 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Behavior
For fun, answer the following in the comment section, without reading what others have left in the comment section: Linda is 31 years old, single, outspoken, and very bright. She majored in philosophy. As a student, she was deeply concerned...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 9:01 PM • 30 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Self: Meet Center. Center: Meet Self.
I am now the sum of the first four positive factorials of positive numbers! The most depressing thing about the age of thirty three was that Alexander the Great died at 33. Dude, to be 33 and not have people...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 12:05 PM • 17 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 24, 2008
From the Uncyclopedia entry on computers:How Computers Work Inside a computer case is a midget that intakes power and outputs graphics. On an average computer, this is an average male midget. High end computers contain baby giraffes or sometimes Links...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 9:00 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 23, 2008
Category: Self: Meet Center. Center: Meet Self.
They grow up so fast......
Posted by Dave Bacon at 5:55 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 22, 2008
Category: Physics
Does anyone know if any author has ever had a paper published in the entire alphabet of Physical Reviews? (A,B,C,D,E) And if not, doesn't that sound like a fun task to try to achieve. OK, perhaps "fun" is the wrong...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 8:09 PM • 19 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Art
The telectroscope:Hardly anyone knows that a secret tunnel runs deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean. In May 2008, more than a century after it was begun, the tunnel will finally be completed. Immediately afterwards, an extraordinary optical device called a Telectroscope...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 4:07 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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