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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.
February 27, 2009
Category: Politics
On Morning Edition this morning, there was a story about the annual Conservative Political Action Conference which contained a line which made me guffaw:Representative Paul Ryan: "[rant on spending in stimulus plan]...$400 million dollars to study sexually transmitted diseases!" [rant...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 12:06 PM • 36 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 26, 2009
Category: Go Ahead, Waste Your Time
For those scientists out on the job market this year, the following from TheLadders.com might be a little scary: Two annihilated industries and...science....
Posted by Dave Bacon at 12:34 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 25, 2009
Category: Quantum Computing
David Kribbs sends along info about a quantum information position at the University of Guelph:The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Guelph invites applications for a full-time tenure track position to start 1 July 2009 or thereafter,...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 1:46 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Physics
Zotero, a Firefox extension for managing research sources, has announced the release of Zotero 1.5 beta. I've heard good things from those who use Zotero. This major update adds some nifty synchronizing and automatic backup. The next step after this...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 11:16 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 23, 2009
Category: Self: Meet Center. Center: Meet Self.
For those local to Seattle, I'm talking tomorrow in the Paul Allen center:TIME: 1:30 -- 2:30 pm, Tuesday, Feb 24, 2009 PLACE: CSE 503 SPEAKER: Dave Bacon, University of Washington TITLE: Symmetry in Quantum Algorithms ABSTRACT: Quantum computers can outperform...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 10:52 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Off The Deep End
Via Yglesias: Boy I didn't need to watch that after a rough day....
Posted by Dave Bacon at 8:36 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Quantum Computing
Quantum computing continues to grow in Canada. Congrats to the IQC at the University of Waterloo who now, truly are the center of the quantum computing universe:With matching funds from the province of Ontario and RIM founder Mike Lazaridis, University...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 4:57 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 21, 2009
Category: Go Ahead, Waste Your Time
Antenna on the Cheap (er, Chip) Pringles antenna. Billionaire Lifestyles: Checking In With Paul Allen and Charles Simonyi | Xconomy Simonyi is slated to make his second trip to the International Space Station aboard a Soyuz rocket on March...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 12:01 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 20, 2009
Category: Quantum Computing
With apologies to Radiohead's "There, there":in pitch dark i go walking in your codespace. broken errors trip me as i speak. just 'cause you don't see it doesn't mean it's not there. just 'cause you don't see it doesn't mean...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 4:36 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Okay, so keeping running notes on friendfeed isn't going to work for me. Just too hard to do this and make a readable record. Really we should just be taping the talks. Summary of day one below the fold (this...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 1:18 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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