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Bing Zings Pontiff
Posted by Dave Bacon on June 1, 2009 So bing, Microsoft’s latest search engine, is up and running the tech word is a twitter. I checked it out and…well. On google when you search for “pontiff” my blog comes up as hit number five, after a few silly things like wikipedia entries and dictionary definitions (but no actual links to the *ahem* real…
Strip Malicious Mischief
Posted by Dave Bacon on May 26, 2009 Ah, the games people play: A 23-year-old Tacoma man and an 18-year-old Lakewood woman are suspected of throwing rocks from a railroad trestle onto at least 14 vehicles traveling southbound on Interstate 5 early Monday. … Investigators told KOMO-TV that the couple was playing a stripping game that involved each of them shedding a layer…
And Now a Commercial Break
Posted by Dave Bacon on May 26, 2009 This Intel ad cracks me up: Reminds me of the classic Onion: Stephen Jay Gould Speaks Out Against Science Paparazzi.
The Equilibrium Theory of Games
Posted by Dave Bacon on May 12, 2009 The other day I ran into a good friend from Tlön, who told me the most fascinating story about his discovery of a new theory of games.
An Identification Problem
Posted by Dave Bacon on May 5, 2009 Some quotes, with some substitutions, denoted by [], for the actual words: “The famous physicist Max Planck was talking about the resistance of the human mind, even the bright human mind, to new ideas…. And he said science advances one funeral at a time, and I think there’s a lot of truth to that and…
Laser Cutter Mario
Posted by Dave Bacon on May 3, 2009 Is the Super Mario Bros. theme song the most covered song ever? Via hacklab.to: lazzor music! from hypatia on Vimeo.
arXiview: A New iPhone App for the arXiv
Posted by Dave Bacon on April 15, 2009 Over 9 months ago I decided to apply for teaching tenure track jobs. Then the economy took what can best be described as a massive, ill-aimed, swan dive. Thus creating an incredible amount of stress in my life. So what does a CS/physics research professor do when he’s stress? The answer to that question is…
Sunday Questions
Posted by Dave Bacon on April 12, 2009 Can quantum computers efficiently compute factorials? BaconCamp? Day Took Er Silicon Valley Jrbs? I wonder how I’d do on a RQ test?
Musings From the Edge
Posted by Dave Bacon on March 23, 2009 Sundries.
Quantum Bacon Pontiff
Posted by Dave Bacon on March 16, 2009 Every wonder what “The Quantum Pontiff” looks like with a side of Bacon? Me neither. But now you can thanks to bacolicio.us: The Quantum Pontiff with a side of Bacon. Simultaneous (at least in my reference frame) hat tip to Matt and Jacob.