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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.
Category: Mathematics
Martin Gardner has passed away at age 95. I fondly remember going back through the back issues of "Scientific American" as a kid and devouring Gardner's "Mathematical Recreations" column (along with the similar columns written by Hofstadter and Dewdney.) If...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 11:27 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Go Ahead, Waste Your Time
Tomorrow, September 9, 2009 is apparently the date for a worldwide game of monopoly: Monopoly City StreetsWelcome to Monopoly City Streets. You versus the world in the biggest live game of MONOPOLY in history! On the 9th SEPTEMBER, a world...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 11:46 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Games
Katamari Damacy is a very cool game, if for no other reason than it is a game in which "scale" changes. The basic idea is that you roll a ball around which picks up objects that aren't too big for...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 8:05 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Storytime
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....
Posted by Dave Bacon at 5:09 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Games
War is a classic kids card game. I spent many an hour wiling away the time playing war growing up. Enough so that I actually developed a strategy for the game. A strategy for the game of war? That's crazy...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 3:12 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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