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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: Science 2.0
One interesting thing about quantum computing is that because it is a very new field, a large amount of the research in the field is on the arXiv (interestingly the worst users have historically been computer scientists.) Back in 2006...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 1:41 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Physics
Rob sends me information about an interesting new position at the Perimeter Institute (more info here): The Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI) is looking for a Scientific IT specialist -- a creative individual with experience in both scientific research...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 10:32 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Science 2.0
Anyone tried out MoboMath?MoboMath lets you work with math on a computer exactly as you learned it -- by writing it. MoboMath translates your handwritten math input into a formatted layout that can be used in Microsoft Word, Maple, and...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 12:50 PM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Science 2.0
Via the arXiv api newsgroup comes the rumor that soon, perhaps, the arXiv will be available for full download sometime in the future:or a full copy of (or particular subsets of) PDF for arXiv papers, we are in the process...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 1:04 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Open Science
Since it seems that the "arXiv on your hard drive" is dead I've been thinking a bit about if there is a better way to achieve the goal of distributing archives of the arXiv. One thing I liked about the...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 1:58 PM • 17 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Science 2.0
A fellow quantum computing researcher of mine recently joined FriendFeed. Along with another researcher we got involved in a discussion about a paper concerning a certain recent claimed "disproof of Bell's theorem." (arXiv:0904.4259. What it means to "disprove a theorem"...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 11:16 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Scientific Publishing
A friend sent me a link to Detextify2:What is this? Anyone who works with LaTeX knows how time-consuming it can be to find a symbol in symbols-a4.pdf that you just can't memorize. Detexify is an attempt to simplify this search....
Posted by Dave Bacon at 8:08 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Science 2.0
Via @mattleiffer, viXra.org:In part viXra.org is a parody of arXiv.org to highlight Cornell University's unacceptable censorship policy. It is also an experiment to see what kind of scientific work is being excluded by the arXiv. But most of all it...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 2:38 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Physics
The arXiv is a game changer for how large portions of physics (and increasingly other fields) are done. Paul Ginsparg won a MacArthur award for his vision and stewardship of the arXiv (something other institutions might want to note when...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 12:01 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Physics
Has the arXiv been hacked or is it offline? When I connect to arxiv.org it shoots me to mirror sites which haven't been updated since Oct 08. Via @MartinQuantum. Also nanoscale views reports the arXiv down. Since this is a...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 11:03 AM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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