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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.)
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Original McEliece Cracked
Category: Quantum Computing
Shor's algorithm is an algorithm for quantum computers which allows for efficiently factoring of numbers. This in turn allows Shor's algorithm to break the RSA public key cryptosystem. Further variations on Shor's algorithm break a plethora of other public key...
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Google Battles Drunk Emails
Category: Technology
A priceless new email feature for gmail: Mail Goggles:Sometimes I send messages I shouldn't send. Like the time I told that girl I had a crush on her over text message. Or the time I sent that late night email...
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John McCain v RIM
Category: Technology
This morning, John McCain's top economic adviser made a bit of a mistake:Asked what work John McCain did as chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee that helped him understand the financial markets, the candidate's top economic adviser wielded visual evidence:...
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Happy Birthday Integrated Circuit!
Category: Technology
Fifty years ago today, this device set the course for a pretty big revolution. That's a picture of Jack Kilby's first integrated circuit which first functioned on September 12, 1958....
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Not Cuil
Category: Quantum
Sure quantum computers can find a needle in an unstructured haystack quadratically faster than their classical brethren, but I didn't think the word "quantum" and "search" would appear in the press quite this soon: Ex-Googlers reinvent web search: Quantum porn...
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Web Based Applications
Category: Qips
You know that web based applications have really entered into your life when you click the Firefox icon and you wonder why the browser doesn't appear and cover the document you are editing....
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TiddlyPac
Category: Technology
For those of you interested in TiddlyWiki and who happen to live in the great city of Seattle, there will be an informal meetup for TiddlyWiki enthusiasts this Saturday, June 26. For details see: TiddlyPac....
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New York Times Reports MySQL Error
Category: Funny Ha Ha
Um, okay, so was this little piece of information really noteworthy enough to be included in a New York Times article on Psystar:Although Psystar's Web site was available earlier today, by 1 p.m. EDT it was offline and returning the...
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