Category Archives: Other

Back to School Again

By probabilityZero | August 31, 2009

The most boring blog posts in the world are ones giving excuses for why the author hasn’t posted as much as he or she wanted to, but unfortunately that’s what I’m going to say right now.
Classes started again today, and I have a rather difficult course load this semester. So, to the few readers I [...]

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Richard Feynman on light.

By probabilityZero | August 16, 2009

Mind. Blown.

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A physicist, an engineer and a programmer were in a car…

By probabilityZero | August 15, 2009

A physicist, an engineer and a programmer were in a car driving over a steep alpine pass when the brakes failed. The car was getting faster and faster, they were struggling to get round the corners and once or twice only the feeble crash barrier saved them from crashing down the side of the mountain. [...]

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Richard Dawkins interviews a creationist

By probabilityZero | August 5, 2009

In this 7 part series, biologist Richard Dawkins interviews Wendy Wright, a creationist.

Parts 2 through 7 below the fold.

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AP’s impossible text DRM dreams

By probabilityZero | July 24, 2009

So, it’s just text content, but it can call home, track where it has been, and secure digital rights. Good luck with that.

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Vacations

By probabilityZero | July 20, 2009

Last week I was in San Francisco to see the de Young museum. Now I just (yesterday) got back from Sea Ranch.  I’ll be back to posting normally soon.

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Komm, süsser Tod

By probabilityZero | July 6, 2009

(Title is in German… translates to “Come, Sweet Death”)
Originally written in Japanese by director Hideaki Anno and sung in English, this song features prominently in the movie End of Evangelion. You can find alternate translations and additional information here. This video contains the original, unedited footage from the movie where the song appears (to anyone [...]

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Alan Turing’s birthday

By probabilityZero | June 23, 2009

This is Alan Turing, one of the most brilliant men of the last century and the father of computer science. He was greatly influential in the fields of logic and mathematics, and he worked on codebreaking for the British government during World War II, devising several techniques for breaking German codes.
He was born on June [...]

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NASA has a sense of humor

By probabilityZero | June 18, 2009

Source: Wikipedia.

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200th Anniversary of Thomas Paine’s Death

By probabilityZero | June 14, 2009

Last week was the 200th anniversary of his death. In remembrance, I thought I’d post some of his more inspirational quotes:

THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love [...]

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Old statistics joke

By probabilityZero | May 27, 2009

A company dealing in statistical analysis is hiring. Three recent graduates are invited for an interview: one has a degree in mathematics, another one in computer science, and the third one obtained his B.Sc. in statistics.
All three are asked the same question: “What is one third plus two thirds?”
The mathematician: “It’s one.”
The computer scientist takes [...]

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Quotes from Charles Darwin

By probabilityZero | May 23, 2009

I can indeed hardly see how anyone ought to wish Christianity to be true; for if so the plain language of the text seems to show that the men who do not believe, and this would include my Father, Brother, and almost all my best friends, will be everlastingly punished. And this is a damnable [...]

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