geek out

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If you have Quicktime. (you should) And you have a while to watch. (don’t we all?) And if you’re a bit geeky about the computers. (I know you are.) And especially if you’re geeky about music. (I know you and you are.) You should watch Steve Job’s MacWorld keynote from last week. -b

Fear and Loathing

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Fear and Loathing in Clear Lake has disappeared behind lock and key of the journal. A bit too much prurient interest was being taken in it, and it make me uncomfortable. So, it is locked away in the ether. Please feel free to read elsewhere for fun and amusement. Hopefully, it can serve you in … Read more

Henri Poincaré v Gisha Perelman

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There was an fascinating and amazing article buried in section A of today’s Chron. (Of course, I may be in a small minority thinking so.)

It’s thought that someone has solved the Poincaré Conjecture. It’s one of the seven Millennium Problems that each have a bounty of a million dollars on them. This problem was first posited 99 years ago. It would be huge to solve it!

“It is by logic we prove, it is by intuition that we invent.” – Henri Poincaré, 1904

Jan. 8, 2004, 12:24AM

Russian’s math may take prize

Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — A publicity-shy Russian researcher who labors in near-seclusion may have solved one of mathematics’ oldest and most abstruse problems, the Poincare Conjecture.

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It’s Out There

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I tend to hop around and use a different computer at work each day. One of the previous computers that I’ve used was being used today by another guy, Jason. He knows Mark from the Fear and Loathing installment a few weeks ago. He discovered the journal. So now, a good number of people in … Read more