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Job openings in Haiti.

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:56:20 -0400

Scientists have for some years been able to ‘teleport’ quantum states from one place...

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:22:00 -0400

Scientists have for some years been able to ‘teleport’ quantum states from one place to another. Now Seth Lloyd and his MIT team say that, using the same principles and a further strange quantum effect known as ‘postselection’, it should be possible to do the same backwards in time. Lloyd told the Technology Review: “It is possible for particles (and, in principle, people) to tunnel from the future to the past.”

And that brings up a few points (and — don’t forget/as always — I’m nothing more than an enthusiastic amateur with this):

1. Can we make quantum mechanics nonlinear?
2. How does postselection get around the idea of twisting space and time?
3. The website on which the original paper appeared is not peer-reviewed. (Sadly.)

via: Telegraph / Technology Review / Slashdot.

Photo

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:36:10 -0400

New Ansel Adams photos found at a garage sale.

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:27:57 -0400

New Ansel Adams photos found at a garage sale.

The electric car!

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:21:23 -0400

“The bill takes a few shuffling steps in that direction. It calls on the Energy Department to create a national plan for deploying electric vehicles. It allows electricity to count as an alternative vehicle fuel. It provides grants to local communities that set up their own plug-in networks. It also calls for a whole flurry of studies on things like identifying the raw materials needed for plug-in technology (no doubt with an eye on China’s announcement that it will cut exports for rare-earth metals like lithium, which are crucial for batteries). All told, there’s only $400 million in the bill for electrification, compared with $6 billion in tax incentives for the purchase of natural-gas vehicles. Still, it’s a start.”

— via.

yama-bato: Edward S Curtis (American, 1868-1952) A Zuni Woman,...

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:42:48 -0400

yama-bato:

Edward S Curtis (American, 1868-1952)
A Zuni Woman, 1903

Photogravure on Holland Van Gelder paper

Inception Musical Comparison.h/t Gawker.

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:08:00 -0400

Inception Musical Comparison.

h/t Gawker.

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Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:15:25 -0400

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Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:13:04 -0400

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Two more links regarding the Film Council: 1/2.

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:31:44 -0400

Two more links regarding the Film Council: 1/2.

#ukcuts

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:23:56 -0400

The idea of cutting the Film Council irked me a bit today, so I scribbled down some alternative ideas of what the cut-hungry government across the pond is also considering:

Harry Pearce has to ride to work on a unicycle.
All accents north of Manchester now require a licensing fee.
Inspector Morse only allowed to use dots. Dashes are currently pending.
Liverpool can only play “Semi-Real Madrid.” The rest of the team must be imaginary.
Quango quango quango quango quango quango.
Outsourcing: anyone dialing 999 will reach 911 services here in the U.S.; anyone dialing 911 in the U.S. will reach Emergency Services in the U.K. Breaking and entering calls now have an estimated response time of a week and a half, depending on whether or not their flight is delayed.
Quango quango quango quango.

Here’s a petition to save the Film Council and here’s a facebook group.

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:03:00 -0400

Here’s a petition to save the Film Council and here’s a facebook group.

UK Film Council axed without notice or consultation.The council helped fund In The Loop, Man on...

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:16:48 -0400

UK Film Council axed without notice or consultation.

The council helped fund In The Loop, Man on Wire, Bright Star, Red Road, Happy-Go-Lucky, and did much more.

Some people are turning old nuclear silos/missile bases into places to live.Here’s a set of...

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:26:00 -0400

Some people are turning old nuclear silos/missile bases into places to live.

Here’s a set of property listings.

1902.via.

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:39:47 -0400

1902.

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Brian Beutler — In a meeting with several reporters this afternoon, House Minority Leader...

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:34:57 -0400

Brian Beutler —

In a meeting with several reporters this afternoon, House Minority Leader John Boehner outlined the top three measures he’d pursue if he becomes Speaker of the House next Congress to create new jobs. But, those who thought he’d outline specific programs and how they would create jobs were disappointed with a familiar litany of wish-list items: repeal health care reform, eschew climate legislation, and renew the Bush tax cuts.

In other words, repeal a program that largely hasn’t yet taken effect; prevent new legislation that is also not in effect; and keep a current tax structure in place. Step four: profit. Or jobs.

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Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:21:18 -0400

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via Wikileaks — The War Logs: NYTimes/The Guardian/Der Spiegel.

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:44:00 -0400

via Wikileaks — The War Logs: NYTimes/The Guardian/Der Spiegel.

evankaufman: Creative Writing, Episode 1 - “Scraps”. Written...

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:35:14 -0400

evankaufman:

Creative Writing, Episode 1 - “Scraps”. Written and directed by Jeremy Brothers.

I remember this scene from my undergraduate degree.

Big Joe Williams — Throw A Boogie Woogie.

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:28:24 -0400

Big Joe Williams — Throw A Boogie Woogie.