Category Archives: Funny Ha Ha

Quantum Computers Are…

Posted on September 3, 2018 by dabacon

Quantum computers are Blue versions of classical computers [1] [2] [3][4] Blue or grey abstract patterns [1] [2][3][4][5][6] A bunch of connectors [1][2] Blurred out chips [1] What goes inside the dilution fridge [1][2][3] Closed dilution fridges [1] Part of … Continue reading →

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El Naschie works on entanglement now

Posted on April 24, 2013 by sflammia

The Journal of Quantum Information Science will not be getting any of my papers starting today, because today is when I learned that they recently published the following gem: A Resolution of Cosmic Dark Energy via a Quantum Entanglement Relativity Theory, by … Continue reading →

Posted in Funny Ha Ha, Open Science, Physics Bastardizations, Quantum Basterdizations, Scientific Publishing | 10 Comments

12 things a quantum information theorist should do at least once

Posted on October 8, 2012 by sflammia

By popular demand… prove (or disprove) something by going to the Church of the Larger Hilbert Space apply amplitude amplification in a non-trivial way convince yourself you’ve proven that NP is contained in BQP, or at least that you have … Continue reading →

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Taken to School

Posted on September 25, 2012 by sflammia

Here is a fine piece of investigative journalism about a very wide spread scam that is plaguing academia. Definitely worth a watch.

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I have a friend in Minsk…

Posted on August 3, 2012 by aram

Unlike the usual university plagiarism policy which is typically something bland copied from another university, the University of Bergen has explained the problem, and consequences, of plagiarism with Hollywood-level production values. (Be sure to click on “CC” for the English … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Funny Ha Ha, Teaching | 4 Comments

Randomized Governance

Posted on February 12, 2012 by sflammia

What if instead of electing our representatives in government, we simply chose them at random? A new Rasmussen poll asked 1,000 likely voters exactly this question. Turns out, 43% thought that a random choice of people from the phonebook would … Continue reading →

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More cracks in the theory of relativity?

Posted on December 24, 2011 by sflammia

When the OPERA collaboration announced their result that they had observed neutrinos traveling faster than the speed of light, it rocked the entire physics community. However, despite the high statistical certainty of the claim, any sober physicist knew that the possibility … Continue reading →

Posted in Funny Ha Ha, Off The Deep End, Physics Bastardizations, Politics | 7 Comments

Ig Nobels 2011

Posted on September 29, 2011 by sflammia

Yes, it’s that time of year again. The Ig Nobel Prize ceremony was held this evening at Harvard. My favorite is the winner of the Ig Nobel Peace Prize, which went to Arturas Zuokas, the mayor of Vilnius, Lithuania, for … Continue reading →

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How people in science see each other

Posted on August 15, 2011 by sflammia

via.

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Hippy Software Licenses

Posted on March 7, 2011 by dabacon

One of my favorite software licenses is the Beerware license, here in a version due to Poul-Henning Kamp: /* * ————————————————————– * “THE BEER-WARE LICENSE” (Revision 42): * <> wrote this file. As long as you retain * this notice … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers, Fragment, Funny Ha Ha | 6 Comments