{"id":1171,"date":"2006-01-17T13:16:49","date_gmt":"2006-01-17T20:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dabacon.org\/pontiff\/?p=1171"},"modified":"2006-01-17T13:16:49","modified_gmt":"2006-01-17T20:16:49","slug":"7x749","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dabacon.org\/pontiff\/2006\/01\/17\/7x749\/","title":{"rendered":"7×7=49"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been hit<\/a> by the seven by seven meme. Well, I guess this is okay, because seven times seven is forty nine, and I grew up a devout 49er fan<\/a>. And besides, as Cosma points out this is a good way to procrastinate on working on lecture notes<\/a>.
\n1. Seven things to do before I die<\/b>
\nThings that I will air in the public: 1) Program a big quantum computer. 2) Ski down Mt. Shasta. 3) Live on a tropical island. 4) Live in a ski town. 5) Write an academic book. 6) Write a science fiction novel. 7) Discover the secrets of the universe. Okay, I’ll admit that last one is a bit ambitious.
\n2. Seven things I cannot do<\/b>
\n1) Not laugh. 2) Ride a unicycle. 3) Understand what motivates mathematicians. 4) Tie my shoes correctly. 5) Be pessimistic. 6) Abandon reason. 7) Get enough sleep.
\n3. Seven things that attract me to [Seattle]<\/b>
\n1) My sister<\/a>. 2) My mother<\/a>. 3) A girl I met in Hawaii. 4) My cousins! 5) Snow. 6) Blue. 7) The generosity of the computer science department and Mark Oskin for getting me my position here.
\n4. Seven things I say most often<\/b>
\n1) “Sweet!” 2) “Dude.” 3) [beginning of sentence] “qubits” [end of sentence]. 4) “Off like a herd of turtles.” 5) “Vamanos?” 6) “It’s time to get up, it’s time to get up, it’s time to get up in the morning!” 7) “A man, a plan, a canal, Panama.”
\n5. Seven books (or series) that I love<\/b>
\n1) Labyrinths<\/a>\"\" by Jorge Luis Borges (translated by Donald A. Yates, James E. Irby, Anthony Kerrigan, L. A. Murillo, Dudley Fitts, John M. Fein, Harriet de On\u00e1s, and Julian Palley.) 2) Vineland<\/a>\"\" by Thomas Pynchon. 3) The Transmigration of Timothy Archer<\/a>\"\"by Phillip K. Dick. 4) Good Benito<\/a>\"\" by Alan Lightman. 5) The Sound and the Fury<\/a>\"\" by William Faulkner. 6) Gravity’s Rainbow<\/a>\"\" by Thomas Pynchon. 7) Siddhartha<\/a>\"\" by Hermann Hesse. Pretty typical geek list, eh?
\n6.Seven movies that I watch over and over again (or would if I had the time)<\/b>
\n1) Dr. Strangelove<\/a>\"\". 2) Donnie Darko<\/a>\"\" (original cut, not director’s cut.) 3) Apocalypse Now<\/a>\"\" (redux or original.) 4) The Shawshank Redemption<\/a>\"\". 5) To Kill a Mockingbird<\/a>\"\". 6) 2001 A Space Odyssey<\/a>\"\". 7) Au Revoir Les Enfants <\/a>\"\"
\n7. Seven people I want to join in, too.<\/b>
\n1) Scott Aaronson<\/a>. 2) Aram<\/a>. 3) Mic<\/a>. 4) Steve Hsu<\/a>. 5) Lisa<\/a>. 6) Michael Nielsen<\/a>. 7) Suz<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve been hit by the seven by seven meme. Well, I guess this is okay, because seven times seven is forty nine, and I grew up a devout 49er fan. And besides, as Cosma points out this is a good way to procrastinate on working on lecture notes. 1. Seven things to do before I … <\/p>\n

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