Monday, January 31, 2011
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
L.P.
Dr. Pauling was my most memorable teacher. During my chemistry course, he was using
our class to proof his new chemistry text book. One day he started his lecture by lighting
a Bunsen burner under a beaker containing clear liquid. He then directed us to page 147
of his book. Very quickly he turned his back to the class and wrote the equation from page
147 on the blackboard. Finishing his famous scribble, he faced the class and told us that
he had dreamt about this formula last night. He told us to please put a square root of 2
in front of this formula. In his typical humorous manner he announced that the square root
of 2 was the best “fudge factor” that he knew about and since we lived in an imperfect
world, he felt it was necessary to modify this formula. With great flourish, Dr. Pauling
scratched the square root of 2 on the blackboard, turned toward us, reached into his
jacket pocket and with his wonderful mischievous smile, removed a tea bag and dunked
it into the now boiling water in the beaker. My perfect black and white world was forever
modified!
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Monday, January 17, 2011
Friday, January 14, 2011
computer game show blow out
remarks about Watson: It was odd watching a supercomputer playing a category called "chicks dig me"
- The Jeopardy champs had more concerns about Watson coming back from the future and harming them. Skynet quips were plentiful. - Watson cannot be psyched out, which is a problem for human players. Jennings and Rutter said that it's a disadvantage to play a computer that has no emotions. Both Jeopardy champs said they were able to psych out rivals during their win streaks. - Rutter said Watson can be a bit overwhelming. Jennings and Rutter quipped about how computer capabilities are part of human advancement, but acknowledged that they were a bit uncomfortable. Jennings said he "didn’t want technology to advance that far just yet." When John Kelly III, director of IBM Research reminded Jennings and Rutter that computer and human intelligence were at an intersection point and computing would only improve, Rutter quipped: "So we’re all extinct."
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Monday, January 10, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Monday, January 3, 2011
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Saturday, January 1, 2011
simon and alee say happy new year
Hello Carolyn,
and happy new year!
this is the first pic of simon and Alee and I am amazed at how alee's smiles lights up
yesterday I had to work..and I took them both with me...cause my soul mate... a girl at work..;-) wanted to meet alee
so she held them both...maybe that's why..they are so happy?
these two skulls are activated..;- )anyway..thanks for everything and you are right..I love my baby Einstein...tell him happy new year for usAlee
Simon &
Doug
