fredag 20. april 2012

https://github.com/twitter/innovators-patent-agreement

https://github.com/twitter/innovators-patent-agreement

Twitter viser virkelig et bra initiativ her. IPA ligger på github med oppfordring til å være med på å forme den. La oss håpe dette kan bli en trend som flere firma vil vurdere. Det vil jo være et klart konkurransefortrinn for å rekruttere dyktige ingeniører.
https://github.com/twitter/innovators-patent-agreement

mandag 9. april 2012

torsdag 5. april 2012

American politics and science are two areas that usially don't mix well. Here is a rare case where it does.

American politics and science are two areas that usially don't mix well. Here is a rare case where it does.

Originally shared by Tim O'Reilly

"Hilarious and all-too apt analysis of Mitt Romney in terms of quantum physics (in contrast to the old Newt-onian physics):

"Before Mitt Romney, those seeking the presidency operated under the laws of so-called classical politics, laws still followed by traditional campaigners like Newt Gingrich. Under these Newtonian principles, a candidate’s position on an issue tends to stay at rest until an outside force — the Tea Party, say, or a six-figure credit line at Tiffany — compels him to alter his stance, at a speed commensurate with the size of the force (usually large) and in inverse proportion to the depth of his beliefs (invariably negligible). This alteration, framed as a positive by the candidate, then provokes an equal but opposite reaction among his rivals.

"But the Romney candidacy represents literally a quantum leap forward. It is governed by rules that are bizarre and appear to go against everyday experience and common sense...

"Nevertheless, close and repeated study of his campaign in real-world situations has yielded a standard model that has proved eerily accurate in predicting Mitt Romney’s behavior in debate after debate, speech after speech..."

Romney's behavior is then explained in terms of various aspects of quantum theory. Truly funny for physics nerds.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/opinion/sunday/a-quantum-theory-of-mitt-romney.html?_r=1