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]]> By: Adventures in GoogleLand | Cosmic Variance http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/08/10/off-to-camp/#comment-187782 Adventures in GoogleLand | Cosmic Variance Wed, 31 Jan 2007 05:12:21 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=943#comment-187782 [...] Having arrived back about a week ago from my extended weekend in GoogleLand, I am finally ready to spill the beans about the mysterious and stimulating Science Foo Camp. [...] [...] Having arrived back about a week ago from my extended weekend in GoogleLand, I am finally ready to spill the beans about the mysterious and stimulating Science Foo Camp. [...]

]]> By: Cosmic Variance http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/08/10/off-to-camp/#comment-114030 Cosmic Variance Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:21:03 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=943#comment-114030 <strong>Adventures in GoogleLand</strong> Having arrived back about a week ago from my extended weekend in GoogleLand, I am finally ready to spill the beans about the mysterious and stimulating Science Foo Camp. I arrived at my hotel on Friday afternoon and, after a brief rest, joined some o... Adventures in GoogleLand

Having arrived back about a week ago from my extended weekend in GoogleLand, I am finally ready to spill the beans about the mysterious and stimulating Science Foo Camp.
I arrived at my hotel on Friday afternoon and, after a brief rest, joined some o…

]]> By: æ¡‘æž—å¿— http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/08/10/off-to-camp/#comment-113444 æ¡‘æž—å¿— Tue, 15 Aug 2006 14:54:42 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=943#comment-113444 <strong>Science Foo Camp</strong> 8月11-13日，Nature，O’Reilly，和 Google 组织了第一次 Science Foo Camp（不知道将来会不会有第二次），地点在 Google 总部。 要理解这个 Science Foo Camp，首先得了解什么是 Foo Camp？ Foo camp is the annua... Science Foo Camp

8月11-13日，Nature，O’Reilly，和 Google 组织了第一次 Science Foo Camp（不知道将来会不会有第二次），地点在 Google 总部。
要理解这个 Science Foo Camp，首先得了解什么是 Foo Camp？
Foo camp is the annua…

]]> By: Tucker Hiatt http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/08/10/off-to-camp/#comment-112227 Tucker Hiatt Fri, 11 Aug 2006 06:45:02 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=943#comment-112227 Ooooh... Science Camp! I hope you get to do the egg drop thingy. Remember: the cushiony stuff goes BELOW the egg! Seriously, Mark: If you find the right moment, perhaps you wouldn't mind telling the assembled Sci Foo citizens about Wonderfest, the Bay Area Festival of Science. Wonderfest happens at Stanford and UC Berkeley on the first weekend of every November (www.wonderfest.org). The heart of Wonderfest is a series of public dialogues between pair of researchers in discussion of provocative scientific questions. Here are some of the dialogues set for Wonderfest 2006: Raphael Bousso (UC Berkeley physics) & Leonard Susskind (Stanford physics) on "Is the World Made of Strings?" Thomas Lewis (UCSF psych) & David Watts (UCSF med) on "Do We Understand Love?" David Deamer (UC Santa Cruz chemistry) & Andrew Pohorille (NASA-Ames molecular bio) on "Was the Origin of Life Inevitable?" Wonderfest is good stuff. Have fun at Sci Foo, Mark; and please encourage attendees to spread the word about Wonderfest. Science needs all the good PR it can get. Ooooh… Science Camp! I hope you get to do the egg drop thingy. Remember: the cushiony stuff goes BELOW the egg!

Seriously, Mark: If you find the right moment, perhaps you wouldn’t mind telling the assembled Sci Foo citizens about Wonderfest, the Bay Area Festival of Science. Wonderfest happens at Stanford and UC Berkeley on the first weekend of every November (www.wonderfest.org). The heart of Wonderfest is a series of public dialogues between pair of researchers in discussion of provocative scientific questions. Here are some of the dialogues set for Wonderfest 2006:

Raphael Bousso (UC Berkeley physics) & Leonard Susskind (Stanford physics) on “Is the World Made of Strings?”

Thomas Lewis (UCSF psych) & David Watts (UCSF med) on “Do We Understand Love?”

David Deamer (UC Santa Cruz chemistry) & Andrew Pohorille (NASA-Ames molecular bio) on “Was the Origin of Life Inevitable?”

Wonderfest is good stuff.

Have fun at Sci Foo, Mark; and please encourage attendees to spread the word about Wonderfest. Science needs all the good PR it can get.

]]> By: Louise http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/08/10/off-to-camp/#comment-112143 Louise Thu, 10 Aug 2006 20:42:02 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=943#comment-112143 From <a href="http://reuters.myway.com/article/20060810/2006-08-10T041412Z_01_PEK31177_RT" rel="nofollow"> Reuters </a> today: "A rights group accused Western Internet companies on Thursday of complicity with censorship in China and called on Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. to resist Beijing's demands. New York-based Human Rights Watch called the blocking of politically sensitive Web sites and search terms "arbitrary, opaque, and unaccountable" and urged the publicly traded firms to be upfront with their users about censorship." I hope you benefit from the "free-form nature" of this event. Since you are among the lucky few invited to the party, perhaps you can ask Google about this. From Reuters today:
“A rights group accused Western Internet companies on Thursday of complicity with censorship in China and called on Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. to resist Beijing’s demands.

New York-based Human Rights Watch called the blocking of politically sensitive Web sites and search terms “arbitrary, opaque, and unaccountable” and urged the publicly traded firms to be upfront with their users about censorship.”

I hope you benefit from the “free-form nature” of this event. Since you are among the lucky few invited to the party, perhaps you can ask Google about this.

]]> By: Samantha http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/08/10/off-to-camp/#comment-112128 Samantha Thu, 10 Aug 2006 18:36:04 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=943#comment-112128 Good lord, Mark. I am actually jealous and sorry not to be able to hear who else is attending this camp. But I look forward to hearing about it when you come back. Good lord, Mark. I am actually jealous and sorry not to be able to hear who else is attending this camp. But I look forward to hearing about it when you come back.

]]> By: spyder http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/08/10/off-to-camp/#comment-112124 spyder Thu, 10 Aug 2006 18:08:45 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=943#comment-112124 You have to appreciate a co-sponsor that publishes a book called "Physics for Game Developers." Have fun. You have to appreciate a co-sponsor that publishes a book called “Physics for Game Developers.” Have fun.

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