Archive for November, 2009

This Is Just To Say

The poem This Is Just To Say has inspired many imitators. Here is my quantum contribution.

I have measured
the state
that was in
the decoherence free subspace

and which
you were probably
saving
for a calculation

Forgive me
the eigenvalues were delicious
so nice
and positive

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Harvard University: rejected commercial

Harvard: Educating the Rich Since 1636

a very funny fake Harvard commercial

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Glossary of Misused Physics Terms

A Glossary of Frequently Misused or Misunderstood Physics Terms and Concepts. By Donald E. Simanek, Lock Haven University.

A term that is missing is “Exponential”. It is getting more and more common in use, even on tv news, often used as “X is exponentially large”.

This really bothers me, as exponential is about a rate of change, not just a large number. So, boys and girls, the correct usage should be something like “X is getting exponentially larger with Y”.

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