<I>SciOrg</I> is reporting that an optical-based quantum computer has successfully demonstrated "counterfactual computation," which is to say it came to its conclusion using information that is counter to what actually happened to reach a correct answer. Also, the computer did not actually run.
<A HREF="http://www.therestisnoise.com/">Alex Ross</A> links to this fabulously funny informercial hawking the International Mattias Bamert Society's collection of the catchiest twelve-tone rows ever! Alban, Arny, and Anton—they're triple-A<I>riffic</I>!
Yeah, I'm probably beating this one into the ground, but these are awfully darn good.
I'm a reggae snob, so I began reading this article with suspicion. I was wrong, Field Maloney knows his Wailers—and he knows that the Wailers' best recordings are seldom heard here in the 'States. If you haven't heard <I>Soul Rebels</I>, <I>African Herbsman</I>, and <I>Rasta Revolution</I>, you haven't heard them at their best. The American releases were way too prettied up and defanged. If you think you love Bob Marley, you <I>must</I> hear <I>African Herbsman</I>. Full stop—end of story.
This could have dangerous ramifications for my day job.
When you need a pro to back you up.
Or just plain creepy?
Leonard Pitts gives props to Bethesda's brave librarian, who ejected some over-reaching DHS agents from the library's computer center.
Can't get your mojo workin' 'cause you don't know what it is? Here's a source for your one-stop African American Folk Magic information center.
