Archive for October, 2011
AI Challenge 2011
Saturday, October 29, 2011 14:08 No CommentsAround this time last year, I participated in the Google AI Challenge, eventually finishing in 47th place out of nearly 5,000 participants. The contest this year had a bit of shaky start. There was some controversy over the name of the contest as it’s wholly organized by the Computer Science Club of the University of [...]
Nobel Prizes 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011 14:48 No CommentsAs usual the announcement of the recipients of the Nobel Prizes for 2011 happened with almost no fanfare in the mainstream press. As I did last year, here’s a summary of this year’s winners. The Physics prize goes to Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt and Adam G. Riess for a discovery that all astronomy buffs [...]
Steve Jobs’ death used as example by natural health advocates
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 14:50 No CommentsBy now most people will have read all manner of eulogies about the co-founder of Apple, but you’ve probably haven’t read anything like this ridiculous editorial. Natural health nuts all around the world who decry conventional, evidence-based medicine and claim that cancer can be cured simply using vitamins and health supplements are pointing to Jobs’ [...]
Recent Interesting Science Articles (Sep ’11)
Sunday, October 9, 2011 14:31 No CommentsOnly three articles this month as I’ve had very little to browse. Note to friends: I’ve since resigned from my job in Seremban as it was a little too busy for my schedule and wasn’t really what I wanted anyway. This means that Ill probably have a bit more time for my blog from now [...]
Return of the financial crisis
Monday, October 3, 2011 14:56 2 CommentsLast week has been a very exciting time for anyone with any money in the stock markets. The KLCI plunged to lows not seen since the depths of the financial crisis of 2008, then strongly rebounded over the next couple of days. Anyone who had bought SP Setia’s warrants early in the week practically saw [...]