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...Spotnitz was a Quantum Cellular Automata Architect—for six months at NASA during the year after his high school graduation. (In response to an FM request to clarify what exactly a Quantum Cellular Automata Architect does, Spotnitz answered, “A Quantum Cellular Automata Architect designs circuit patterns with Quantum Cellular Automata.”) “I was surrounded by PhDs at NASA’s JPL [the Jet Propulsion Laboratory] in Pasadena,” the chemistry concentrator explains. “And I had only taken AP physics. I had been thinking about...
...York City native has moved from circuit patterns to nanotubes. When asked if his thesis work will be a breakthrough in nanotech, Spotnitz laughs and calmly answers, “We seem to think...
...balance their budgets, many states are going soft on crime. In Oregon, starting March 1 and continuing until at least June 30, courts will stop processing small-claims cases and certain misdemeanors including shoplifting, trespassing and prostitution. The state's appellate, circuit and tax courts will be closed on Fridays. In all, the measures are expected to save $13.6 million...
...seats set aside for minorities. As such, the University of Michigan law school’s admissions policy—which seeks to enroll a critical mass of minority students—should be struck down. As plaintiff Barbara Grutter argued in her final brief to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, critical mass “is a concept based on numbers.” The fact that critical mass is a vague range of acceptable percentages of minority students means that there is a minimum permissible level of minority representation—a concept that is effectively...
Though many players were competing well before the junior circuit, picking up squash in college is not unprecedented. Last year, the men’s squash team graduated its No. 8 player, Tomo Hamakawa, who walked on to the team as a freshman...