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F35 Airplane

"A joke is a very serious thing." - Winston Churchill

"I'm not a fan of simulations. Where, 'Oh, we'll go play a simulation of world peace and figure out how to make peace' and then somehow magically that will get translated into the real world. No, that's not the kind of games that I make." - Jane McGonigal

"Learning by doing, peer-to-peer teaching, and computer simulation are all part of the same equation." - Nicholas Negroponte

"Even though NASA tries to simulate launch, and we practice in simulators, it's not the same - it's not even close to the same." - Sally Ride

"Wow! According to my computer simulation, it should be possible to create new life forms from common household chemicals" - Dibert

"All models are wrong, but some are useful" - George Box

"Far better an approximate answer to the right question, than the exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise." — John Tukey

"Running simulations is very much like pleasuring yourself. Do it often enough, and it starts to feel better than the real thing." - Dr. George Rose (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine)"

Interests

Bitcoins

The digital currency that has no government backing and relies on computing power of the network to prevent tapering with the blockchain to enforce honesty is remarkable. I have recently began taking interest in witnessing incredible history in the making. The FBI take down of Silk Road site demonstrates how good idea to promote digital commerce can be used for illegal purposes.

A great primer on the history and learning about this great new world currency can be for here. Thanks to Charles Hoskinson for providing it in his lecture on 'bitcoin-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-crypto.'

Nuclear Accident Prevention

Nuclear power is a fact of modern life and as a group of concerned world citizens need to learn from past mistakes unconcerned about national borders. What can we learn about Japan's Nuclear accident that can lead to prevention here?

Europe

Before attending college I worked three years for Charmilles, S.A., in Geneva, Switzerland. I traveled to companies, in remote places to provide instruction on the operations of Computer Numeric Controlled (CNC) machine tools. This gave me an appreciation for the beauty of Europe and exposure to many languages and cultures.

French

I have taken several formal French courses. Over the years, I have worked hard to maintain my ability to speak and comprehend due in large part to the vast amount learning material available on the internet.