tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post116519739739624822..comments2024-03-29T08:55:55.727-05:00Comments on Computational Complexity: My International DayLance Fortnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06752030912874378610noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1165963726372059102006-12-12T16:48:00.000-06:002006-12-12T16:48:00.000-06:00Here's an article regarding the energy impact of a...Here's an article regarding the energy impact of a conference:<BR/><BR/>"Personal energy impact of attending a professional meeting" <BR/>R. A. Herendeen.<BR/>Energy, 29(1):13-17, 2004.<BR/><BR/>This year I partially (I travelled more than I planned, as usual) offset the CO2 emissions from my flight travels. There are heaps of websites where you can do this, for example, www.greenmyflight.com.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1165292688141843962006-12-04T22:24:00.000-06:002006-12-04T22:24:00.000-06:00I suspect his kidswon't think twice about IMing to...<I>I suspect his kids<BR/>won't think twice about IMing to<BR/>Antartica</I><BR/><BR/>Well the exciting thing about wouldn't be the global communication so much as Anatartica having enough people to support TCS research.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1165272533863591682006-12-04T16:48:00.000-06:002006-12-04T16:48:00.000-06:00I am personally not driving but as most researcher...<I>I am personally not driving but as most researchers I pollute much more than a frequent driver, just because of my use of air flights.</I><BR/><BR/>Unless you are taking a private jet everywhere, this is blatantly false. You have to amortize the emissions over hundreds of passengers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1165263551781664142006-12-04T14:19:00.000-06:002006-12-04T14:19:00.000-06:00That lance still noticed this andfelt a need to co...That lance still noticed this and<BR/>felt a need to comment on it shows<BR/>he is STILL old-school. I suspect his kids<BR/>won't think twice about IMing to <BR/>Antartica or Timbucktu. Nor will they<BR/>have any notion of blogging about it<BR/>or telling their friends about it.<BR/><BR/>At one time people would sday``GUESS WHAT,<BR/>TODAY I USED ONE OF THOSE NEW-FANGLED<BR/>DEVICES CALLED A TELEPHONE!'' Today<BR/>nobody would think of commenting on this.<BR/>IMing internationally or other things<BR/>Lance mentioned will soon be not<BR/>worth commenting on. Perhaps they<BR/>already are.<BR/><BR/>bill gasarchGASARCHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06134382469361359081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1165258974214387352006-12-04T13:02:00.000-06:002006-12-04T13:02:00.000-06:00I heard the travel promoter Rick Steves claim that...I heard the travel promoter Rick Steves claim that for every flight he takes, he puts donates to tree-planting to an extent that is supposed to compensate for the CO2 emissions of the flight. I wonder what that kind of thing would cost for conferences?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1165254813392382962006-12-04T11:53:00.000-06:002006-12-04T11:53:00.000-06:00I realized in the last year that another "internat...I realized in the last year that another "internationalisation" can come from Tablet PCs, laptops on which screen you can "draw".<BR/><BR/>In the last monthes I have been giving "free" reviews of research papers, book chapters and PhD thesis from various authors oversee (Japan, Italy, France) from my cozy appartment in Canada. I just read those for my own interest, and annotated it on the way and sent the annotated copy to the author, free to them to ignore it or not, exactly as I do with local students and collaborators.<BR/><BR/>It comes to the point where listing the page and line numbers of the typos for the anonymous review of a conference paper sounds like unnecessary cumbersome. I know it would challenge the anonymicity of the reviews, but wouldn't it be better to allow the refereee to send an annotated pdf along with their report on submitted papers?dothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14825435867493579983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1165243548054875982006-12-04T08:45:00.000-06:002006-12-04T08:45:00.000-06:00If you couldn't IM'd snow to India, maybe you coul...If you couldn't IM'd snow to India, maybe you could IM it to Russia at least. We badly miss it. It is not normal at all --- another consequence of industrialisation.edwardahirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18094179693219521111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1165237753957781862006-12-04T07:09:00.000-06:002006-12-04T07:09:00.000-06:00Keep your imperialistic snow to yourself, we dont ...<I>Keep your imperialistic snow to yourself, we dont want it here in India.</I><BR/><BR/>Fine. We'll outsource it to India then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1165227397318541952006-12-04T04:16:00.000-06:002006-12-04T04:16:00.000-06:00Another side of the story: as members of communiti...Another side of the story: as members of communities that spread across geographical frontiers, we researchers are also huge contributers to global warming.<BR/><BR/>At a international conference recently the discussion went on global warming, with colleagues typically complaining about the inability of the governements to take serious action. At the very same moment we were involved in an event gathering hundreds of people from the whole planet. Would have been interesting to evaluate the cumulated mileage and cost in terms of CO2. I am personally not driving but as most researchers I pollute much more than a frequent driver, just because of my use of air flights.<BR/><BR/>Difficult to see a solution that would not involve a considerable reduction of physical meetings. To some extent, the modern communication facilities mentioned by Lance could replace many scientific meetings of secondary importance. Who has tried "virtual conferences"?<BR/><BR/>lucasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1165214944751116912006-12-04T00:49:00.000-06:002006-12-04T00:49:00.000-06:00Who is this "typical" person of whom you speak? ...Who is this "typical" person of whom you speak? I have yet to meet anyone in the theoretical computer science community that I would rate "typical" or even "quasi-typical".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1165206878152427732006-12-03T22:34:00.000-06:002006-12-03T22:34:00.000-06:00Very interesting, but my guess is that your experi...Very interesting, but my guess is that your experience is unusual. How many collaborators do you think the "typical" person has?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1165203613536287842006-12-03T21:40:00.000-06:002006-12-03T21:40:00.000-06:00Keep your imperialistic snow to yourself, we dont ...Keep your imperialistic snow to yourself, we dont want it here in India.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com