tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post110713332775007872..comments2024-03-28T18:17:00.135-05:00Comments on Computational Complexity: DIMACSLance Fortnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06752030912874378610noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1107214520384676362005-01-31T17:35:00.000-06:002005-01-31T17:35:00.000-06:00If you're ever around Carnegie Mellon, Walnut Stre...If you're ever around Carnegie Mellon, Walnut Street in Pittsburgh has the excellent Coffee Tree Roasters. Several other coffee shops around there, but that's the best.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1107203008860115552005-01-31T14:23:00.000-06:002005-01-31T14:23:00.000-06:00It's not clear to me that Berkeley isn't beat out ...It's not clear to me that Berkeley isn't beat out by Seattle. In the Capitol Hill neighborhood, at least, competition means that every single coffee shop has free wireless. They also tend to make pretty good coffee.<br />Best Coffee: Caffe Vita.<br />Best Espresso: Vivace.<br />I wrote my 80% of my thesis in: Top Pot.<br /><br /><br />Elsewhere, Small World in Princeton has the distinction of being "Acknowledged" in a Ran Raz paper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1107200799896169892005-01-31T13:46:00.000-06:002005-01-31T13:46:00.000-06:00With its myriad of wonderful cafes, Berkeley is un...With its myriad of wonderful cafes, Berkeley is undoubtedly the theory coffee mecca. Get recommendations from your host next time you are there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1107157378923909032005-01-31T01:42:00.000-06:002005-01-31T01:42:00.000-06:00I second Lance's salute to DIMACS. No theorist ca...I second Lance's salute to DIMACS. No theorist can deny that DIMACS has had a huge beneficial impact; as an institution in our field it's in a league of its own.<br /><br />But to be perfectly fair, this coffee drinker would maintain that DIMACS coffee is also in a league of its own; and this time not in a good way.<br /><br />Of course maybe this is just my own personal taste quibble...but I do know strong men -- coffee-loving men -- who make a point of eschewing DIMACS coffee.<br /><br />Does anyone have other tips on theory coffee venues to seek out or avoid?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com