Brian Beckman: On the General Theory of Channel 9 and Life in the Universe

The Discussion

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  C9 Rocks!

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  Any chance we get a little bit more of Brian? Would be nice to also chat a little bit more about astrophysics

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  This is the first time I had heard of the explanation for why we speculate there is dark matter.

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  Great video. Astrophysics is such a fascinating topic.
  
  I felt it would be relevant to post this:
  
  
  

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  Awesome, Sven
  
  Thank you for being such a great member of the community. And to all Niners: much love. Much love.
  
  Keep on posting,
  C

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  Ahh, computer hobbyists. That was one of the major factors in me not chosing to study computer science and engineering. I did not want to turn a hobby into a career. Who knows if my chemical engineering degree will end up being applied to computers...

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  Happy birthday C9. Ain't nothing like it out there.

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  Happy Birthday C9!

  
  

  ( a bit of correction... the astrophoto site's url is not apod.com, but apod.nasa.gov )

  
  

  Anyway, I really like the interview and I like that Brian talked about the isolation problem of Microsoft. I don't think it's only about geography. Frankly, I always thought that MS lives in a paralellel universe... just take a look at its technical terminology, PR, the way it handles the web etc. On the other hand I accept that it must be hard to operate such a large organization and keep it consistent and appealing to tens of millions of different customers. I think C9 is a great way to show the human side of the company. Good job, guys! Congratulations!

  
  

  By the way, a birthday is always a good ground to start speculating about the future. What do you think the IT world will look like in 5 years?

  (I'm sure only about these: Google will have indexed the books on my bookself and Windows 7 RC1 will be promised for the xmas season... just kidding...

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  So Newton thought gravity was pulling things down to earth.  Einstein said reverse.  That spacetime was pushing things into the earth which was gravity.  So if spacetime surrounds a planet and "pushes" on it as hard as a planet pushes back - then what gives spacetime its muscle and push?

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  I'm very curious about that secret project Brian is working on.
  
  Remembering the prior interviews I can think of some cues:
  Physics + Simulation + 3D + Functional Programming  = *?* (will Rock!)
  
  Happy Birthday Channel 9!