{"id":2325,"date":"2009-01-12T20:47:48","date_gmt":"2009-01-13T02:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/granades.com\/?p=2325"},"modified":"2009-01-12T20:47:48","modified_gmt":"2009-01-13T02:47:48","slug":"what-should-i-talk-about-at-dragoncon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/granades.com\/?p=2325","title":{"rendered":"What Should I Talk About at Dragon*Con?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey, look who’s a confirmed guest at Dragon*Con<\/a>. Now I guess I should come up with things to talk about.<\/p>\n

Actually, that’s not my problem. My real problem is that I have too much I’d like to talk about. I’m going to be doing a live WhatTheCast<\/a> episode (right, Brian?) and be on the Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow panel (note to self: come up with a new funny way to take over the world), so I only have two or three more slots I can fill lest I fall over dead some time around Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

So, dear readers, tell me what I should talk about! I’ve got several options already, though I’m always open to more.<\/p>\n

Quantum Encryption<\/b>. Did you know you can encrypt information using simple quantum tools like superposition and entanglement? Sadly it won’t be useful any time soon, but it’s a swifty thing to talk about.<\/p>\n

Dark Matter<\/b>, aka “dude, where’s my mass?” There hasn’t been a lot of new solid data on this, but there are a lot of interesting bits of speculation, and this is something I’ve wanted to learn more about. That’s how I choose my science talks anyway — pick something I’m interested in but don’t know a lot about. Good thing I have an advanced degree in faking the funk.<\/p>\n

The Pioneer Anomaly<\/b>. Pioneer 10 and 11 are headed out of the solar system after slingshot maneuvers around Jupiter and Saturn, respectively. The sun’s gravity is slowing them down. However, they’re slowing down more than they should. Why are they doing this? Who knows!<\/p>\n

The Physics of Better Gas Mileage<\/b>. This would be an expansion of the rough calculations I did last year. This was really timely when I first started thinking about it last year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hey, look who’s a confirmed guest at Dragon*Con. Now I guess I should come up with things to talk about. Actually, that’s not my problem. My real problem is that I have too much I’d like to talk about. I’m going to be doing a live WhatTheCast episode (right, Brian?) and be on the Evil … Continue reading What Should I Talk About at Dragon*Con?<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t