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‎”When particles from the solar wind hit the atmosphere at higher latitudes, some create a cascade of energized particles. That energy is released as the fluorescent, shimmering glow of the aurora borealis, the Northern Lights. Some of the particles, though, reach the surface of Earth as a radiation. This radiation from the solar wind has been, in some ways, a positive force. It may, for instance, be responsible for directing some of life’s evolution on Earth. This radiation can damage DNA, which imposes mutations in the genetics of terrestrial life, facilitating the process of evolution.”
[Michael Brooks in Physics: The Big Questions]

‎”I remember going into Steve’s house, and he had almost no furniture in it. He just had a picture of Einstein, whom he admired greatly, and he had a Tiffany lamp and a chair and a bed. He just didn’t believe in having lots of things around, but he was incredibly careful in what he selected.” [John Sculley]

“We’re here to put a dent in the universe.” [Steve Jobs]

Jobs, as Einstein, is in the select set of humans that have put a good-looking dent in the universe.

Thanks Steve.

Source of quotes: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/05/tech/innovation/steve-jobs-philosophy/.

“… is an HMM topology, in which no prior state can be reached from a current state. This property is used for instance to describe word models in speech recognition applications.”

[Bastian Hartmann in 'Human Worker Activity Recognition in Industrial Environments']