Tuesday’s links witness the birth of a joke, a pop star’s evolution and the death of shopping sanity.
A programmer has finally found a way to answer the age-old question: would an infinite number of monkeys pounding on an infinite number of typewriters be able to produce Shakespeare’s works? The answer: yes, as long as they’re virtual monkeys.
Steve Jobs may have descended from Apple’s CEO throne, but he’s left behind plenty of pithy insights. Have a look at some of our favorite quotes.
Stephen Hawking has caused quite a stir after calling heaven a myth.
Did you get to the office this morning and fire up Facebook with your first cup of coffee? Your answer is more likely to be yes if you live in D.C. as opposed to El Paso, Tex.
The world’s greatest game-show gets set to pit man against machine. It’s not too much of an understatement to claim that the very future of humanity rests on the result. (via Techland)
Sitting too long with a laptop computer on your lap may do more than cause toasted skin syndrome. New research suggests that men who hold a computer on their lap may create unsafe levels of testicular heat, which can potentially damage sperm. Head over to Healthland for the full details.
When it comes to the need for tech speed, manufacturers in the Far East have captured that crown. China’s Tianhe-1A supercomputer has turned in a groundbreaking performance of 2.507 petaflops. Perhaps the most tantalizing feature for Westerners is that it used Intel parts to race to that new mark. Head over to Techland for more [...]
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Rub the sleep out of your eyes on this fine Monday and catch up on your web reading.
