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High Table at Cambridge with Stephen Hawking
bughunter writes "Accomplished astrophysicist and SF author Gregory Benford shares a personal account of his recent conversation with Stephen Hawking at Reason Online. As usual, Benford's style is engaging and informal, and this doesn't read like a typical interview. Although the article is short on jargon, Benford and Hawking share insights on the meaning of life, the universe, and everything, as such minds are want to do. We even get a glimpse of Cambridge tunnel hacking. Of course, there's also a plug for Hawking's new book, The Universe in a Nutshell."
but is it published by O'Reilly?
Never mind.
If you've never heard Hawking's musical efforts (I kid you not), now is the time. Check out www.mchawking.com and prepare to bust a gut laughing. This is not to be missed.
And this is why Hawkings would rule at poker.
;-)
1) He doesn't have any facial give-aways
2) He doesn't have any other physical give-aways
3) His voice can't give him away, as it's the same boring/dreary robot-voice
Combine this with his no-doubt impressive math-skills, he'd only need very little time adjusting his game to the other players give-aways.
Plus he can always distract his oponents by talking physics
We do not live in the 21st century. We live in the 20 second century.
The thing I don't get about this guy is that he divorced his wife and then got a girlfriend. Jesus Christ! The man's nearly a vegetable and he still picks up! Just remember that all you lonely programmers - a guy in a wheelchair who can barely chew his own food gets more tail than you!