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Steven Hawking Considering Move To Canada

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the oh-canada dept.

thepacketmaster learned of "...the possibility of Steven Hawking moving to Waterloo in Canada: 'A report out of Britain suggests Stephen Hawking is considering an invitation to come work at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics....But he's also being encouraged to move to Ontario by his University of Cambridge colleague Neil Turok, the mathematical physicist who will take over as Perimeter's executive director on Oct. 1. Perimeter confirmed last night that it has made a standing offer to Hawking...Turok is leaving Cambridge after failing to persuade university authorities, research councils and sponsors to spend $40 million...By comparison, Waterloo's Perimeter Institute has about $600 million in funding...The addition of Hawking to Perimeter's staff of top physicists would be a major coup for the research institute, founded in 1999 by Mike Lazaridis, founder and co-CEO of Research In Motion, which makes the BlackBerry.'"

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  1. Actually.... by Urger · · Score: 5, Funny

    He's moving there to be closer to the headquarters of the Vice Presidential Action Rangers.

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  2. Its our by BigJClark · · Score: 5, Funny


    Its our national healthcare system.

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  3. Like Freeman, but more not theoretical by Rinisari · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mr. Turok, mathematical physicist and dinosaur hunter, to you, pal.

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    1. Re:Like Freeman, but more not theoretical by Rogerborg · · Score: 5, Funny

      There may have been a velociraptor hiding under the seats without you even knowing. Those things are smarter than Republicans, and nearly as smart as cats.

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  4. British? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I never realized Stephen Hawking was British. He doesn't sound it....

  5. They see me rollin by assemblerex · · Score: 5, Funny

    They hatin Patrolling they tryin to catch me theorizing dirty Tryin to catch me theorizing dirty

  6. Re:yes but there was a difference. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess you don't know where Cambridge is. Must be an American.

  7. Re:Waterloo is getting there... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's lots of movies with references to Waterloo, though they generally deal with this Napoleon guy, I guess he was a bigshot there.

  8. Re:but the grammar nazi's stayed by superslacker87 · · Score: 5, Funny

    He corrected himself and earned double +5s, smart on his part if you ask me.

    Meanwhile, I expect this post to receive a -1 offtopic rating. Though it could go insightful. Moderator demigods are strange sometimes.

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  9. Shame by bobbuck · · Score: 5, Funny

    Society seems to have no tolerance for philatelists.