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Stephen Hawking Going To Canada

Posted by timothy on from the making-reservations-on-a-guild-heighliner dept.

thepacketmaster writes "A previous Slashdot article I posted mentioned the possibility of Stephen Hawking coming to Canada. The Toronto Star now reports that he has accepted the position. Hawking will hold the title of distinguished research chair at the prestigious Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics."

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  1. Re:Great news. by svunt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Informative, really? I lol'd but can't say I flt informed by Hawking Eyeball Laser information.

  2. subject by Ihmhi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    When I first read this, I really thought Slashdot's value had gone into the toilet. "So Hawking is taking a trip to Canada and that's newsworthy?"

    Next up: Ballmer stays in America, rest of world celebrates.

    (Related: http://www.pown.it/?uid=844)

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