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- mecharabbit, on 06/16/2008, -12/+120Stephen Hawking is British? How come his computer voice thingy doesn't have a British accent?
- caltheos, on 06/16/2008, -7/+101“Professor Hawking does not like titles. In fact he dislikes the whole concept of them,” said a spokesman.
Isn't Professor a title? - Puppetfunk, on 06/16/2008, -4/+92Stephen Hawking. That man is the true meaning of bad-ass. Chuck Norris holds no candle to The Hawk.
- atlquaker, on 06/16/2008, -3/+71Britain cut their science budget? Wait, is Bush running England too?
- mastazed, on 06/16/2008, -3/+67Stephen Hawking has two speeds, reverse and kill
- JimMayJr, on 08/06/2009, -1/+64It was made by a US company
- MacroDaemon, on 06/16/2008, -1/+60The problem with insufficient science funding is present almost everywhere, since it's easy to cut funding to a field which does not maintain our immediate quality of life, but instead offers future benefits.
This, in my opinion, is a key issue that requires far more attention than it's currently receiving. - BlueSkyfish, on 06/16/2008, -1/+55He says he prefers the American accent because its better with the ladies. He also doesn't want to get a better system because that voice has become kind of an icon for him,
- ligyron, on 06/16/2008, -74/+114He only turned down knighthood because he can't ride a horse. Bury is the red thumbs-down button to the right
- LowFuel, on 06/16/2008, -1/+34E = MC Hawking.
- Greengoo, on 06/16/2008, -3/+34Professor Hawking also was quoted as saying he, "pities the foo who don't fund da sciences."
- julianrod, on 06/16/2008, -2/+31"Professor Hawking does not like titles"
brilliant - mecharabbit, on 06/16/2008, -1/+30Oh, come on. He should get one that sounds like Sean Connery. He'd get more tail than he'd know what to do with.
- X9001, on 06/16/2008, -5/+31Thanks for reminding me, sometimes I have trouble finding it
- inactive, on 06/16/2008, -3/+29Stephen Hawking is my hero.
- inactive, on 06/16/2008, -0/+24Just wait until he creates his own robotic limbs and robotic horse that spits fire upon those who make fun of cripples. Then we'll see who gets the last laugh.
- skidzilla, on 06/16/2008, -1/+23Being awesome by Landing Probes on Mars.
- lamiaconfitor, on 06/16/2008, -0/+22He even uses a more clunky and awkward computer because of it. Which I find strange, but hey, if he wasn't eccentric, he wouldn't be a real genius.
- Skooma714, on 06/16/2008, -0/+19There is reason this man is still alive.
He is still doing science and he's STILL ALIVE. - inactive, on 06/16/2008, -1/+18 Just think, without technology from Science, Stephen Hawkins would be sitting in a corner somewhere. One of the greatest minds locked in a body, the opposite of conservatives with voices.
- cablegrafxart, on 06/16/2008, -3/+17social services? like the FOOD STAMPS my roommate uses, because she refuses to get a job and instead leeches on her friends, has yet to pay me rent or look for a job?
welfare can kiss my butt. science, on the other hand, IS good for the community. New technology and ideas can inspire inquisitive youth. Government money can promote research that is not required to immediately return a profit... Take away gov't sci funding and we'll be left to rely on Large Corporations, where research is only driven by market forces.
-matt - inactive, on 06/16/2008, -2/+14BADUM CHA!
- FaithclubDotNet, on 06/16/2008, -0/+11Cutting science is so easy because you never see any tangible results from research. Sure you may cure diseases, discover warp travel, or whatever, but you can never tangibly say that the politician that funded you did it. Roads and bridges however, they can even be named after politicians.
- Mohdoo, on 06/16/2008, -0/+10I do not see how it is so hard to understand the importance of Scientific research. It is an investment. It helps later. It profits. So many people invest in the stock market, yet seem completely unable to comprehend this basic concept...
- N256, on 06/16/2008, -0/+10Stop paying for her rent.
-N256 - camino262, on 06/16/2008, -0/+10Stephen Hawking is my hero.
- Skooma714, on 06/16/2008, -0/+9Stephen Hawking discovered the precise length of longcat.
He calls it the Hawking length. - muniak, on 06/16/2008, -0/+9He's so badass.
- wiredDeath, on 06/16/2008, -0/+9Building a whole new generation of space craft to put a human on the moon.
- inactive, on 06/16/2008, -0/+9From a spot in STTNG to voicing his head in Futurama, it's nice to see he's not some stuffy *****.
- plingboot, on 06/16/2008, -0/+9Oh come on.
The UK has plenty of private research institutions and
the UK, home of the Industrial Revolution / capitalism & Adam Smith ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_theory_of_ ... ) and free market Thatcherism, certainly isn't socialist! They might well have tax funded schools, welfare, health, prisons, research etc. but that's considered the norm for all civilized g8 nations... isn't it? - clarient, on 06/16/2008, -5/+13Teaching is a job. But not every teacher is a professor. It is most certainly a title.
- inactive, on 06/16/2008, -1/+9Stephen Hawking has two voices, DECtalk DTC01 and voice-of-god.
- espoandy, on 06/16/2008, -1/+9When one of the smartest people in the world says ur ***** up, ur ***** up
- pintomp3, on 06/16/2008, -0/+8some times research funding is political too. reagan didn't want to fund AIDS research because at the time it was thought to be a gay disease. the current administration doesn't want to fund embryonic stem cell research because it believes a zygote is a life. funny how they have no problem funding bombs and war though.
- Starshope, on 06/16/2008, -0/+8That man is a comedic genius. Seriously listen to some of his speeches and lectures. Ive never heard better punch lines synthetic voice and all.
- AmonAmarth, on 06/16/2008, -0/+7Tell'em, Steve.
- PinkChicken, on 06/16/2008, -9/+16I cannot bury someone when they make me laugh that loud.
- ButchersBoy, on 06/16/2008, -0/+7We prefer to spend our money on NHS tourists.
- blackmesa, on 06/16/2008, -0/+6It's so unfair that people like Ann Coulter get a body and voice and someone like Stephen Hawking is crippled to the point that his work is severely impacted.
If only he invented some kind of disability swapping machine.... - inactive, on 06/16/2008, -0/+6What can we say? The man knows numbers.
- inactive, on 06/16/2008, -4/+10...And this, in my opinion, is where libertarianism fails to make the world a better place. As someone who has worked in a field that is doing research with a government grant, I can assure you that the free market cannot guarantee to fund research that is important. Without government funding, the only research that would be technology/medicine that is PROFITABLE in the SHORT term.
I lean on the side of limited government spending, but scientific research is something that is too important for the future of humanity to cut funding for. - julianrod, on 06/16/2008, -2/+8The teacher teaches. The professor professes.
- waydee, on 06/16/2008, -0/+6blah blah blah blah
- digitalpencil, on 06/16/2008, -0/+5'born in Kent, speaks with an American accent.. pretentious'
- breadfred, on 06/16/2008, -0/+5Go back to your cave. Give everything up for a week relating to science. Se how long you last. No tv-dinners. No bed. No computer. No water on tap/ from bottle. See ya!
- Daggity, on 06/16/2008, -0/+5Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn.
- Skooma714, on 06/16/2008, -1/+6He was until recently.
- MikeWanDo, on 06/16/2008, -4/+9Wait... Isn't that my left?
- sittered, on 06/16/2008, -0/+5Don't underestimate Hawking's mind. He'll use permutations and know exactly what to do with every known instance of tail.
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