 Win one for the comptuer: IBM's "Watson" beats out humans on Jeopardy.. And for any human watching the epic battle this week, it's time to get nervous. This is the future?..a time when computers beat out humans on a regular basis? Maybe a day in which people have no more epic battles with each other. But what would the prize be!? Computers need not cash or even credit.. instead perhaps a steady supply of bits and bytes will suffice. In the end, we're slaves to the machine. And this machine named Watson made a slave of two contestants along with a host named Trebek.. It is now the strongest solar flare observed in 2011.. The story is developing, and there is a good chance a beautiful aurora borealis will develop this week and get only more intense as the days go on..  This image was taken was taken during a geomagnetic storm most likely caused by a coronal mass ejection from the sun on May 24, 2010.. It was located over the Southern Indian Ocean.. There is information that the next several days may see more solar eruptions..  SPACE WEATHER FOR THE LATEST SOLAR INFORMATION  The day on earth when the planet was hit with a half a million years if sunlight in a fraction of a second... ***STARING AT THE SUN: NASA'S OFFICIAL SOLAR SITE*** The solar flare has suspended part of radio communications in Korea.. Class of its own: X-Class.. Watching for satellite disruption.. Flashback just yesterday: "Unlikely" to cause communications problems.. |
Dying at the desk is given a whole new meaning in Los Angeles as an LA County employee died at her desk on Friday but no one noticed until the day after.. One police officer said that the last time someone say her alive was Friday morning.. no one asked her what she wanted for lunch? No one checked on her throughout the day? Not even her boss or a co-worker wished her a good weekend at day's end? Foul play is not suspected in the 51-year-old's tragic demise.. but headlines across the nation being read by many people in offices that wonder if they, like her, would be left for dead by those who work with them.. Always the real thing? Just when you thought it was safe to think that your secret ingredient was safe forever, here comes internet attention to a possible 'secret' recipe for Coca Cola making its way across the world.. And no, it's not cocaine.. Instead it's most likely something more unhealthy than that! There is new concern over a 'carrier killer' Chinese weapon that the Navy fears could threatn US carriers.. With China making such a vast amount of United States weapons already for the military, you would have thought that we would have just asked them to make us a carrier killer too.. Inflation is rising in the UK.. Wild and crazy Romans.. The dark origins of Valentine's Day documented by NPR..  Is this what happens when someone is out of ideas, or is this the image of someone who has more than anyone else? On Sunday's Grammy Awards, Lady Gaga arrived in style: In an egg.. As her spokessomethings told Ryan Seacrest, Ms. Gaga was incubating in her ..womblike type egg.. She apparently had enough air, however, to pop from the egg and perform a Madonna-like song called BORN THIS WAY.. While Lady Gaga wasn't born in an egg, it made a scene at the awards.. x x x Not at all a big shock as authorities warn that kids drinking too many 'energy' drinks can actually die from them if not be seriously hurt.. There are 'frostquakes' in Ohio.. And food prices are about to burst. Besides that, love is in the air.. Restaurants, maybe, are filled. Flowers, maybe, have been watered.. Edible arrangements, perhaps, have been arranged and delivered.. and tonight, maybe, the male species is getting what he wants most: A woman to love him... But take from my site the very notion of Valentine's Day and all of its ridiculous nonsense..  I guess you can say Iran handles things just a little bit differently than Egypt: Iranian lawmaker is condemning anti-government protests and pleading for the leaders of it to be executed SCHMUCKRAKER UPDATED 10:08 PM 2/15/2011 Search the Schmuckraker archive Bored? Here's some Schmucked up links for your enjoyment And if you've been a reader of this website for any period of time you most likely notice a enormous difference in the design.. I actually gave up the blog form the site in favor of an old fashioned pure code-only approach. How long it lasts is anyone's guess.. any long-time readers will attest to the fact that changes on this site are constant.. redesigns also occur, and then old designs come back after redesigns go awry.. But maybe it's the basic coded site that is the most pure, the most interesting.. and the most 'me.' After all, I am sloppy at heart, messy at best, and filled with a vast amount of interest in news, space, time, and trouble. God bless you all my readers.. and hope for the best. Either way check with Schmuckraker and get the best, and worst, of the world at larg e.. |
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