Super off topic, off topic thread

[Bahku]

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass ...





... it's about learning to dance in the rain.

[The Dark Lord Sauron]

[barefacedmonk]

Odom to Kardashian....transformation complete.

[ACF]

[ACF]

[fairweatherfan]

Bart Simpson's first ever line of dialogue:

Um, Dad? What is the mind? Is it just a system of impulses or is it something tangible?

No I am not making this up.

[crownsy]

Marking out like a 14 year old WWE fan is fun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fAYxGqW_YU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFigdB0z6-c

[Greenbean]

[barefacedmonk]

Chalk up another victory for machines. An IBM supercomputer intellectually overpowered its two human rivals on Tuesday's highly-anticipated broadcast of the TV game show, Jeopardy.

In the second day of this closely-watched, three-day, two-game Jeopardy Challenge, Big Blue's (IBM) Watson captured $35,734 in winnings to take the first game. Jeopardy champion Brad Rutter, who has show's highest game earnings, tied for first with Watson on Monday.

According to Stice, the first game was a humbling experience for mankind. But Watson has been good for CBS (CBS), which produces Jeopardy. A CBS spokesperson says Watson's Monday appearance on Jeopardy scored the show's best single-day performance in four years -- with an 8.7 household rating in metered markets

This highly publicized showdown has also helped Big Blue showcase Watson -- whose banks of computers allow him to process roughly the equivalent of one million books of information per second. For the moment, Watson has proved electrodes can move faster than the human brain's gray matter. The computer's win comes despite the clever strategy Rutter and Jennings had prepared to trip Watson up, by selecting categories that dealt with abstract concepts and short cues.

Link

Watson also got a few questions wrong...one of the questions was "What do Crickets eat?" ....Watson's answer: "Kosher"....lol.

[Bahku]

The Measure Of A Man

 
Not - How did he die? But - How did he live?
Not - What did he gain? But - What did he give?

These are the things that measure the worth
Of a man as a man, regardless of birth.

Not - What was his station? But - had he a heart?
And - How did he play his God-given part?

Was he ever ready with a word of good cheer?
To bring back a smile, to banish a tear?

Not - What was his church? Not - What was his creed?
But - Had he befriended those really in need?

Not - What did the sketch in the newspaper say?
But - How many were sorry when he passed away?

These are the things that measure the worth
Of a man as a man, regardless of birth.



    - Anonymous

[barefacedmonk]

After weeks of us begging for your votes, we're happy to announce that last night we won "Best Celtics Blog" at the New England Sports Blog awards.

Link

Congrats to RedsArmy.

Where did CelticsBlog rank?...and how many votes did CB get? Just curious. Anybody knows?

[barefacedmonk]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FA3G--IAVTw
 

[barefacedmonk]

 

[barefacedmonk]

Told that the Heat players will have to allow him in the huddle at All-Star game, Rondo joked back: "No, we'll let them into the huddle."

Hah! Gotta love Rondo..

[ACF]