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Smile, you’re on my stolen laptop’s candid camera
The pictures are innocuous: They show a man sitting in bed, sleeping on the couch and driving a car. But the photos were taken remotely by a spyware program installed on a laptop that was stolen from a Californian home.
Joshua Kaufman was able to use the pictures and the spyware to track down the man in possession of his stolen computer. Now he’s got his laptop back and police have arrested a 27-yearold taxi driver.
After police classified the theft as a low priority, Mr. Kaufman posted the pictures on a Tumblr This Guy Has My MacBook.
Heaven is just a ‘fairy story,’ Hawking says
Heaven is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark, the eminent British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking said in an interview.
The 69-year-old was expected to die within a few years of being diagnosed with degenerative motor neurone disease at the age of 21, but became one of the world’s most famous scientists with the publication of his 1988 book A Brief History of Time.
“I have lived with the prospect of an early death for the last 49 years. I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first,” he told The Guardian newspaper.
“I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.”
When asked how we should live he said, “We should seek the greatest value of our action.” (Photo: Discovery Channel)
What is a supercomputer for $200, Alex?
It’s man vs. machine as an IBM computer takes on two human champions on Jeopardy! on Monday. The IBM supercomputer, named “Watson,” is to play two games of Jeopardy! over the next three days against Ken Jennings, who holds the show record of 74 straight wins, and Brad Rutter, winner of US$3.25 million in prize money.
If Watson wins, IBM plans to donate 100% of its winnings to charity. Jennings (L) and Rutter (R) plan to give 50% of their prize money to charity. Boo, humans!
