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Mugabe should have the economics prize, for his unrelenting quest to emperically ascertain the consequences of boneheaded economic policy.
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Give it to zombie Arafat.Originally posted by Q Cubed
Can't award Nobels posthumously, I thought.12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Interesting how much time lapses between discoveries and awards. I had an h. pylori infection in the 90s.
Yes, but there was big money in the sale of antacids to combat 'stress related' ulcers.
Because everyone 'knew' that they weren't caused by germs...Vive la liberte. Noor Inayat Khan, Dachau.
...patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. Edith Cavell, 1915Comment
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Since Arafat and Henry Kissinger have both received the Nobel peace prize, that prize is worth less than nothing. Giving it to them is like wiping your ass with it.
I no longer use this account.Comment
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Physics:
Roy J. Glauber "for his contribution to the quantum theory of optical coherence"
John L. Hall and Theodor W. Hänsch "for their contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy, including the optical frequency comb technique"
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Kontiki: "for the world-class a**-kicking he's about to deal out in the hockey pool""The French caused the war [Persian Gulf war, 1991]" - Ned
"you people who bash Bush have no appreciation for one of the great presidents in our history." - Ned
"I wish I had gay sex in the boy scouts" - DissidentComment
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I read an article that the two of them go to a bar every year during the Nobel prizes as a "tradition". This year they actually won, and found out while at the bar.The prize for medicine was awarded today to two Australians for their discovery of the role of bacteria in stomach ulcers."I predict your ignore will rival Ben's" - Ecofarm
^ The Poly equivalent of:
"I hope you can see this 'cause I'm [flipping you off] as hard as I can" - Ignignokt the MooniniteComment
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Peace Prize goes jointly to IAEA and its director, Mohamed El Baradei.
Can anybody explain in laymen's terms the importance of the work that won the Chemistry and Physics prizes?Old posters never die.
They j.u.s.t..f..a..d..e...a...w...a...y....Comment
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I have heard that there is an amazing party that goes on all this week in Stockholm
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GENERATION 35: The first time you see this, copy it into your sig on any forum and add 1 to the generation. Social experiment.Comment
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El Baradei? Meh...I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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And you were expecting an award for it?Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Interesting how much time lapses between discoveries and awards. I had an h. pylori infection in the 90s.Comment
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Good choiceOriginally posted by Adam Smith
Peace Prize goes jointly to IAEA and its director, Mohamed El Baradei.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4318388.stm
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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@red
brutal
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Adam Smith:
For chemistry,
Here's metathesis:
The process and the catalysts have a variety of industrial applications, though I must admit that I never performed them.
As to physics, I dunno.Comment
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they are all AMOI people
apparently it is experimental procedures that allow orders of magnitude better experiments to be done
JMJon Miller-
I AM.CANADIAN
GENERATION 35: The first time you see this, copy it into your sig on any forum and add 1 to the generation. Social experiment.Comment
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