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...parents might not be inviting the JQI team to perform at their kids' birthday parties anytime soon, but what the quantum trick lacks in showmanship, it makes up for in practical applications for future computers. In 1965, Intel co-founder Gordon Moore predicted that the number of transistors that could be placed on a computer chip would double every two years - which is precisely what has happened. He was rewarded for his prescience with a sort of immortality: the famed "Moore's Law" is one of the venerable truths of the computer world. The rest of us were rewarded with...
Rogers notched a hat trick and an assist to lead the Crimson’s effort in Sunday night?...
...trick] was a tribute to my players for making that possible,” Rogers said...
...other reversals—like when Aurélia buys an ice cream cone that’s boiling hot. One of the most interesting parts of the show was the varying responses elicited by each of Aurélia’s feats. One particularly stunning trick inspired both the collective gasp of the audience and the persistent guffawing of solitary man. As the show deserved, though, the audience response was overwhelmingly positive, if somewhat difficult to verbalize. I found the reaction of the woman sitting in front of me to be appropriately vague in its enthusiasm...
...times, it's been easy to see the parallels between those who watch "Big Air" skateboarding and motocross and the bloodthirsty crowds at the Coliseum of Ancient Rome. At the 2003 summer games, one motocross rider left the competition in a wheelchair after crashing; another rider attempting a trick called the "Sterilizer" had an accident that sent him into convulsions in front of the crowd. In 2007, a skateboarder attempting a massive jump fell five stories to a wooden ramp and ended up in the hospital with a bleeding liver, bruised lung and bad case of whiplash...