[...] > On Monday, we had a dedication of the Hawking Auditorium in > our new university building. So, I had a chance of taking a > photo of him: > > http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/Mixed-2010/Hawking.jpg >
That's a shot to treasure - really nicely done. [...] > famous guy. To me, it was also rather sad to see the physical > state of this person and the fact that his physical > appearance causes such an interest. Look on the bright side - only 1 in 10 people survives more than 10 years with motor neurone disease. > Everything was much more low-key when yet another famous > scientist Roger Penrose ( > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Penrose ) visited the same > building where Penrose tiling was installed ( > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrose_tiling ). > Do you think he'd come round and do my bathroom? He won a legal battle a few years ago against a toilet paper manufacturer who used a Penrose tiling on their paper to make it less bulky when rolled. They were judged to have stolen his idea, but I can't help thinking how wonderful it would be if some junior bogroll designer had come up with the same idea... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
