http://www.osnews.com/story/4694/Ig_Nobel_Prizes_Awarded_October_2 Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2012, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:09:03 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com http://www.osnews.com/thread? http://www.osnews.com/thread? A very interesting OS-related item. Tue, 30 Sep 2003 16:29:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread? http://www.osnews.com/thread? Thanks for the link. Personally, I think the best Ig's are the ones given for actual MS/PhD theses. I mean, any goofball can put together a report on a "county-by-county estimate of how many Alabama citizens will go to hell if they don't repent", but when an accredited University gives you a degree involving your ... eccentric ... research, that's pretty entertaining. Tue, 30 Sep 2003 16:32:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread? http://www.osnews.com/thread? ...and how about all of those Ph.D's at Microsoft coming up with all of that shite: http://research.microsoft.com/research/projects/

Something in there must be worth nominating... Clippy? Bob?? Tue, 30 Sep 2003 18:35:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread? http://www.osnews.com/thread? "•Chemistry: Donatella Marrazziti, Alessandra Rossi, Giovanni B. Cassano, and Hagop S. Akiskal for discovering that "biochemically, romantic love may be indistinguishable from having severe obsessive-compulsive disorder."

Frankly, I came to the same conclusions myself when I was ditched. It was just like dependency and withdrawal. Silly or not, heartless or not... this one actually has a little merit to it. Plus, it's funny! Tue, 30 Sep 2003 21:00:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread? http://www.osnews.com/thread? Maybe you ranted on too much about how M$ was the devil, and how the company was out to get you. Tue, 30 Sep 2003 21:48:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments