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Checkers has been solved. It's a draw. At least starting out in the usual configuration.
Google has put up $30 million to fund a Lunar X Prize. "A $20 million grand prize will be awarded to the first team to soft land its spacecraft on the moon, rove on its surface for at least 500 meters, and transmit specified images and video to earth."
The Twenty Most Bizarre Experiments of all Time. Amazing. Many I would not have thought possible.
Posted by Alex Tabarrok on September 14, 2007 at 11:54 AM in Economics | Permalink
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Ivanov eventually returned to the Soviet Union. He brought an orangutan named Tarzan back with him, hoping to continue his research in a more accepting environment. Back home he advertised for female volunteers willing to carry Tarzan's child, and remarkably he got a few takers.
And yet women won't have sex with (human) nerds. Go figure.
Posted by: Peter at Sep 14, 2007 12:08:01 PM
Google hasn't "put up" the money for the Lunar X Prize - like the original X Prize, it's insured with the Lloyd's market.
Posted by: dsquared at Sep 14, 2007 12:59:37 PM
I hope someone is working on solving The Great Dalmuti (http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/929). I'm tired of being the Greater Peon.
Posted by: JH at Sep 14, 2007 5:01:03 PM
So now that we know that you can't win at checkers, but only lose, will anyone ever play?
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