Archive for August, 2009
The Rice and the Chessboard – how the Internet has ruined life for the better
There is a story about a Chinese man who invented the game of Chess. The Chinese emperor at the time said something like ‘what can I give you for your reward?’. The gentleman replied that on his chessboard, he would have one piece of rice on one square, two on the next, four on the [...]
August 23, 2009
Tags: internet, question Posted in: Life, the Universe and Everything 
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