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  Minor characters from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Deep Thought is a computer that was created by super-intelligent pandimensional mice to come up with the ultimate answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything.
Deep Thought itself does not know the ultimate question to Life, the Universe and Everything, but offers to design an even more powerful computer (Earth; see Earth in fiction) to calculate it.
His wife thought he was an idiot who needed to "have some sense of proportion." When he attached his wife to the Total Perspective Vortex, the shock of seeing herself in relation to the rest of the universe annihilated her brain.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minor_characters_from_The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy   (9635 words)

  
 Rough Edge: Deep Thought CD Reviews
Deep Thought's ability to weave symphonic and art-rock elements into the progressive rock style is impressive.
Deep Thought is comprised of four talented musicians and a vocalist who, while not spectacular, does a fitting job.
Deep Thought: Pat Merz on vocals, Marcel Oehler on guitars, Dominik Rudmann on bass, Dominik Pfleghaar on keyboards, and Martin Altenbach on drums.
www.roughedge.com /cdreviews/d/deepthought.htm   (403 words)

  
 Deep Thought - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Deep Thought, a fictional computer in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Deep Thought, a chatterbot made to work over IRC, named after the Hitchhiker's Guide Deep Thought
Deep Thoughts, a segment on Saturday Night Live written and orated by Jack Handey
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /deep_thought.htm   (158 words)

  
 Canon Digital Photography Forums - Model deep in thought
For a pic in that pose her expression is wrong or for a pic of a girl in a thoughtful mood the pose is wrong.
There doesn't seem to be the look of sincerity or deep thought in her eyes.
Deep in thought in a bikini with heels.
photography-on-the.net /forum/printthread.php?t=16031   (1193 words)

  
 Deep Thought - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Deep Thought, a fictional computer in the book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Deep Thoughts, a segment on Saturday Night Live consisting of one-liner jokes written and orrated by Jack Handey
This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Deep_Thought   (125 words)

  
 The HHG Project - Deep Thought
The philosophers Majikthise and Vroomfrondel attempted to intervene in the calculations at this point, but Deep Thought's circuits were committed to finding this answer, which took seven and a half million years to complete.
Baffled by this outcome, the programmers were informed that the question was too vague and that not even Deep Thought could extrapolate it.
Deep Thought would, however, design the computer that could, and that computer was so vast that organic life became part of it's matrix.
www.hhgproject.org /entries/deepthought.html   (216 words)

  
 Deep Thought   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Deep Thought is a Swiss band that plays neo-progressive rock with hints of earlier classic progressive.
An element of Deep Thought's sound that appeals to me is the fuzzy guitar sound that gives it, but not the music itself, a slightly psychedelic edge.
Again, Deep Thought doesn't let the listener settle into any one groove, changing pace continually as the best of progressive rock does.
www.aural-innovations.com /progrock/dthought.html   (473 words)

  
 TNTlog: Deep in Thought
A starting thought may be that per capita funding of nanotechnology in Spain runs at a smidgeon under four cents, compared to 5.6 euros in poor little Ireland.
Spaniards are well known for their sense of pride, and they have a lot to be proud of, from art to architecture, but being overtaken at the back of the technological race by Greece and Portugal is bound to hurt.
Let's hope that this invitation only think tank invites some fresh thoughts, more of the same would be both embarrassing, and economically disastrous for Europe's fourth largest economy.
www.cientifica.com /archives/000366.html   (136 words)

  
 Deep Thoughts Showcase rules
Things may look a little different and how to play has changed a bit, but the general idea of expressing your Deep Thoughts is the same.
Below are some of the Deep Thoughts we've received in the last couple of months that we've especially liked.
For tips on what we like in Deep Thoughts, look at ones we've chosen for how they express Deep Thought words and how they decorate their pages with their own individual expression.
www.gellyroll.com /teen/deep/dt_rules.html   (438 words)

  
 The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy - Episode Four.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Deep Thought was indeed full of crap, if it weren't for the fact that computers can’t lie we'd have thought the big heap of junk was extracting the Michael!
Deep Thought simply explained that it was working with a bloody stupid question!
Deep Thought was then asked if it could come up with a more specific question to the answer..
www.sadgeezer.com /hhg/episode4.htm   (1001 words)

  
 Deep Thought   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
When researchers announced earlier this month that Mr Ples, a relative of early humans, had a smaller brain than previously expected, the scientific world was thrown into a tizzy.
We didn't know as much about brain evolution as we thought we did, it was revealed, and the skull of Mr Ples seemed to mock us with australopithecine laughter.
It will be a meeting of the living and the dead, people who are steeped in the study of human biology, largely of living human kind, meeting together with people who are studying the deep time dimension in human development.
www.scienceagogo.com /news/19980526043742data_trunc_sys.shtml   (3081 words)

  
 Electric Perspectives: Deep in thought   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Deep computing techniques (which include optimization, simulation, visualization, and advanced patternmatching) provide analysis of vast reservoirs of data to uncover key relationships and attack problems previously thought beyond the reach of information technology.
"Deep computing combines the best of business and scientific computing techniques to find the value buried in all this data and to apply that information to solve real-world problems," said Pulleyblank.
Their collaborative efforts will address an initial slate of deep computing projects in areas ranging from scheduling personnel in complex environments (like an airline) to identifying critical risk in an unexpected area of a bank's portfolio.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3650/is_199909/ai_n8870731   (395 words)

  
 Deep Thought   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Deep Thought was a computer chess machine built at Carnegie-Mellon University in the 1980's.
Andreas Nowatzyk was one of the contributors to the Deep Thought project while he was in grad school.
A few years ago when he and I were both working for Compaq's research labs in Palo Alto, Andreas sent me a copy of Deep Thought's evaluation function tuning program and asked me to put it on the Web for him, since he no longer has an interest in computer chess.
www.tim-mann.org /deepthought.html   (147 words)

  
 Too much deep thought.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
I'd prefer meaningful discussions over small talk, but subjecting myself to constant deep thought is starting to take its toll and causing all sorts of personal messes.
now i have a strong belief that the majority of the world are deep thinkers, it is just that people are afraid of fully exposing themselves and their ideas with others.
It's possible to view things from a somewhat emotionally detached place, from a place of assessment, and therefore not be affected by them in the same way as if we allow the emotional side of it all to affect us.
captaincynic.com /thread.php3/thrdid=33123-u-frmid=12   (1638 words)

  
 Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy - Weird Science - Deep Thought   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Deep Thought (no relation to Deep Throat although the very reverend Douglas Adams no doubt intended us to contemplate such an idea) was constructed by a race of pan dimentional mega beings (the Mice!
Deep Thought introduced itself as the "Second greatest computer of all time".
Deep Thought did however come up with the design specs for the Earth (that was), then next generation of supercomputer, which was awfully nice of it I thought.
www.sadgeezer.com /hhg/deep-t.htm   (584 words)

  
 deep thought - Find, Compare, and Buy deep thought at Shopping.com
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 ipedia.com: Deep Thought (chess computer) Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Deep Thought is a computer, first in a line of chess computers that included Deep Blue, the computer that defeated Garry Kasparov in a six-game chess match.
It was named after Deep Thought, a fictiona...
It was named after Deep Thought, a fictional computer in Douglas Adams' series, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
www.ipedia.com /deep_thought__chess_computer_.html   (158 words)

  
 IBM Research | Deep Blue | Overview
In May 1997, IBM's Deep Blue Supercomputer played a fascinating match with the reigning World Chess Champion, Garry Kasparov.
The event was captured live only on this Web site, where millions of chess and computing fans tuned in to witness the event in real-time.
Current information about IBM deep computing can be found at the IBM Research home page.
www.research.ibm.com /deepblue   (119 words)

  
 The chess games of Deep Thought (Computer)
: The phrase "Deep Thought" was borrowed from the Douglas Adam's book "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," in which a gigantic supercomputer of the same name was assigned the monumental task of computing the ultimate answer to 'Life, the Universe, and Everything.'
I had a chemistry professor who encouraged students to bring towels to their written exams (a reference to an odd joke within the book.) And that was around the same time when Deep Thought (the chess computer) pushed its first pawn.
Really, the "deep thought" of 1988 is a different program from the "deep thought" of 1994.
www.chessgames.com /perl/chessplayer?pid=13728   (836 words)

  
 Deep Thought 2
A man standing on a brightly dressed dais before the building which clearly dominated the square was addressing the crowd over a Tannoy.
Behind the large stately windows on the first floor of the building from which the speaker was addressing the crowd, was the room containing Deep Thought.
There was a moment's expectant pause whilst panels slowly came to life on the front of the console.
www.earthstar.co.uk /deep2.htm   (632 words)

  
 Deep Thought   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
I thought this recent study about what people really understand about their presidential candidates was interesting.
One of the more interesting things I brought out of the movie was the idea that we can tell ourselves to have positive thoughts but instead what we get is a very thin line or layer of positive thought surrounded with our normal negative thoughts or feelings.
Another interesting idea, which Japanese scientist Masaru Emoto experimented with, that water can be affected by human thought, vibration, words, and music by different crystals forming such as with thoughts like love and hate.
users.frii.com /immortal   (4396 words)

  
 Science News: Computer chess: a masterful lesson - chess computer Deep Thought vs. Gary Kasporov
Earlier this year, based on the results of about 50 games against human opponents (including several successes against players with grandmaster ratings), Deep Thought became the first machine to earn a rating, putting it into the top category of all chess players.
Although the games revealed the considerable shortcomings in Deep Thought's play at the beginning of a game, they also showed the computer's strengths - particularly in making the best of a seemingly lost cause.
Campbell and his colleagues didn't expect Deep Thought to win, although they believed it had a chance to force one game into a draw.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1200/is_n18_v136/ai_8068817   (795 words)

  
 Deep Thought
One Missouri voter, a life-long Democrat, stated specifically that he thought Bush’s economic policies would hurt him and his family but he felt compelled to vote for Bush because of his concerns for the unborn.
What they miss is that to a great many Americans issues of abortion trump money and war; that judicial changes to the definition of marriage (in defiance of laws passed by legislators elected by the people) are seen as more critical than the amount of taxes paid by the top 1% or incomes in America.
There is an entire school of thought, more and more common on university campuses, that Israel is this terrible aggressor that is trying to eradicate the defenseless Palestinians.
andune.blogspot.com   (13460 words)

  
 Deep Thoughts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Then head over to the Deep Thoughts Forum, register as a member (it's free) and start posting and discussing topics with other fans!
In association with Amazon.com, The Three30 Network, and Deep Thoughts, we are offering our visitors a great deal on all of the books which this website is based on.
Each has different quotes, and they are a must for the true Deep Thoughts fan.
deepthoughts.330.ca   (223 words)

  
 Deep Thought 3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
"It was a tough assignment," said Deep Thought mildly.
Deep Thought pondered this for another long moment.
"I speak of none other than the computer that is to come after me," intoned Deep Thought, his voice regaining its accustomed declamatory tones.
www.earthstar.co.uk /deep3.htm   (316 words)

  
 Deep Thoughts, by Jack Handy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
At first I thought, if I were Superman, a perfect secret identity would be "Clark Kent, Dentist," because you could save money on tooth X-rays.
Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis.
As the evening sky faded from a salmon color to a sort of flint gray, I thought back to the salmon I caught that morning, and how gray he was, and how I named him Flint.
www.cco.net /~jpete/deepthou.htm   (3684 words)

  
 MFO: a deep thought i had   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
i ask this as recently it seemed that my thought is like actuly a train of thought, and that i am simply an observer, my exact quote i think was something like The train of thought is running in my mind and i am simply a passenger.
Its a crazy thought i know, but wouldnt this account for the baffling multiple personality disorders, Schizophrenia ect, by having an imbalance, a power struggle if you will, between concious?
Innumerable thoughts are just products of the unconscious, impressions etc. We think we thought it up ourselves and associate it with "me" and think "I" am like this.
www.mrfixitonline.com /readTopic.asp?PostingId=1646465   (391 words)

  
 BBC Online - Cult - Hitchhiker's - Guide - Deep Thought
The great supercomputer Deep Thought is the most powerful computer ever built, with one exception.
After seven and a half million years of serious cogitation, Deep Thought spoke the answer.
However, it ws so inexplicable that Deep Thought then had to go on and design the most powerful computer ever built (with no exceptions) to work out what the question was.
www.bbc.co.uk /cult/hitchhikers/guide/deepthought.shtml   (136 words)

  
 Global Warming Periods More Common Than Thought, Deep-Sea Drilling Off Japan Now Demonstrates   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
CHAPEL HILL — Core samples from a deep-sea drilling expedition in the western Pacific clearly show multiple episodes of warming that date back as far as 135 million years, according to one of the project’s lead scientists.
Among periods of warmth likely caused by methane was one occurring about 55 million years ago, the geologist said.
Cores show that 200,000-year-long event killed off 30 percent to 50 percent of deep ocean life while stimulating evolution of new species near the surface.
www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2001/11/011120045859.htm   (771 words)

  
 Deep Thought Wet Suits   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Deep Thought™ has led dive suit manufacturing and innovation since 1964.
Today, Deep Thought continues the commitment to creating the greatest dive suits available with the latest in materials, craftsmanship and technologies by introducing the new Millennium Titanium dive suit.
Furthermore, Deep Thought provides knee pads and a loading/cocking pad as standard features on the Titanium rack suit.
www.bluewaterhunter.com /shopsite_sc/store/html/wetsuits.html   (312 words)

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