Steven Hawking ill in hospital.....

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BBC NEWS | UK | Scientist Hawking ill in hospital


Leading scientist Stephen Hawking's condition has "improved" after being admitted to hospital with chest problems, Cambridge University says. His employers said Professor Hawking was undergoing tests on Monday at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge.
A university spokesman said the 67-year-old, who has motor neurone disease, was now "comfortable".
Prof Hawking, author of A Brief History of Time, has worked at Cambridge University for more than 30 years.
The world-famous physicist, who uses a wheelchair and speaks with the aid of a voice synthesiser, had flown to the US at the end of February to the California Institute of Technology where he is a visiting scholar.

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I see that Stephen Hawking is ill in hospital.

Doctors released a statement about his condition - apparently he has a virus.

Have they tried turning him off and then back on again, or what about ContralAlt Delete? I've been so concerned about him, that I have been phoning him all week but all I keep getting is an automated message, so it must be serious!


He'll be a great loss to physics, and he may be a genius, but he is not setting much of an example to kids by just sitting at his computer all day, so maybe we are getting too upset like with Jade Goody?

Epitaphs are already being written: apparently he was unpopular among his teachers at school.

One said "Yeah, I remember Hawking. He would just sit there with this silly grin on his face".

He also once considered a career in comedy. But he didn't think he'd make it as a stand-up.

The big question is will he see the light at the end of the tunnel, or the blue screen of death? 20 quid says the Windows shutdown noise plays when he dies.

Anyway ...... I've made a backup of him, just in case.

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Stephen Hawking can finally achieve an erection now that doctors have disabled his pop-up blocker.

[Mark TKO]

outstanding

[Dark Lord Al]

sick but funny none the less.

[Andre]

Eyeeeeee hooopppppeee heee geeettttssss bbbeeettttteeerrrr.

[HattonTheHammer]

has nobody considered turning him off and back on again