most people on /. have no clue what this sentence means: Poincaré questioned whether there exists a method for determining whether a three-dimensional manifold is a spherical: is there a 3-manifold not homologous to the 3-sphere in which any loop can be gradually shrunk to a single point? The Poincaré conjecture is that there is no such 3-manifold, i.e. any boundless 3-manifold in which the condition holds is homeomorphic to the 3-sphere.

The /. eds could make this article 10x more relevant to most people by titling it 'Man wins million dollar mental masturbation prize' or by explaining the practical applications of this discovery. Instead the summary is a list of techno jargon that'd put Star Trek to shame with no mention of the $$ prize nor details of the winner. Who is this guy? Why did someone give him so much money for solving for x? Can I too win cash money for balls? If not, can I out source next year's winner to india and take a cut of the prize?

Anyway, this article's a lot better:http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2009/11/grigori-perelman-the-genius-in-hiding.php

1.3 billion brace for the money shot.

Classmates.com made sense when it came out in 95. It's been obsoleted by free alternatives such as facebook. I got the email from them and realized any classmates of mine were more likely to be on the free alternatives.

3. Correct. The spanish flu only killed 3% of the population in 1918-1920. That was only 50 million people. Society went on; although people starting calling their parlor rooms living rooms, since the former label was too depressing.

Whoa... tens years of watching jenny cam and waiting for her to do it. I'm not counting the couple sessions of foreplay before the server crashed under a wave of voyeurs. This is kinda like the wait for fallout 3. When the game finally came out, I was too old to enjoy it. My tastes had changed. Now when Jenny finally does the act, she'll be too old for me to enjoy her.

how are you going to deal with fraud? Would you give me cash for a bag of dirt I scooped up around the corner outta sight?

Contrary to what your mom told you, people on the internet care a lot about your opinions. Even more so when you don't even bother explaining them. CAPS are an excellent way to grab people's attention.

you're a string theorist?

Just like the United States could refer to the USA or to United States of Mexico, America can refer to the USA or to the two continents. Which is to say, only an idiot would use the latter meaning.

There's a certain type of person who thinks that simple statements of truth are either wrong, stupid, or unnecessary. These people had a field day ridiculing Newton when he presented his 3 laws of motion.

Worst joke ever.

lol, wut?

Lawrence of Arabia?

You got bullied by the debate team? BWAHAHAHAHAHAA