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Radically intelligent alien beings create a supercomputer called Deep Thought in Douglas Adams’ “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.” Deep Thought’s sole purpose is to determine “The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.” Deep Thought spends 7 1/2 million years computing and checking the answer. The answer is 42. What a coincidence! This month the Scribbler celebrates 42 years of writing this column. Although no one has ever considered The Scribbler column the ultimate answer to anything, let alone everything, so what? Deep...

50 Years of Text Games By Douglas Adams and Steve Meretzky Released: October 1984 (Infocom) Language: ZIL Platform: Z-Machine version 3 (Apple II; Atari 8-bit; Commodore 16, Plus/4, 64; PC DOS; Macintosh; TI-99/4A; TRS-80) Opening Text: You wake up. The room is spinning very gently round your head. Or at least it would be if you could see it which you can't. It is pitch black. > inventory You have: a splitting headache no tea Note: contains in-depth discussions of several puzzles, including the Babel Fish, “common sense,” and Dark puzzles. Douglas Adams, at first, did not like comput...

In this bi-weekly series reviewing classic science fiction and fantasy books, Alan Brown looks at the front lines and frontiers of the field; books about soldiers and spacers, scientists and engineers, explorers and adventurers. Stories full of what Shakespeare used to refer to as “alarums and excursions”: battles, chases, clashes, and the stuff of excitement. Adventure is often presented as serious business, but also benefits from being treated with a light touch. Humor can go a long way toward adding spice to any narrative. And when humor becomes the main dish, it can be a joy to behold...

Share: Each day, Benzinga takes a look back at a notable market-related moment that occurred on this date. What Happened? On this day in 1996, world chess champion Garry Kasparov defeated  IBM (NYSE: IBM) chess-playing supercomputer Deep Blue. Where The Market Was: The S&P 500 was at 647.98 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 5,503.32. What Else Was Going On In The World? In 1996, DVDs were launched in Japan and the total number of global internet users surpassed 10 million. A loaf of bread cost $1.15. AI Computer Defeated: In a highly publicized event demonstrating the cutting-edg...

Chess has captured the imagination of humans for centuries due to its strategic beauty—an objective, board-based testament to the power of mortal intuition. Twenty-five years ago Wednesday, though, human superiority on a chessboard was seriously threatened for the first time. At a nondescript convention center in Philadelphia, a meticulously constructed supercomputer called Deep Blue faced off against Garry Kasparov for the first in a series of six games. Kasparov was world chess champion at the time and widely considered to be one of the greatest players in the history of chess. He did not...