And then this guy named Rajeev Motwani and others started to push the use of randomized algorithms, not as a weird corner case, but the way to do algorithms.

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But during a 2011 interview with Tavis Smiley, the actor touched on similar subjects and gave similar answers, including accusing the talk show host of "getting a little weird now" when he asked questions about the case's aftermath, according to a transcript of the interview posted online.

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Or, in the case of Research In Motion, the pros turn a little weird.

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Which is why it's so weird that Uniea would go out on a limb and produce a hard leather case "for new iPod" (which we've been affectionately referring to as the nano fatty).

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What makes this case weird is that CCBN.com's cofounder Jeffrey Parker had a long and amiable relationship with Thomson (nyse: TOC - news - people ).

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What makes this case weird is that CCBN.com's cofounder, Jeffrey Parker, had a long and amiable relationship with Thomson.

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