But while the system was impressive, the real fun was watching what Watson could do.
The real fun comes from receiving recommendations from users whose taste you trust.
The real fun will be watching what happens to the Palm patents.
The real fun begins with paint, as Mr Ball describes in rich detail the development of artists' colours from medieval to modern times.
However, the real fun of Ko Kret is cruising through the tiny hamlets, enjoying the soothing rural views and stopping for a cool drink as the mood strikes.
The real fun begins at 90, 000 rubles, when you don a spacesuit and experience a simulated launch, flight and landing in a Soyuz rocket, complete with Russian- language capsule controls.
That's when the real fun, and the serious speculation, begins.
The real fun was trying to fly home.
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It's hard to distinguish their parody tweets from the utterances of the real van Praag, which is part of the fun.
Directed by Bruno Aveillan, the three-and-a-half minute homage follows the epic voyage of an emerald-eyed panther, muse and figurehead of the House of Cartier. (Fun fact: the video employed real panthers who had never seen snow before).
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But taking the time to figure out the details was fun, and made the design feel more real.
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Ms Russell, a local mother who started the Save St Helier Facebook group, said the fun day was a "great day out with a real purpose".
Mersenne primes are most relevant to number theory, but most participants join Gimps for the fun of having a role in real research - and the chance of finding a new Mersenne prime.
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Which just raises the question: Is this for real, or is this a Jesse Ventura moment, all fun and feathers and wild surprise but not the kind of earthquake that redraws the continents?
So, for now, just because we're not forcing you to be the person your grandmother knits socks for when you comment on Engadget, please remember: we're all real people, somewhere, and deleting the 700 "you're paid by Apple" comments isn't fun for those real people.
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Sneaking along railings and leaping from perch to perch is fun, but the enemies rarely provide a real challenge if you fail at stealth.
Shazam incorporated it into its core technology, improving its accuracy, and added a layer of animation and visualization to create a fun and engaging way to see the lyrics in real-time with the song.
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My other 40 minutes goes to Forbes.com, Real Clear Politics, The Drudge Report and, for personal fun, a few airplane websites, such Aero-News.
If you have a kid that is intrigued by puzzles and you want to teach him real-world skills in thinking logically while having fun at the same time, you might want to consider buying him or her one or more puzzle boxes as a gift.
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Could the real cause be that baby boomers are finally admitting that it's just no fun anymore to see their former teen idols as self-parodying senior citizens?
But while quickly scrolling through a bunch of photos is fun, the same activity with lengthy and poorly edited amateur videos can get real old, real fast.
The extra fancy part is that the notebook can be built with the "owner's choice of precious metals, leathers and real woods, " which sounds fun.
For fun--and more and more for real--our kids are in the crosshairs.
The club said QuickQuid has also made a commitment to invest in its community initiatives and "bring some real fun to matchdays".
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