But the laureates themselves were far from the only attraction. Real Nobel Prize winners were among those in attendance to present awards, and a new opera titled The Intelligent Designer and the Universe was premiered.

Only the strict attentions of this years Miss Sweety-poos (a pair of eight-year old girls assigned to march onto the stage and repeatedly say Please stop! Im bored! when a speakers time limit has been exceeded) kept the proceedings on track.

in Network World's Data Center section.