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[[File:ENIAC Empty-Noise-Into Alien-Communication.jpg|thumb|ENIAC ("[[Empty Noise Into Alien Communication]]") was a secret military program involving the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. In this photograph, researchers have visualized a key section of the "[[Wow! signal]]" by adapting the Trinity Project for use as a [[scrying engine]].]]This is a work of [[fiction (nonfiction)]] and [[nonfiction (nonfiction)]].
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'''''The Gnomon Chronicles''''' is a work of fiction and nonfiction by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)]]. Fresh content daily.<br>   
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== Better Than News ==   
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[[Nonfiction (nonfiction)|Nonfiction]] pages have page titles ending in ''(nonfiction)''.
== Beyond Plausible ==


[[Fictional (nonfiction)|Fiction]] page titles do not end in ''(nonfiction)''.
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== In Other Words ==


ENIAC ("[[Empty Noise Into Alien Communication]]") was a secret military disinformation program involving the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
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The program used disinformation techniques in an effort to deceive alien civilizations into revealing advanced technologies.
== Are You Sure ... ==


In this photograph (circa 1945, plus or minus five teraseconds, depending upon your temporal flux), researchers have visualized a key section of the "[[Wow! signal]]" by adapting the Trinity Project for use as a [[scrying engine]].
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== In the News ==
== Selected Anniversaries ==


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File:Tunguska-Preservation-TV.jpg|The [[Tunguska Event Preservation Society]] is currently showing nonstop interactive footage of the 1927 expedition. Controls (1-8) allow the user to alter expedition outcomes for experimental and recreational purposes.
File:Wizard Jan Kochanowski.jpg|Poet and [[wizard (nonfiction)]] Jan Kochanowski recently adapted the [[Nebra sky disk]] for use as a [[scrying engine]].
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== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Topic of the Day ==


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== Author ==
== Interview ==


See [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)]].
'''INTERVIEW''': "[https://www.trillmag.com/entertainment/gnomon-chronicles-an-interview-with-the-man-who-makes-up-movies/ Gnomon Chronicles: An Interview With The Man Who Makes Up Movies - Meet the satirist blurring the line between entertainment and reality…]" by Aaron Cowell for Tr!ll online magazine.
 
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Revision as of 05:42, 27 September 2024

The Gnomon Chronicles is a work of fiction and nonfiction by Karl Jones (nonfiction). Fresh content daily.
November 15

Better Than News

  • Scannery Row is a science fiction horror-romance film directed by David Cronenberg and starring Nick Nolte and Debra Winger.

    Scannery Row is a science fiction horror-romance film directed by David Cronenberg and starring Nick Nolte and Debra Winger.

  • The Scarlet Trumpet is a work of experimental historical fiction by American authors Nathaniel Hawthorne and Thomas Pynchon.

    The Scarlet Trumpet is a work of experimental historical fiction by American authors Nathaniel Hawthorne and Thomas Pynchon.

  • Slothrop's Heroes is a 1973 historical novel by American writer Thomas Pynchon about the design, production, and sabotage of V-2 rockets by Allied agents posing as prisoners of war.

    Slothrop's Heroes is a 1973 historical novel by American writer Thomas Pynchon about the design, production, and sabotage of V-2 rockets by Allied agents posing as prisoners of war.

  • Eutopiary is a 2023 instructional film which describes how to create and maintain topiary sculptures in an O'Neill cylinder.

    Eutopiary is a 2023 instructional film which describes how to create and maintain topiary sculptures in an O'Neill cylinder.

  • Midnight E.T. is an American science fiction drama film directed by John Schlesinger and Steven Spielberg.

    Midnight E.T. is an American science fiction drama film directed by John Schlesinger and Steven Spielberg.

  • Pulp Genesis is a black comedy religion film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino.

    Pulp Genesis is a black comedy religion film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino.

  • The Man Who Replaced His Ears With Orchids is a 1975 floral industry training film about a brilliant but absent-minded surgeon whose obsession with orchids leads to frightening advances in medical botany.

    The Man Who Replaced His Ears With Orchids is a 1975 floral industry training film about a brilliant but absent-minded surgeon whose obsession with orchids leads to frightening advances in medical botany.

Beyond Plausible

  • One Day at a Time is a made-for-television documentary film about the 1976 invasion of Indianapolis by as-yet [30 August 2021] unidentified transdimensional actors camouflaged as Bonnie Franklin, Mackenzie Phillips, and Valerie Bertinelli.

    One Day at a Time is a made-for-television documentary film about the 1976 invasion of Indianapolis by as-yet [30 August 2021] unidentified transdimensional actors camouflaged as Bonnie Franklin, Mackenzie Phillips, and Valerie Bertinelli.

  • The Johnny Carcinization Show is an American late-night talk show hosted by Johnny Carson on NBC featuring examples of convergent evolution in which a crustacean evolves into a crab-like form from a non-crab-like form.

    The Johnny Carcinization Show is an American late-night talk show hosted by Johnny Carson on NBC featuring examples of convergent evolution in which a crustacean evolves into a crab-like form from a non-crab-like form.

  • Zillow is a 1998 fantasy real estate adventure film.

    Zillow is a 1998 fantasy real estate adventure film.

In Other Words

Are You Sure ...

... that physicist and chemist Walter Heinrich Heitler made contributions to quantum electrodynamics and quantum field theory, bringing chemistry under quantum mechanics through his theory of valence bonding?

Selected Anniversaries

  • 1280: Bishop, theologian, and philosopher Albertus Magnus dies. He was known during his lifetime as doctor universalis and doctor expertus and, late in his life, the term magnus was appended to his name.

    1280: Bishop, theologian, and philosopher Albertus Magnus dies. He was known during his lifetime as doctor universalis and doctor expertus and, late in his life, the term magnus was appended to his name.

  • 1630: Mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer Johannes Kepler born. He will discover laws of planetary motion.

    1630: Mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer Johannes Kepler born. He will discover laws of planetary motion.

  • 1738: Astronomer and composer William Herschel born. Herschel discovered the planet Uranus and its two moons, formulated a theory of stellar evolution, and suggested that nebulae are composed of stars.

    1738: Astronomer and composer William Herschel born. Herschel discovered the planet Uranus and its two moons, formulated a theory of stellar evolution, and suggested that nebulae are composed of stars.

  • 1981: Physicist and chemist Walter Heinrich Heitler dies. He made contributions to quantum electrodynamics and quantum field theory, bringing chemistry under quantum mechanics through his theory of valence bonding.

    1981: Physicist and chemist Walter Heinrich Heitler dies. He made contributions to quantum electrodynamics and quantum field theory, bringing chemistry under quantum mechanics through his theory of valence bonding.

  • 2015: Extract of Radium installs transdimensional vending machines at all San Francisco Muni stations.

    2015: Extract of Radium installs transdimensional vending machines at all San Francisco Muni stations.

  • 2016: San Francisco Muni hack begins, data held hostage for ransom.

    2016: San Francisco Muni hack begins, data held hostage for ransom.

Topic of the Day

Adam Sandler

  • Anchor Management is a 2003 American buddy comedy film about a businessman (Sandler) who must work with an unconventional ship designer (Jack Nicholson).

    Anchor Management is a 2003 American buddy comedy film about a businessman (Sandler) who must work with an unconventional ship designer (Jack Nicholson).

  • Billy Madison 2: America is Best is a 2021 political comedy film starring Adam Sandler as Donald Trump.

    Billy Madison 2: America is Best is a 2021 political comedy film starring Adam Sandler as Donald Trump.

Interview

INTERVIEW: "Gnomon Chronicles: An Interview With The Man Who Makes Up Movies - Meet the satirist blurring the line between entertainment and reality…" by Aaron Cowell for Tr!ll online magazine.

Favorites

The Nixie Economy: How black market Nixie tubes fuel the underground economy is a nonfiction book by mathematician and Gnomon algorithm theorist Alice Beta about the economic and historical significance of Nixie tubes.

Euglena Junction is a reality television program about the life of Euglena, a genus of single-celled flagellate protists. It is loosely based on the television program Petticoat Junction, with different species of Euglena playing the roles of Kate Bradley, her three daughters Billie Jo, Bobbie Jo, and Betty Jo, and her uncle Joe Carson.

Lend a Hand voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

Spectrum is a 2015 action-physics film about the scientific organization Spectrum and its enigmatic leader Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Isaac Newton), who intends to overthrow the dominant paradigm. Co-starring Daniel Craig as Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.

Spiral Rings 2.

Hamlet is a 1979 science fiction horror film written and directed by Ridley Scott and based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare.

Art is long, life is brave.
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