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[[File:Diagramaceous soil bingo algorithm harvest.jpg|link=Diagramaceous soil|300px|thumb|'''Featured image:''' Artist-Engineer [[Don Tasmian]] [[computation (nonfiction)|computes]] a new variety of [[Algorithm (nonfiction)|Bingo algorithm]] from an enumerated matrix of [[Diagramaceous soil]]. The freshly harvested algorithm will be used as a clarifying agent in wager-based [[Scrying engine|scrying engines]].]]'''''Fiction''''' is an ongoing work of [[fiction (nonfiction)|fiction]] and [[nonfiction (nonfiction)|nonfiction]] by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]].
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== In the News ==
== Beyond Plausible ==


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File:Hazmatterhorn.jpg|link=Hazmatterhorn|Matterhorn encapsulated in gigantic glass vial, converted to copper sulfate pentahydrate crystals. See [[Hazmatterhorn]].
File:Fugitive Rubies and hand x-ray.jpg|link=Evil bit release|This photograph, if genuine, may show the moment following the [[Evil bit release|release of an evil bit]] by supervillain [[Fugitive Rubies]].
File:The Eel.jpg|link=The Eel|[[The Eel]], freshly incarcerated in the [[Nacreum]], remains defiant: "No prison can hold me!"
File:Wild Man in Hydrogen Bubble Chamber.jpg|link=Time travel (nonfiction)|Inventor of [[Time travel (nonfiction)|time travel]] travels to distant past, [[Wild man (nonfiction)|goes insane, becomes own ancestor]] -- not necessarily in that order.
File:Niente da Fare Antonio Rotta.jpg|link=Scarpomancy (nonfiction)|Cobbler admits inability to divine [[Scarpomancy (nonfiction)|future of old boots]].
File:Mispent Youth.jpg|link=Mispent Youth|Taste sensation: [[Methylphenidate (nonfiction)|Methylphenidate]] + [[Extract of Radium]] = [[Mispent Youth]]. Shown here with vodka and olives.
File:Alberta sulfur pyramids.jpg|link=Alberta sulphur pyramids (nonfiction)|Delicious aroma of [[Alberta sulphur pyramids (nonfiction)|sulfur pyramids]] attracts [[Comer's Midden Monster|Comer's Midden Monsters]] to Alberta.
File:First computer bug.jpg|link=Software defect (nonfiction)|[[Software defect (nonfiction)|Computer bug]] demands rematch. "That relay sucker-punched me!" says moth.
File:Electric S'mores.jpg|link=Electric S'mores|[[Electric S'mores]] open for business.
File:Dalton Trumbo prison 1950.jpg|link=Dalton Trumbo (nonfiction)|[[Dalton Trumbo (nonfiction)|Dalton Trumbo]] refuses to betray friends and principles, enjoys state-sponsored meals for nearly a year.
File:Dark Side of the Moon.png|link=Physicist (nonfiction)|''Dark Side of the Moon'' "kept my spirits up during the ordeal", [[Physicist (nonfiction)|Galileo]] heard to mutter while leaving the courtroom.
File:Galileo_E_pur_si_muove.jpg|link=Physicist (nonfiction)|[[Physicist (nonfiction)|Galileo]], imprisoned on trumped-up charges, uses nail to scratch the equation ''E pur si muove'' on dungeon wall, cuts his way to freedom.
File:Umbrella Man.jpg|link=Umbrella Man (nonfiction)|[[Umbrella Man (nonfiction)|Umbrella Man witnesses]] rubbed with [[Clandestiphrine]], 73% die of stack overflow allergy. Witness Protection Program implements software patch to prevent recurrence.
File:Electric_Kool-Aid_Acid_Test_cover.jpg|link=The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test|Early techno-thriller fails [[Turing test (nonfiction)|Turing test]], author invents [[High-energy literature]] techniques to improve readability.
File:800px-Nebra_Schwerter.jpg|link=Weapon (nonfiction)|Army research laboratories [[Weapon (nonfiction)|convert modern plowshares into ancient swords]].  Military contractors call technique "Astonishing breakthrough."
File:Companion of Asclepius Myrmidon.jpg|link=Asclepius Myrmidon|[[Asclepius Myrmidon]] provides emergency medical services after [[Pi disaster]].
File:Mandelbrot set command line depiction.png|link=Mandelbrot set (nonfiction)|Line printer [[Mandelbrot set (nonfiction)|Mandelbrot set]] yearns for color, launches Kickstarter campaign to fund upgrade.
File:Dick_Turpin_of_Mars.jpg|link=Hopalong Cassidy (nonfiction)|Highwayman Dick Turpin of Mars takes parting shot at [[Hopalong Cassidy (nonfiction)|Hopalong Cassidy]].
File:Papillon_book_cover.jpg|link=Papillon (nonfiction)|Re-emitted red light suggests that [[Fugitive Rubies]] is secretly manipulating ''[[Papillon (nonfiction)|Papillon]]'', say [[High-energy literature|High-energy literature theorists]].
Fugitive_Rubies_interrogation_800x600.jpg|link=Fugitive Rubies|Captured supervillain [[Fugitive Rubies]] involuntarily luminesces under green laser interrogation, re-emits red light.
File:Bourbaki_virages_dangereux_fruiting_body.jpg|link=Outsider mathematics|Fruiting body of ''Bourbaki virages dangereux'' nominated as symbol of [[Outsider mathematics|outsider mathematics]].
File:Tunguska-Preservation-TV.jpg|link=Tunguska Event Preservation Society|Join [[Tunguska Event Preservation Society]], receive interactive 1927 expedition.
File:Brainiac head.png|link=Brainiac skull diodes (nonfiction)|Second-hand [[Brainiac skull diodes (nonfiction)|Brainiac skull diodes]] used for cut-rate [[Medulla oblongata (nonfiction)|Medulla oblongata]] upgrade.
File:Rule 90 trees.svg|link=Cellular automaton (nonfiction)|Latest version of [[Bernoulli family (nonfiction)|Bernoulli family tree]] powered by [[Cellular automaton (nonfiction)|cellular automata]].
File:Wizard Jan Kochanowski.jpg|link=Scrying engine|Poet and [[wizard]] Jan Kochanowski adapts [[Nebra sky disk]] for use as [[scrying engine]].
File:Luminous dial of Soviet aircraft chronometer.jpg|link=Chronometer (nonfiction)|Luminous dial of Soviet aircraft [[Chronometer (nonfiction)|chronometer]] proud to represent all [[Chronometer (nonfiction)|chronometers]].
File:Orgasmatron from Sleeper.png|link=Artificial hedonism (nonfiction)|Tiny [[Spacecraft (nonfiction)|spacecraft]] with [[Artificial hedonism (nonfiction)|alien "Happy Ending" software]] converts human sweat into [[Extract of Radium]].
File:Red-Limned Sea Quetzalcoatl.jpg|link=Sea Quetzalcoatl|Red-limned [[Sea Quetzalcoatl]] disguised as Tree of Life.
File:Confiserie orientale berlin lokum cream lemon, lokum.jpg|link=Crime team (nonfiction)|[[Forbidden Ratio]] and [[Gnotilus]] use [[Turkish delight]] as symbol of [[crime team]].
File:Angry Feller Karl Jones 600x800.jpg|link=Angry Feller (nonfiction)|''[[Angry Feller]]'' expresses anger.
File:Cat guarding geese c1120 BC Egypt.jpg|link=Rumbustius|[[Rumbustius|Cat teaches geese a lesson they won't soon forget]].
File:Bertrand Russell in 1876.jpg|link=Bertrand Russell|Young [[Bertrand Russell]] approves of peace talks.
File:Dinosaur studying mathematics.jpg|link=Chicxulub Chips|Dinosaur develops algorithm for [[Chicxulub Chips]].
File:Green-Ring Dick-Cavett-Show 1969.jpg|link=Green Ring|[[Green Ring]] interviewed by [[Dick Cavett]].
File:Geometers_program_medievel_pilgrimage.jpg|link=Pilgrimage|[[Pilgrimage|Geometers refactor medieval pilgrimage]].
File:Wumpuss-compass.jpg|link=Wumpus-compass|[[Wumpus-compass]] syndrome linked to [[Extract of Radium]] binge.
File:David_Hedison_releasing_neurotransmitters.jpg|link=Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series) (nonfiction)|"Neurotransmitters deployed" says [[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series) (nonfiction)|David Hedison]].
File:Bernoulli_wappen.png|link=Bernoulli family (nonfiction)|Advances in [[Cellular automaton (nonfiction)|dynastic cellular automata theory]] reveal new members of [[Bernoulli family (nonfiction)|Bernoulli family]].
File:Voronoi-diagram-color-commentators.jpg|link=Fantasy Voronoi diagram|[[Fantasy Voronoi diagram]] upstages [[Fantasy football (American) (nonfiction)|Fantasy Football]].
File:Red-Charter.jpg|link=The Rubrics|Discovery of "Red Charter" implicates [[The Rubrics]] in blood sacrifice of [[H. P. Lovecraft]].
File:Twin_Cities_Rapid_Transit_Route_Map_1914.jpg|link=Gnomon algorithm|New study of [[Twin Cities|Twin Cities streetcar map (1914)]] finds [[Gnomon algorithm]] subroutines.
File:Pika-computational-activity.jpg|link=The Pika|New computational activity by [[The Pika]].
File:Madge_Palmolive.jpg|Consumer spokespersona says "[[geometry solvent]]" is nothing more than dish soap plus [[Extract of Radium]].
File:Grievous Mitochondria pleasure barge.jpg|link=Grievous Mitochondria|[[Grievous Mitochondria]] pleasure barge accepting reservations.
File:The_Carpet_Merchant_(c1887)_Jean-Léon_Gérôme.jpg|link=The Nested Radical|[[The Nested Radical]] seeking permission to display Jean-Léon Gérôme's painting [[:File:The Carpet Merchant (c1887) Jean-Léon Gérôme.jpg|The Carpet Merchant]] in upcoming art show.
File:ENIAC Empty-Noise-Into Alien-Communication.jpg|link=ENIAC (SETI)|ENIAC ("[[Empty Noise Into Alien Communication]]") researchers visualize key section of "[[Wow! signal]]".
File:Halobaena caerulea in flight - SE Tasmania.jpg|link=Stomach Oil Exporting Petrels|[[Stomach Oil Exporting Petrels|SOEP cartel]] patrols shipping lanes, vows to strafe [[Stomach oil (nonfiction)|stomach oil smugglers]].
File:Jekyll_Perfume.png|link=Jekyll (perfume)|[[Jekyll (perfume)|New perfume "Jekyll" targets sociopaths]].
File:Hypercube.svg|link=The Boxes|[[The Boxes]] invest in [[Jekyll (perfume)|Jekyll]] because "sociopathy is good for capitalization of matter-based organisms."
File:Orson Welles War of the Worlds 1938.jpg|link=Humanity and other non-essential services|Orson Welles tests positive for catch phrase ''[[Humanity and Other Non-Essential Services]]''.
File:Carnevale Tenebre vise 600x800.jpg|link=Carnevale Tenebre|[[Carnevale Tenebre]] uses vise to clamp souls.
File:Green_Spacecraft_img092_800x600.jpg|link=Green Spacecraft (nonfiction)|''[[Green Spacecraft]]'' sighted.
File:Marshall McLuhan.jpg|link=Marshall McLuhan (nonfiction)|[[Marshall McLuhan (nonfiction)|Marshall McLuhan]] less wrong than you think.
File:Brer_Rabbit_and_Tar_Baby_9000_small.png|link=Tar-Baby 9000|[[Tar-Baby 9000]] uploads [[Turpentine delight]] into Brer Rabbit.
File:Nysa_on_Maeander_Library_Upgrade.jpg|link=Nysa on the Maeander|[[Nysa on the Maeander]] upgrading to full [[transdimensional corporation]].
File:Lord_Kelvin.jpg|link=Heat death of the universe (nonfiction)|"[[Brainiac (nonfiction)|Brainiac]] is planning to [[Heat death of the universe (nonfiction)|kill us all]]," warns Lord Kelvin.
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Latest revision as of 07:02, 15 November 2024

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

Better Than News

Beyond Plausible

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

Topic of the Day

Adam Sandler

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.

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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.