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Latest revision as of 14:33, 2 June 2024
Better Than News
Eyes Wide Clockwork is a erotic dystopian crime film directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Nicole Kidman, Tom Cruise, and Malcolm McDowell.
The Ten Axioms is a 1956 epic set theory revisionist historical film about a Jewish set theorist (Charlton Heston) who discovers a paradox in the Ten Commandments which threatens to undermine all monotheism.
"Static Mat" is a song by Yup from their album Obdurate.
Superman if by Day, Batman if by Night: The Ben Affleck Story is a 2023 autobiographical film by Ben Affleck.
Miracle Whip is a 1981 action-cooking film about an archaeologist (Indiana Jones) seeking a legendary jar of miraculous mayonnaise.
People are not interchangeable. / They are not equivalent. / They are not fungible. / Each life is unique and irreplaceable.
Beyond Plausible
Briefs and the City is a British-American romantic comedy-drama film about four friends, one of whom has an affair with a stranger.
Marquis de Sade Whipped Jalapeño Cheddar spread is a brand of hand-whipped dairy bondage food products.
In Other Words
A Pocket Guide to Cholera is a handbook for cholera cosplay.
Are You Sure
... that astronomer and academic Geminiano Montanari made the the observation that Algol in the constellation of Perseus varies in brightness?
... that the 1956 epic set theory revisionist historical film The Ten Axioms remains controversial to this day due to its treatment of the axiom of choice?
Selected Anniversaries
1633: Astronomer and academic Geminiano Montanari born. He will make the observation that Algol in the constellation of Perseus varies in brightness.
1849: Territorial Governor Alexander Ramsey declared the Territory of Minnesota officially established.
1867: Mathematician Karl Georg Christian von Staudt dies. He used synthetic geometry to provide a foundation for arithmetic.
1895: Havelock and Herman Hollerith announce plan to collaborate on new data exchange protocol.
1890: The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
![1944: First successful run of the improved Colossus Mark 2 computer], just in time for the Normandy landings on D-Day. Colossus Mark 2 used shift registers to quintuple the processing speed.](/w/images/thumb/4/48/Colossus_Mark_2.jpg/120px-Colossus_Mark_2.jpg)
1944: First successful run of the improved Colossus Mark 2 computer], just in time for the Normandy landings on D-Day. Colossus Mark 2 used shift registers to quintuple the processing speed.
Topic of the Day
Star Trek
"And The Petroleum Shall Leak" is one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series Star Trek.
"Walnut in the Fold": Scottie must brief a charming alien on recent advances in warp core technology before an immortal malefic spirit takes possession of his flesh and stabs her to death. (Star Trek: Forbidden Episodes)
"And the Corleones Shall Lead" is one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series Star Trek.