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Latest revision as of 07:41, 4 November 2024


Better Than News

  • 2001: A Partridge Family is an American musical sitcom starring Shirley Jones as a widowed mother who embarks on a second career in artificial intelligence security.

    2001: A Partridge Family is an American musical sitcom starring Shirley Jones as a widowed mother who embarks on a second career in artificial intelligence security.

  • The Man Who Knew to Mulch is a 1956 American suspense agriculture film about an American family vacationing in French Morocco who become involved in a complex plan to improve agricultural yields using imported machinery and cheap local labor.

    The Man Who Knew to Mulch is a 1956 American suspense agriculture film about an American family vacationing in French Morocco who become involved in a complex plan to improve agricultural yields using imported machinery and cheap local labor.

  • Flipper 2049 is a science fiction nature film about a young Fish Runner who discovers a long-buried ichthyographic secret which leads him to track down Flipper the Dolphin.

    Flipper 2049 is a science fiction nature film about a young Fish Runner who discovers a long-buried ichthyographic secret which leads him to track down Flipper the Dolphin.

  • Wicker Equalizer is a spy thriller horror television series as a retired intelligence agent with a mysterious past, who uses the skills from his former career to exact justice on behalf of innocent people on the isolated and mysterious Scottish island of Summerisle.

    Wicker Equalizer is a spy thriller horror television series as a retired intelligence agent with a mysterious past, who uses the skills from his former career to exact justice on behalf of innocent people on the isolated and mysterious Scottish island of Summerisle.

  • When a Riddler Calls is a 1979 American superhero psychological horror film based on the classic folk legend of "the babysitter and the man upstairs".

    When a Riddler Calls is a 1979 American superhero psychological horror film based on the classic folk legend of "the babysitter and the man upstairs".

  • It Takes a Green is an American ecology-crime television series starring Malachi Throne.

    It Takes a Green is an American ecology-crime television series starring Malachi Throne.

Beyond Plausible

  • Some Men Just Want to Watch Get Carter is a 2023 superhero crime documentary film narrated by Michael Caine.

    Some Men Just Want to Watch Get Carter is a 2023 superhero crime documentary film narrated by Michael Caine.

  • Bane Capital is a legal thriller film about a renegade aerospace engineer (Tom Hardy) who blackmails Gotham City into issuing municipal bonds for the upgrade of aging runways at Gotham City International Airport.

    Bane Capital is a legal thriller film about a renegade aerospace engineer (Tom Hardy) who blackmails Gotham City into issuing municipal bonds for the upgrade of aging runways at Gotham City International Airport.

  • "A Time for Kangaroos" is a lost episode of the television series The Twilight Zone staring Bob Keeshan and Bennye Gatteys.

    "A Time for Kangaroos" is a lost episode of the television series The Twilight Zone staring Bob Keeshan and Bennye Gatteys.

  • "Dream Freeness" is an anagram of "Reefer Madness".

    "Dream Freeness" is an anagram of "Reefer Madness".

In Other Words

Are You Sure

• ... that mathematician and cryptographer John Wallis (3 December 1616 – 8 November 1703) served as chief cryptographer for Parliament and, later, the royal court?

Selected Anniversaries

  • 1703: Mathematician and cryptographer John Wallis dies. He served as chief cryptographer for Parliament and, later, the royal court.

    1703: Mathematician and cryptographer John Wallis dies. He served as chief cryptographer for Parliament and, later, the royal court.

  • 1807: Engineer, hydrographer, and politician Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait dies. He designed and oversaw the building of ships, making structural improvements and developing techniques to improve the disposition of cargo in ships' holds.

    1807: Engineer, hydrographer, and politician Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait dies. He designed and oversaw the building of ships, making structural improvements and developing techniques to improve the disposition of cargo in ships' holds.

  • 1839: Birth of Ivan Goremykin heralds new age of Extreme Moustaches.

    1839: Birth of Ivan Goremykin heralds new age of Extreme Moustaches.

  • 1848: Mathematician, logician, and philosopher Gottlob Frege born. Though will be largely ignored during his lifetime, his work will influence later generations of logicians and philosophers.

    1848: Mathematician, logician, and philosopher Gottlob Frege born. Though will be largely ignored during his lifetime, his work will influence later generations of logicians and philosophers.

  • 1895: While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.

    1895: While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.

  • 1969: Astronomer Vesto Melvin Slipher dies. He performed the first measurements of radial velocities for galaxies, providing the empirical basis for the expansion of the universe.

    1969: Astronomer Vesto Melvin Slipher dies. He performed the first measurements of radial velocities for galaxies, providing the empirical basis for the expansion of the universe.

  • 1976: Mathematician Pekka Myrberg dies. He did fundamental work on the iteration of rational functions (especially quadratic functions), developing the concept of period-doubling. Myrberg's research revived interest in the results of Gaston Julia and Pierre Fatou.

    1976: Mathematician Pekka Myrberg dies. He did fundamental work on the iteration of rational functions (especially quadratic functions), developing the concept of period-doubling. Myrberg's research revived interest in the results of Gaston Julia and Pierre Fatou.

  • 2013: Physicist, mathematician, and activist William C. Davidon dies. He developed the first quasi-Newton algorithm, now known as the Davidon–Fletcher–Powell formula.

    2013: Physicist, mathematician, and activist William C. Davidon dies. He developed the first quasi-Newton algorithm, now known as the Davidon–Fletcher–Powell formula.

Topic of the Day

Gold

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