June 23

From Gnomon Chronicles


Better Than News

  • Ice Station Zoolander is an American espionage comedy thriller film directed by Ben Stiller and John Sturges, and starring Rock Hudson, Patrick McGoohan, Ernest Borgnine, and Ben Stiller.

    Ice Station Zoolander is an American espionage comedy thriller film directed by Ben Stiller and John Sturges, and starring Rock Hudson, Patrick McGoohan, Ernest Borgnine, and Ben Stiller.

  • Assault on Ice Station 13 American espionage comedy-thriller film directed by John Sturges John Carpenter, and starring Rock Hudson, Austin Stoker, Patrick McGoohan, Darwin Joston, Ernest Borgnine, Laurie Zimmer, and Jim Brown.

    Assault on Ice Station 13 American espionage comedy-thriller film directed by John Sturges John Carpenter, and starring Rock Hudson, Austin Stoker, Patrick McGoohan, Darwin Joston, Ernest Borgnine, Laurie Zimmer, and Jim Brown.

  • HODOR is a science fiction fantasy novel by Philip K. Dick and George R. R. Martin.

    HODOR is a science fiction fantasy novel by Philip K. Dick and George R. R. Martin.

  • "Hodor Love" is a song by Valyrian Earring.

    "Hodor Love" is a song by Valyrian Earring.

  • "The Ringworlds of Your Mind" is a song by Larry Niven, first recorded by Noel Harrison for the film The Louis Wu Affair.

    "The Ringworlds of Your Mind" is a song by Larry Niven, first recorded by Noel Harrison for the film The Louis Wu Affair.

  • One does not simply get a good deal on a secondhand tungsten cube. —Boromir, Chief Metallurgist of Gondor

    One does not simply get a good deal on a secondhand tungsten cube. —Boromir, Chief Metallurgist of Gondor

Beyond Plausible

  • Cretaceous Office Supplies is an unlicensed transdimensional corporation which provides office supplies and associated support services to the Cretaceous period (the longest geological period of the entire Phanerozoic). Now offering "It's Nearly K–Pg Boundary Time!" rush delivery within a half-million years — Guaranteed.

    Cretaceous Office Supplies is an unlicensed transdimensional corporation which provides office supplies and associated support services to the Cretaceous period (the longest geological period of the entire Phanerozoic). Now offering "It's Nearly K–Pg Boundary Time!" rush delivery within a half-million years — Guaranteed.

In Other Words

Are You Sure

• ... that computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and theoretical biologist Alan Turing pioneered the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalization of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine?

• ... that "Do you believe in gravity?" is a short essay by Karl Jones?

Selected Anniversaries

  • 1390: Priest, philosopher, physicist, and theologian John Cantius born. He will help develop Jean Buridan's theory of impetus, anticipating the work of Galileo and Newton.

    1390: Priest, philosopher, physicist, and theologian John Cantius born. He will help develop Jean Buridan's theory of impetus, anticipating the work of Galileo and Newton.

  • 1912: Computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and theoretical biologist Alan Turing born. He will be influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalization of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine.

    1912: Computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and theoretical biologist Alan Turing born. He will be influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalization of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine.

  • 1959: Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.

    1959: Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.

  • 1972: Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins.

    1972: Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins.

Topic of the Day

The Matrix

  • Matrix to America is a 2021 action-comedy buddy film about a computer hacker (Keanu Reeves) and an African king (Eddie Murphy) who must team up to save the world from a malicious computer program (Hugo Weaving).

    Matrix to America is a 2021 action-comedy buddy film about a computer hacker (Keanu Reeves) and an African king (Eddie Murphy) who must team up to save the world from a malicious computer program (Hugo Weaving).

  • Olive Matrix is a science-fiction theme restaurant franchise with indentured franchises throughout the Greater Sol System Co-Prosperity Sphere. Olive Matrix. When you're here, you're virtual.

    Olive Matrix is a science-fiction theme restaurant franchise with indentured franchises throughout the Greater Sol System Co-Prosperity Sphere. Olive Matrix. When you're here, you're virtual.

  • Gilligan's Matrix is a science-fiction drama television series with follows the agonies of seven artificial intelligences as they attempt to survive on a simulated virtual desert island on which their data structures are corrupted.

    Gilligan's Matrix is a science-fiction drama television series with follows the agonies of seven artificial intelligences as they attempt to survive on a simulated virtual desert island on which their data structures are corrupted.

  • "I don't always exist in the Matrix. But when I do, I always drink tequila."

    "I don't always exist in the Matrix. But when I do, I always drink tequila."

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