In his copy of Diophantus’s Arithmetica, Pierre de Fermat famously wrote:
Cubum autem in duos cubos, aut quadratoquadratum in duos quadratoquadratos & generaliter nullam in infinitum ultra quadratum potestatem in duos eiusdem nominis fas est dividere cuius rei demonstrationem mirabilem sane detexi. Hanc marginis exiguitas non caperet.
Or, in ( Read more... )

Months in the planning, delayed in the execution... I had the idea of trying to make Vogon poetry sound as pretty as possible, and challenging others to do interesting things with Vogon poetry, in recognition of the 42nd anniversary of the initial broadcast of The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I noticed some rhyme parallels between the first ( Read more... )

Just imagining Pat Sajak or Vanna White in a trench coat.  Muttering to Ernie: "Hey bud.  Howd'ja like to buy a vowel?"

"A vowel?"

"Shhhhh!"

"A vowel?"
 

The proper way of doing a pissing contest involves the integral of distance by time.
 

Jack Harkness could have screamed.

So.  Close.

Just one more good hit would take out the Dalek mothership.  Though it was calling for help, it was practically defenseless, screens down, interceptors used up.  But Jack's ship was hardly in better shape.  His only functional weapon system was the mass driver, and he'd thrown everything that was ( Read more... )

... according to the Greek Orthodox Mayans.

Happy new year, everyone.
 

Having seen a few minutes of the recent Conan flick, I am now pondering the merits of the original version by Ron Howard.

"Hello.  My name is Conan the Barbarian.  You killed my village.  Prepare to die."

A-PO-PHAL-LATE!  A-PO-PHAL-LATE!
 

Timbitis: abdominal swelling caused by excessive incremental absorption of dietary fats and sugars.
 

Some of my friends create a... striking effect while they're swimming.

( Cut, again, for some semblance of good taste )