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But Seriously…

m759 — Sun, 20 May 2012 03:01:12 +0000

Here is a link to a copy of the home page of a Turkish
author quoted here on May 4, 2012… in honor of
archaeologist Crawford Greenewalt Jr., who reportedly
died on that date. Greenewalt was an expert on the
ancient city of Sardis, in what is now western Turkey.

The May 4 quote was about
"Heraclitus’s Aion and His Transformations."

Powers for Mick

m759 — Sun, 20 May 2012 01:00:31 +0000

(A post suggested by an ad in this evening's online New York Times )

"After being brought to the village's Patriarch… Mick learns
the intent of the colony and how they operate."

— Summary of a story by Orson Scott Card, a Latter-Day Saint.

For some context, see Saints Have Powers in this journal.

Related material —

The Saturday Evening Post and tonight's Saturday Night Live .

G8

m759 — Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:34 +0000

"The group of 8" is a phrase from politics, not mathematics.
Of the five groups of order 8 (see today's noon post),

the one pictured* in the center, Z₂ × Z₂ × Z₂ , is of particular
interest. See The Eightfold Cube. For a connection of this
group of 8 to the last of the five pictured at noon, the
quaternion group, see Finite Geometry and Physical Space.

* The picture is of the group's cycle graph.

Politics

m759 — Sat, 19 May 2012 23:59:55 +0000

For those who prefer politics to mathematics—

Language Game

m759 — Sat, 19 May 2012 16:00:44 +0000

See also Bab-ilu.

Numbers–

m759 — Sat, 19 May 2012 14:18:48 +0000

38, 23, 7B

May 19, 2012 9:06 AM

Expert: Facebook targeting all 7B people on Earth

(CBS News) NEW YORK — After all the hype, Facebook's
stock fell flat on its first day of trading. Shares in the
social networking giant opened at 38 dollars, shot up briefly,
then fell— and finished just 23 cents higher.

Midrash— "Fullness… Multitude"

Capture the Flags

m759 — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:00:24 +0000

Continued from Banderas (Aug. 18, 2011)—

Balakrishnan's Banners

See also The Colors of Halloween and Smiling Buddha.

One Night in Bangkok

m759 — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:59:27 +0000

"… this campaign, relatively speaking, will not be
fierce or hotly contested. Instead it'll be disappointing,
embarrassing, and over very quickly, like a hand job
in a Bangkok bathhouse." — Matt Taibbi in Rolling Stone

Smash Finale

m759 — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:00:16 +0000

Meanwhile…

m759 — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:48:51 +0000