Well the start of Advent is round the corner so I've started watching my traditional brace of seasonal movies I watch every year.
I've kicked off with a relative newcomer, Christmas Horror Story, which I've seen the last two years. Starring the brilliant William Shatner getting merry on Egg Nog, it depicts sinister events in the American town of Bailey Downs one Christmas.
The main draws for me are the really excellent Krampus character and Bill Shatner's philosophical radio host. I rented it on You Tube for 2.49. Have you seen it?
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Regardless of the season mathematics rolls on regardless as does my inability to comprehend basic principles.
The latest brain melter, discussed with my daughter's fiance, is an almost unintelligible number, zero to the power of zero!
Even more lobotomising is that it equals one!
Even more lobotomising is that it equals one!
How 0 x 0 can equal 1 is simply beyond me and counter-intuitive surely! If you can explain it simply I would be obliged!
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Presumably much mathematical discourse was had during the design and build of the latest NASA/ ESA mission, a space-bound bin lorry refuse truck!
Going on what I saw on today's news it looks like a large box of tricks sent up into orbit to snaffle some of the half million bits of machinery circling the globe. If I understood the schematic on TV the space bin spits out a net -like sheath to grab the floating crud and take it to burn up during re-entry.
It would make an excellent JR21 toy!
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With the cold winter nights drawing in here at Moonbase and around the Northern hemisphere its time to get your coats and jackets on.
What better jacket could you have than a S.W.O.R.D brand one!
I saw this rather nifty one on Ebay!
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More geekery soon
Apparently there is disagreement over 0 to the power of 0. Whilst some say it is 1, others believe it is undefined (presumably meaning that the expression doesn't mean anything?)
ReplyDeleteReally? I thought it looked odd!
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