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[[File:Prince of Lava.jpg|thumb|Earliest known poster for '''''Prince of Lava'''''.]]'''''Prince of Lava''''' is a 1987 American supernatural comedy stoner film about a group of quantum physics students in Los Angeles who are asked to assist a Catholic priest in investigating an ancient lava lamp discovered in a monastery, which they come to find is a sentient, liquid embodiment of chemical polarity.
[[File:Prince of Lava.jpg|thumb|Earliest known poster for '''''Prince of Lava'''''.]]'''''Prince of Lava''''' is a 1987 American supernatural comedy stoner film about a group of industrial chemistry students who assist a Catholic priest in investigating an ancient lava lamp discovered in a monastery, which they come to find is a sentient, liquid embodiment of chemical polarity.
 
== Commentary ==
 
Such a fine line between chemical immiscibility—
 
—and mixing multiple sources of randomness together in a cryptographic entropy pool.
 
Source: ''[[Journal of Lava Lamp Applications]]''


== In the News ==
== In the News ==


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File:Casino of the Damned.jpg|link=Casino of the Damned|'''''[[Casino of the Damned]]''''' is a 1995 crime horror thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese and John Carpenter, starring Robert De Niro, Don Rickles, Christopher Reeve, Lindsey Haun, and Sharon Stone.
File:Secret Reagent Man.jpg|link=Secret Reagent Man|'''''[[Secret Reagent Man]]''''' is a British-American television series about a spy (Patrick McGoohan) and a musician (Johnny Rivers) who team up to advance chemistry worldwide. Periodically guest starring Dmitri Mendeleev.
File:Skull's_Out.jpg|link=Skull's Out (song)|"'''[[Skull's Out (song)|Skull's Out]]'''" is a song by Alice Cooper.
File:Skull's_Out.jpg|link=Skull's Out (song)|"'''[[Skull's Out (song)|Skull's Out]]'''" is a song by Alice Cooper.
File:Prince of Seltzer.jpg|link=Prince of Seltzer|'''''[[Prince of Seltzer]]''''' is an American science fiction horror-comedy film starring the Three Stooges and directed by John Carpenter.


File:Quiz of Darkness.jpg|link=Quiz of Darkness|'''''[[Quiz of Darkness]]''''' is a 1987 American supernatural education film, about a group of quantum physics students in Los Angeles who are asked to assist a Catholic priest in investigating an ancient cylinder of liquid discovered in a monastery, which they come to find is a sentient, liquid embodiment of Education.
File:Quiz of Darkness.jpg|link=Quiz of Darkness|'''''[[Quiz of Darkness]]''''' is a 1987 American supernatural education film, about a group of quantum physics students in Los Angeles who are asked to assist a Catholic priest in investigating an ancient cylinder of liquid discovered in a monastery, which they come to find is a sentient, liquid embodiment of Education.
File:The Rocky Road.jpg|link=The Rocky Road|'''''[[The Rocky Road]]''''' is a 2009 American post-apocalyptic frozen confections film  a father (Viggo Mortenson) and his son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) seeking rocky road ice cream in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
File:Such a fine line between chemical immiscibility and cryptographic randomness.jpg|link=Such a fine line between chemical immiscibility and cryptographic randomness|'''[[Such a fine line between chemical immiscibility and mixing multiple sources of randomness together in a cryptographic entropy pool]]'''.


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== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==


* [[John Carpenter Festival]]
* ''[[Casino of the Damned]]''
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* ''[[Prince of Seltzer]]''
* ''[[Quiz of Darkness]]''
* ''[[Quiz of Darkness]]''
* ''[[Secret Reagent Man]]''
* [[Skull's Out (song)]]
* [[Skull's Out (song)]]
* [[Such a fine line between chemical immiscibility and cryptographic randomness]]
* ''[[The Rocky Road]]''


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==


* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1526960761414856705 Post] @ Twitter (18 May 2022) - Do forget about school, don't drink too much #PromposalDosAndDonts
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs-cOlrvNwI How Lava Lamps Are Made | The Making Of] @ YouTube


* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_of_Darkness_(film) Prince of Darkness (film)] @ Wikipedia
=== Social media ===
 
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1601058081051332609 Post] @ Twitter (8 December 2022)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1580337856807022592 Post] @ Twitter (12 October 2022)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1573014668687310856 Post] @ Twitter (22 September 2022) - banner


* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkBSEWy8WfY Prince of Darkness - trailer]]


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Latest revision as of 15:25, 12 January 2024

Earliest known poster for Prince of Lava.

Prince of Lava is a 1987 American supernatural comedy stoner film about a group of industrial chemistry students who assist a Catholic priest in investigating an ancient lava lamp discovered in a monastery, which they come to find is a sentient, liquid embodiment of chemical polarity.

Commentary

Such a fine line between chemical immiscibility—

—and mixing multiple sources of randomness together in a cryptographic entropy pool.

Source: Journal of Lava Lamp Applications

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links

Social media

  • Post @ Twitter (8 December 2022)
  • Post @ Twitter (12 October 2022)
  • Post @ Twitter (22 September 2022) - banner