November 17

From Gnomon Chronicles


Better Than News

  • Sandfall is a science fiction spy film starring Daniel Craig as a British MI6 agent who must discover the source of Melange, a drug which facilitates interstellar travel.

    Sandfall is a science fiction spy film starring Daniel Craig as a British MI6 agent who must discover the source of Melange, a drug which facilitates interstellar travel.

  • Hellraiser: Adventure Time is a fantasy horror animated television series created by Pendleton Ward and Clive Barker.

    Hellraiser: Adventure Time is a fantasy horror animated television series created by Pendleton Ward and Clive Barker.

  • Blade Wobegon is a 1982 American science fiction musical film about a police officer (Harrison Ford) who must find and kill a rogue android (Garrison Keillor).

    Blade Wobegon is a 1982 American science fiction musical film about a police officer (Harrison Ford) who must find and kill a rogue android (Garrison Keillor).

  • Salmon Fishing on Tatooine is a 2011 British romantic science fiction drama film about a Jedi fisheries expert (Ewan McGregor) who is recruited by an Imperial consultant (Emily Blunt) to help realize the Emperor's vision of bringing the sport of fly fishing to the Tatooine desert.

    Salmon Fishing on Tatooine is a 2011 British romantic science fiction drama film about a Jedi fisheries expert (Ewan McGregor) who is recruited by an Imperial consultant (Emily Blunt) to help realize the Emperor's vision of bringing the sport of fly fishing to the Tatooine desert.

  • The Drapétēs File is an ancient Greek thriller film about a slave-hunter (Gerard Butler) whose pursuit of a runaway slave (Kirk Douglas) causes him to doubt the Dorian invasion.

    The Drapétēs File is an ancient Greek thriller film about a slave-hunter (Gerard Butler) whose pursuit of a runaway slave (Kirk Douglas) causes him to doubt the Dorian invasion.

Beyond Plausible

  • Xena: Ring Princess is an American science fiction television series about Xena (Lucy Lawless), an infamous warrior on a quest to seek redemption for her past sins against the innocent by using her formidable fighting skills to now help victims of a lethal supernatural videotape.

    Xena: Ring Princess is an American science fiction television series about Xena (Lucy Lawless), an infamous warrior on a quest to seek redemption for her past sins against the innocent by using her formidable fighting skills to now help victims of a lethal supernatural videotape.

  • "Database Database" is an English language computer science nursery rhyme.

    "Database Database" is an English language computer science nursery rhyme.

  • Stinging Zelda is an action-caper game starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Robert Shaw.

    Stinging Zelda is an action-caper game starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Robert Shaw.

In Other Words

  • The Nicolas Cage Octopus stamp is a well-known misprint featuring actor Nicolas Cage with an octopus. The misprint apparently resulted from Cage getting into character "above and beyond the call of Euclidean space-time" during an unexplained off-camera encounter with an octopus.

    The Nicolas Cage Octopus stamp is a well-known misprint featuring actor Nicolas Cage with an octopus. The misprint apparently resulted from Cage getting into character "above and beyond the call of Euclidean space-time" during an unexplained off-camera encounter with an octopus.

  • Can This Regex Be Saved? is a reality television program which challenges participants to save troubled regular expressions from self-destruction.

    Can This Regex Be Saved? is a reality television program which challenges participants to save troubled regular expressions from self-destruction.

Are You Sure

• ... that physicist and academic Robert Hofstadter (5 February 1915 – 17 November 1990) shared the 1961 Nobel Prize in Physics (together with Rudolf Mössbauer) "for his pioneering studies of electron scattering in atomic nuclei and for his consequent discoveries concerning the structure of nucleons"?

Selected Anniversaries

  • 1790: Mathematician and astronomer August Ferdinand Möbius born. He will discover the Möbius strip, a non-orientable two-dimensional surface with only one side when embedded in three-dimensional Euclidean space.

    1790: Mathematician and astronomer August Ferdinand Möbius born. He will discover the Möbius strip, a non-orientable two-dimensional surface with only one side when embedded in three-dimensional Euclidean space.

  • 1776: Astronomer, instrument maker, and author James Ferguson dies.

    1776: Astronomer, instrument maker, and author James Ferguson dies.

  • 1894: H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.

    1894: H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.

  • 1924: Information scientist Claire Kelly Schultz born. A "documentalist", she was particularly known for her work in thesaurus construction and machine-aided indexing, innovating techniques for punch card information retrieval.

    1924: Information scientist Claire Kelly Schultz born. A "documentalist", she was particularly known for her work in thesaurus construction and machine-aided indexing, innovating techniques for punch card information retrieval.

  • 1925: Mathematician and social activist Alice Beta interviews famed inventor and data processing pioneer Herman Hollerith.

    1925: Mathematician and social activist Alice Beta interviews famed inventor and data processing pioneer Herman Hollerith.

  • 1929: Inventor Herman Hollerith dies. He will later be recognized as a pioneer of data processing.

    1929: Inventor Herman Hollerith dies. He will later be recognized as a pioneer of data processing.

  • 1973: Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, U.S. President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook."

    1973: Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, U.S. President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook."

  • 1990: Physicist and academic Robert Hofstadter dies. He shared the 1961 Nobel Prize in Physics (together with Rudolf Mössbauer) "for his pioneering studies of electron scattering in atomic nuclei and for his consequent discoveries concerning the structure of nucleons".

    1990: Physicist and academic Robert Hofstadter dies. He shared the 1961 Nobel Prize in Physics (together with Rudolf Mössbauer) "for his pioneering studies of electron scattering in atomic nuclei and for his consequent discoveries concerning the structure of nucleons".

Topic of the Day

Jonathan Swift

  • Jonathan Swift Vineyards is a winery and Dionysery located in the 1667 to 1745 region of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the county of Albemarle. It is among the 23 wineries located on the Prime Number Wine Trail.

    Jonathan Swift Vineyards is a winery and Dionysery located in the 1667 to 1745 region of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the county of Albemarle. It is among the 23 wineries located on the Prime Number Wine Trail.

  • A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Veterans of the United States Armed Forces from Being a Burthen to their Parents, or the Country, and for Making them Beneficial to the Publick.

    A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Veterans of the United States Armed Forces from Being a Burthen to their Parents, or the Country, and for Making them Beneficial to the Publick.

  • Black Satire is a 2021 action-satire film starring Jonathan Swift and François Rabelais.

    Black Satire is a 2021 action-satire film starring Jonathan Swift and François Rabelais.

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