Monthly Archives: November 2014

need a pun here about music and cryptography

Posted on Thursday, 2014 November 27 by Anton

Given a piece of music written for just intonation, clearly you could derive another piece by replacing all factors of 3 with factors of 5 and vice versa (or pick some other pair of primes). Sometimes the result might even … Continue reading →

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hidden dragon

Posted on Monday, 2014 November 24 by Anton

For years I’ve occasionally had a mysterious itch at my lowest left rib, nothing showing on the skin. Now it has spread rightward at the same altitude, making me think: could this be mild shingles?

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The Curious Case of the Catchy but Inappropriate Title

Posted on Thursday, 2014 November 06 by Anton

In Mamet’s The Spanish Prisoner (1997), Joe, for a genius, is a bit stupid. Maybe he hasn’t watched enough movies. Jimmy tells Joe to “bring the Process” to their meeting in the park. Joe never mentioned that word to Jimmy. … Continue reading →

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theories of magic

Posted on Saturday, 2014 November 01 by Anton

Tailsteak writes: All comics have to have a setting. Very often, almost all of that setting can be implied, especially if the comic is set in the quote-unquote “real world”. If you’re using magic or hypertechnology to drive your plots, … Continue reading →

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