It's a good book! It's a good book!
Rend
only ones likely to read a book about MATH.
The book is "Fermat's Last Theorem" by Simon Singh. ISBN 1 85702 669 1 in
the UK. Im sure you'vd all (or most of you) heard of Fermat's theorem, which
was solved in 1995 after 358 years. The book tells all about its weird
history and how it was solved (and why not the way it should have been).
It's awsome, and very funny at times too. Took me less than a day to read
it, and its very easily read, entertaining and understood (gah, doesnt sound
like math, does it?).
So, any of you who havent read it yet, go grab it. Its neat.
Im now off to look for "The Code Book" by the same author. Its about codes
and encryption. any words about that one?
http://www.simonsingh.com/fermat.htm
Rend, official Burning Dog of alt.nerd.obsessive.
Fester
>So, any of you who havent read it yet, go grab it. Its neat.
>Im now off to look for "The Code Book" by the same author. Its about codes
>and encryption. any words about that one?
Yes I do:
V unir ab jbeqf nobhg gung bar.
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Idea: Stop drinking varnish.
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Danny C.
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> Heh. Just wanted to reccomend a nerdly book.
The Late Great Planet Earth by Hal Lindsey.
Sick Puppy by Some guy.
Danny C.
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Anything not nailed down is mine. Anything I can pry loose is
not nailed down.
Danny C.
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> I saw Rend rant about the following:
>>So, any of you who havent read it yet, go grab it. Its neat.
>>Im now off to look for "The Code Book" by the same author. Its
>>about codes and encryption. any words about that one?
>
> Yes I do:
>
> V unir ab jbeqf nobhg gung bar.
V yvrx pnrx.
Nyfb, frk. Vs fbzrbar jrer gb pbzovar frk naq pnxr, gur jbeyq jbhyq
arire yrnir gurve ubzrf.
El Shooto Del Fuschetto
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> Ty...@Nerdland.Net (Fester) burped, and scrawled this in
> news:slrn9rho6c...@osric.nerdland.net:
>
>> I saw Rend rant about the following:
>>>So, any of you who havent read it yet, go grab it. Its neat.
>>>Im now off to look for "The Code Book" by the same author. Its about
>>>codes and encryption. any words about that one?
>>
>> Yes I do:
>>
>> V unir ab jbeqf nobhg gung bar.
>
> V yvrx pnrx.
> Nyfb, frk. Vs fbzrbar jrer gb pbzovar frk naq pnxr, gur jbeyq jbhyq
> arire yrnir gurve ubzrf.
Pbpxfhpxre.
--
Fgrir
"Gung jnl lbh unir yrff sbeprf gb qrny jvgu, naq gur
ceboyrz jvyy or rnfl gb haqrefgnaq.
Nyfb, lbh jvyy vapvarengr gur fbyne flfgrz."
-Srm
Danny C.
scrawled this in news:Xns912DB7EF5C...@24.24.0.10:
> "Qnaal P." <r...@wbrf.unj> jebgr va
> arjf:Kaf912QN8O7P9...@65.82.44.7:
>
>> Gl...@Areqynaq.Arg (Srfgre) ohecrq, naq fpenjyrq guvf va
>> arjf:fyea9eub6p...@bfevp.areqynaq.arg:
>>
>>> V fnj Eraq enag nobhg gur sbyybjvat:
>>>>Fb, nal bs lbh jub unirag ernq vg lrg, tb teno vg. Vgf arng.
>>>>Vz abj bss gb ybbx sbe "Gur Pbqr Obbx" ol gur fnzr nhgube. Vgf
>>>>nobhg pbqrf naq rapelcgvba. nal jbeqf nobhg gung bar?
>>>
>>> Lrf V qb:
>>>
>>> I have no words about that one.
>>
>> I liek caek.
>> Also, sex. If someone were to combine sex and cake, the world
>> would never leave their homes.
>
> Cocksucker.
Colonmuncher.
Steven R. Mills
> "Rend" wrote:
>
> > Heh. Just wanted to reccomend a nerdly book.
>
> The Late Great Planet Earth by Hal Lindsey.
> Sick Puppy by Some guy.
In the midst of reading Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
right now. I find it rather amusing that the Pigs are actually paying
me to read "subversive" literature. Looking forward to digging into
The Great Shark Hunt, a copy of McLuhan's Understanding Media I picked
up for $3, and Chomsky looms over my reading list...
--
Steve
Knowledge is power.
Power corrupts.
Study hard. Be evil!
Is American Way, I am thinkink.
Sunshine
Carl Hiassen.
Sunshine
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You will meet an army of me
"All righty guv'nuh!" -Cliffy B.
Danny C.
news:20011002085724...@mb-df.aol.com:
>>Sick Puppy by Some guy.
>
> Carl Hiassen.
Thank you.
Have you read it?
Sunshine
>>
>> Carl Hiassen.
>
>Thank you.
>Have you read it?
No. But it's on my dad's bedside table shielding his porn.
Danny C.
>>>>Sick Puppy by Some guy.
>>>
>>> Carl Hiassen.
>>
>>Thank you.
>>Have you read it?
>
> No. But it's on my dad's bedside table shielding his porn.
Heh, fun. I got both books I recommended at a yard sale for $.25
Hooray for cheap reads!
DarkHand
>> No. But it's on my dad's bedside table shielding his porn.
>
> Heh, fun. I got both books I recommended at a yard sale for $.25
You recommended porn?
________
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dark...@hotmail.com
"Official holder of the keys to the Bathroom of Infinity"
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin
El Shooto Del Fuschetto
> Danny C. wrote:
>
>>> No. But it's on my dad's bedside table shielding his porn.
>>
>> Heh, fun. I got both books I recommended at a yard sale for $.25
>
> You recommended porn?
Yes, for all your sexual fantasies and masturbatory needs, it's Porn(tm)!
Contact your local smut merchant today!
--
Steve
"Huff! Is like punching saggy bag of oatmeal... You Pillsbury Doughboy!
Fatso Judo!
The kittens are not for catching alligators!!"
-Flaming Carrot
Kredai
it's better than the dope...
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