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It was called the Ulam Spiral, sometimes the Prime Spiral, but the people who thought about it as just about "prime numbers" were missing the point. But of course, none of them had actually been out here, in the endless grey sea where the numbers went on forever. A dark, sometimes choppy, sometimes smooth sea where numbers weren't quantities, but just patterns, and where everything was so still, and so silent. But where there were still patterns. I like to come out here, and travel around the numbers. I don't see the numbers, though, just their patterns.

It was called the prime spiral, because Stanislaw Ulam showed it to Martin Gardner, and if you take 1 as the origin, and you see the numbers spinning off in a spiral like this:

                        543
                        612
                        789
You can see diagonal lines of primes. But of course, I spent a lot of time here. I saw other things. I

2009 Mockumentary horror sci-fi-film. Reviewed and spoilered.


"Holy shit!"
—police character


The best thing about this film may just be that it has cast Milla Jovovich as the protagonist, or at least one aspect of the protagonist; the film is about the making of a documentary created by Chapman University. Jovovich portrays Abby Tyler, a psychologist investigating victims of alien abduction in

Lyrics by Donovan, a song about unease, threat and the need for caution and transformation.

"So many different people to be…you've got to pick up every stitch"

Witten in 1966 for release on Sunshine Superman, it was recorded in California, with musical contributions from Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones )later of Led Zeppelin and a swath of local musicians hired for the recording. The song itself begins with a folksy rock theme, but unease

News for Noders

October 1: Oh no! It's The Halloween Horrorquest!

October 17: Happy Birthday gnarl!

October 31: Something spooky will probably happen today. It usually does.

October 31: prepare yourselves for the XVIInd Iron Noder in November!



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September 8: Happy birthday svntax!

September 16: Feliz cumpleaños Ancientsnow!

September 18: Happy birthday Stuart!

September 25: Happy birthday Templeton!

September 26: Stanislav Petrov Day.

September 27: Happy birthday Uberbanana!


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August 1: Brevity Quest 2024 starts today!

August 4: Happy birthday avalyn!

August 6: 広島

August 9: 長崎

August 27: Happy birthday Bitriot!

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July 1: Canada Day.

July 4: America Day.

July 15: Side Quest 2024 ends.

July 25: Happy birthday TanisNikana!

July 26: Happy birthday teleny!


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June 3: Saint kevin's Day.

June 4: Aesop's Birthday.

June 11: TerribleAspect's birthday!

June 13: Serjeant's Muse's birthday!

June 16: Bloomsday.

June 19: Juneteenth.

June 20: Side Quest 2024 begins!

June 20: Summer solstice (northern hemisphere) and winter solstice (southern hemisphere).

June 21: nicolasstag's birthday!

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June 23: weroland's birthday!

June 28: Tau Day.


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