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They say you can invade a ham sandwich.
December 3, 2025 at 2:47 AM
They say you can invade a ham sandwich.
It also didn't like MONADIC.
November 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
It also didn't like MONADIC.
* See [unclear] Trans. for 1800 Page 49.
August 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
* See [unclear] Trans. for 1800 Page 49.
and that consequently, from such an object as we have pointed out in the paper referred to, a ray of light could not possibly have reached the telescope at the time we are looking into it, had it not begun its flight at least one million, and nine hundred & ten thousand years ago.
August 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
and that consequently, from such an object as we have pointed out in the paper referred to, a ray of light could not possibly have reached the telescope at the time we are looking into it, had it not begun its flight at least one million, and nine hundred & ten thousand years ago.
The proof of this rests upon the known velocity of light, by which we calculate that rays from the star Sirius for instance cannot be less that six years and nearly three months and a half coming to the earth;
August 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The proof of this rests upon the known velocity of light, by which we calculate that rays from the star Sirius for instance cannot be less that six years and nearly three months and a half coming to the earth;
and by viewing others less and less distant so have the same conviction of existing objects, in different periods, brought from that immense duration down to the present time.
August 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
and by viewing others less and less distant so have the same conviction of existing objects, in different periods, brought from that immense duration down to the present time.
respect to what is past. For by looking through it at one of the most distant nebula that was visible in it, we may be convinced, by actual inspection, that we see an object, which certainly was in the state we now perceive it, above nineteen hundred thousand years ago;
August 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
respect to what is past. For by looking through it at one of the most distant nebula that was visible in it, we may be convinced, by actual inspection, that we see an object, which certainly was in the state we now perceive it, above nineteen hundred thousand years ago;
Appendix to the Paper on the power of penetrating into Space by telescopes*
After having shewn the extent of the power of my 40-foot telescope to penetrate into Space, I should have added page 84, that this instrument may be said to have also a power of penetrating into time: at least with
After having shewn the extent of the power of my 40-foot telescope to penetrate into Space, I should have added page 84, that this instrument may be said to have also a power of penetrating into time: at least with
August 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Appendix to the Paper on the power of penetrating into Space by telescopes*
After having shewn the extent of the power of my 40-foot telescope to penetrate into Space, I should have added page 84, that this instrument may be said to have also a power of penetrating into time: at least with
After having shewn the extent of the power of my 40-foot telescope to penetrate into Space, I should have added page 84, that this instrument may be said to have also a power of penetrating into time: at least with
Gotta bone up on my innuendo skills www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT2w...
Mitchell and Webb - Hospital Inuendo
YouTube video by Robert Larsen
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August 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Gotta bone up on my innuendo skills www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT2w...
It just occurred to me that in English you can tack on a vacuously _false_ disjunction as a rhetorical flourish showing your conviction: "... or I'm a monkey's uncle!"
July 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
It just occurred to me that in English you can tack on a vacuously _false_ disjunction as a rhetorical flourish showing your conviction: "... or I'm a monkey's uncle!"
Interesting! Reminds me of the similarly obscure origin of 'ciao'. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciao?wp...
Ciao - Wikipedia
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June 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Interesting! Reminds me of the similarly obscure origin of 'ciao'. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciao?wp...
From here (not mine): chatgpt.com/share/67c15e...
ChatGPT - Heaviest Basis in Laminar Matroids
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March 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
From here (not mine): chatgpt.com/share/67c15e...
I see your explicitly and raise you several more:
March 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I see your explicitly and raise you several more:
They're real in the sense that wordle accepts them as guesses and possible answers, respectively.
February 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
They're real in the sense that wordle accepts them as guesses and possible answers, respectively.
Got a sudden hankering for a pomegranate
February 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Got a sudden hankering for a pomegranate
A perfectly cromulent word
February 26, 2025 at 4:55 AM
A perfectly cromulent word
The official wordle guess list has a few fives of the 'bells' format:
b*lls
b*nds
b*rks
b*tty
c*lls
d*cks
d*lly
f*nds
g*lly
h*cks
m*cks
m*lls
m*ngs
m*ssy
p*cks
p*lls
p*nts
p*ppy
r*cks
b*lls
b*nds
b*rks
b*tty
c*lls
d*cks
d*lly
f*nds
g*lly
h*cks
m*cks
m*lls
m*ngs
m*ssy
p*cks
p*lls
p*nts
p*ppy
r*cks
February 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The official wordle guess list has a few fives of the 'bells' format:
b*lls
b*nds
b*rks
b*tty
c*lls
d*cks
d*lly
f*nds
g*lly
h*cks
m*cks
m*lls
m*ngs
m*ssy
p*cks
p*lls
p*nts
p*ppy
r*cks
b*lls
b*nds
b*rks
b*tty
c*lls
d*cks
d*lly
f*nds
g*lly
h*cks
m*cks
m*lls
m*ngs
m*ssy
p*cks
p*lls
p*nts
p*ppy
r*cks
That was the official allowed *guesses* list, but the official allowed *answer* list is much more restrictive (a handful of fours and no fives):
4 bl*nd
4 ch*ck
4 cl*ck
4 fl*ck
4 st*ck
4 bl*nd
4 ch*ck
4 cl*ck
4 fl*ck
4 st*ck
February 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
That was the official allowed *guesses* list, but the official allowed *answer* list is much more restrictive (a handful of fours and no fives):
4 bl*nd
4 ch*ck
4 cl*ck
4 fl*ck
4 st*ck
4 bl*nd
4 ch*ck
4 cl*ck
4 fl*ck
4 st*ck
4 sl*sh
4 sn*ck
4 sn*gs
4 sp*rt
4 sp*ts
4 st*ck
4 st*ll
4 st*ng
4 st*nk
4 wh*ps
4 wr*ng
5 ch*ck
5 cl*ck
5 sn*bs
5 tr*ck
2/2
4 sn*ck
4 sn*gs
4 sp*rt
4 sp*ts
4 st*ck
4 st*ll
4 st*ng
4 st*nk
4 wh*ps
4 wr*ng
5 ch*ck
5 cl*ck
5 sn*bs
5 tr*ck
2/2
February 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
4 sl*sh
4 sn*ck
4 sn*gs
4 sp*rt
4 sp*ts
4 st*ck
4 st*ll
4 st*ng
4 st*nk
4 wh*ps
4 wr*ng
5 ch*ck
5 cl*ck
5 sn*bs
5 tr*ck
2/2
4 sn*ck
4 sn*gs
4 sp*rt
4 sp*ts
4 st*ck
4 st*ll
4 st*ng
4 st*nk
4 wh*ps
4 wr*ng
5 ch*ck
5 cl*ck
5 sn*bs
5 tr*ck
2/2
Here's what I detected in the official word list:
4 ch*mp
4 cl*nk
4 cr*ck
4 cr*ps
4 fl*ck
4 fl*sh
4 fr*gs
4 gl*ms
4 pl*nk
4 pr*ms
4 sh*ts
4 sk*gs
4 sl*bs
1/2
4 ch*mp
4 cl*nk
4 cr*ck
4 cr*ps
4 fl*ck
4 fl*sh
4 fr*gs
4 gl*ms
4 pl*nk
4 pr*ms
4 sh*ts
4 sk*gs
4 sl*bs
1/2
February 25, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Here's what I detected in the official word list:
4 ch*mp
4 cl*nk
4 cr*ck
4 cr*ps
4 fl*ck
4 fl*sh
4 fr*gs
4 gl*ms
4 pl*nk
4 pr*ms
4 sh*ts
4 sk*gs
4 sl*bs
1/2
4 ch*mp
4 cl*nk
4 cr*ck
4 cr*ps
4 fl*ck
4 fl*sh
4 fr*gs
4 gl*ms
4 pl*nk
4 pr*ms
4 sh*ts
4 sk*gs
4 sl*bs
1/2
I used to visit this site a lot. So many great variations on elementary logic and arithmetic problem solving. www.grandmasterpuzzles.com/puzzles.htm
Puzzles Written by Thomas Snyder
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December 27, 2024 at 2:34 AM
I used to visit this site a lot. So many great variations on elementary logic and arithmetic problem solving. www.grandmasterpuzzles.com/puzzles.htm