Joseph-Louis Lagrange | Going Postal

Wilson’s Theorem

2nd December 2019 OldTrout 0

Wilson’s Theorem is a test for primality. It is inefficient for large numbers since factorials () grow very fast. Nevertheless, it has its uses because of its simplicity. It was conjectured by Wilson and published [more…]

Confronting The Climate Emergency, Part 7

12th September 2019 0

It is six months since the Climate Emergency was declared in the Holme Valley and the variation in temperature I have experienced in this time has been wide – in excess of a 30oC range. [more...]
The Unseen Path – Part Sixty Seven

15th August 2018 0

Andy Bowson headed over to St Thomas’. He wasn’t needed for a while and could be spared while the chiefs tried to talk some sense into higher authority. So why so low now after the [more...]
You spin me right round baby…

22nd January 2020 0

Musings on objects and motion, part one, the basics Recently a comment, that nobody read, was posted by one of our more trollish contributors trying to toll people about the world not be round or [more...]
The Internet is Simple, Part One

16th August 2017 0

“TACC brain” by Ioannis N. Athanasiadis is licensed under CC BY 2.0 If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port, And the bus is interrupted as a very last resort, And [more...]
Results – Wankpuffin of the Year 2017

1st January 2018 4,770

The results are in, voting in the WOTY 2017 poll is over and we have a clear winner. In reverse order. In third place Brendan Cox, no doubt for his sterling work in the charitable [more...]