January 2011
14 posts
Curse of the ninth →
bestofwikipedia:
The curse of the ninth is the superstition that a composer will die after writing his ninth symphony, but before he has an opportunity to complete his tenth, having its origin in Beethoven’s ninth symphony. The most prominent examples are Ludwig van Beethoven, Louis Spohr, Franz Schubert, Antonín Dvorák, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Anton Bruckner and Gustav Mahler. (via Zane)
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The Game (mind game) →
eeeeeeeeee legal perdi o jogo :@
bestofwikipedia:
The Game is a mental game where the objective is to avoid thinking about The Game itself. Thinking about The Game constitutes a loss, which, according to the rules of The Game, must be announced each time it occurs. It is impossible to win The Game; players can only attempt to avoid losing for as long as they possibly can. The Game has been...
Graham's number →
matemáticos brincando de dragon ball z, repare bem:
bestofwikipedia:
Graham’s number, named after Ronald Graham, is a large number that is an upper bound on the solution to a certain problem in Ramsey theory. Graham’s number is unimaginably larger than other well-known large numbers such as a googol, googolplex, and even larger than Skewes’ number and Moser’s number. Indeed, the observable...
banana e desenho: RIFA-ARTE! →
pollichinelle:
RIFA-ARTE! Em janeiro de 2011 vou sortear 2 dos meus desenhos. Serão dois sorteios, e por só 3 reais cada rifa. Os ganhadores receberão seu desenho já emoldurado. O 1o. sorteio será dia 26/01/11:
Polliana Dalla, 2010
a chegada do inverno em nossos sonhos
Nanquim e Lápis de cor sobre…
