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John Horton Conway

I like this photo of Conway that I took in Banff a week or so ago at the BIRS combinatorial game theory conference. By taking zillions of photos, eventually I get some good ones. If you click this photo, you'll get photos of Richard K. Guy and Elwyn Berlekamp, too.

Primer movie

Bruce writes:

"primer" is a low-budget film from last year about some engineers building
some sort of device in their garage. the guys are young and trying to figure out how to a) get it working, and b) make money off it. it has a bunch of startup and engineering jargon and it all plays really realistically.

the film totally has game, and i think you guys might enjoy it, with one
caveat: AVOID READING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. the film also has a big twist,
which is given away by every single review i've seen, including the damn box
cover. filmed for $7K, the film won the grand jury prize at sundance last
year.

it's a pretty short movie (1:15), and the last 15 minutes are a bit muddled,
but the presentation of young geeks, and the handling of twist are top
notch.

bruceo

Via Neil Sloane

This just came in - if any seqfan wishes to help, go ahead!

NJAS

> From smithc@ninox.co.nz Thu Jun 30 16:54:53 2005
> Subject: Query: Code?
>
> Hello,
>
> I am currently researching a documentary about a murder in New Zealand.
>
> The killer contacted police and left the number 120640 which may be a code of some sort.
>
> Can you recommend an online messageboard where I could ask mathematicians to comment on the number?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Cinna Smith