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She's dead, he's dying.

Just been listening to BBC news, with their 'man in the Vatican' making some very pointed comments about the Pope being allowed to die with dignity, not 'aggresively' kept alive with medical technology. Good point, well made.   8^)

Apologies for a somewhat morbid post.

Edit: links refer to Terry Schiavo and Pope John Paul II respectively

Geometric geekery

Non-algebraic proofs of Pythagoras' theorem:
- First an animation. Although it might not be strictly a proof, it's a great demonstration. (Alternate local copy.)
- Then a more thorough proof by tiling. A little less accessible, though.

I want to do geometric proofs! For example,
( Is this a proof? )

Oh, and blah blah Pope blah.