tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post4337387202197113373..comments2024-03-25T11:09:41.538-04:00Comments on a minor friar blog: Donkeys Who Give Homilies and Play the ZitherBrother Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-77546385945280014892010-09-06T11:11:43.473-04:002010-09-06T11:11:43.473-04:00Did you know that Fermat's last theorem is als...Did you know that Fermat's last theorem is also a work of marginalia? Written in 1637 and not solved for 358 years :Fermat wrote"I have discovered a truly marvelous proof that it is impossible to separate a cube into two cubes, or a fourth power into two fourth powers, or in general, any power higher than the second into two like powers. This margin is too narrow to contain it."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-23768022456957100952010-09-04T17:51:34.190-04:002010-09-04T17:51:34.190-04:00I'm one of the dopes who'll sit in class a...I'm one of the dopes who'll sit in class and note nearly word-for-word. I hate throwing things away, which works out great for me, because my instructors offered pearls of wisdom with every lecture. Such as:<br /><br />"Liability. When managing factories that produce products with nuts, write warnings on all product packages. Otherwise we'll have dead people running around everywhere, and that is no good."<br /><br />This was from managerial accounting.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16592345066937656606noreply@blogger.com