oooh, pretty

via paisleychick: http://www.bathsheba.com/sculpt/

Mathematics-inspired sculptures. How can the mathematically inclined _not_ appreciate such work as can be described by "An old favorite, simple and elegant, with the beautiful D2 dihedral symmetry group"?

goddamnit, not _again_.

Has American democracy died an electronic death in Ohio 2005's referenda defeats?

A suggestion that the recent Ohio elections' referenda results are statistically unlikely (to put it mildly).

Anyone seen any independent reporting on this topic?