27 January, 2006

Will Israel attack Iran?

Israel Archives [kokhaviv publications]: Sunday Times: Israel Has F-15 I Squadron Ready To Attack Iran: "At the Hatzerim air base on the edge of the Negev desert, the elite 69 strategic F-15 I squadron is ready to attack [...] Two submarines capable of launching cruise missiles are on standby: one hidden in the depths of the Persian Gulf, the other stationed in the Israeli port of Haifa. In an attack they will be used to receive high quality signal intelligence."

01 January, 2006

Mathematics as a language

Robert Recorde: "I will sette as I doe often in worke use, a paire of paralleles, or Gemowe lines of one lengthe, thus: =, bicause noe.2. thynges, can be moare equalle."
The whetstone of witte (London, 1557)