Watched The Revenge of the Sith tonight, not bad, though rather anticlimactic at the end. I guess it makes you want to watch what happens next, which has happened already. Yoda's Zen Buddhisms are on the spot as always, like how the fear of losing someone important to death can lead to the dark side. Which is why seeing glimpses into a future that one would see eventually can be a curse, especially if the future you see is accurately inevitable...
Insightful political and philosophical commentary as well, about how democracy goes out with thunderous applause, and only those on the Dark Side deal in absolutes. "If you're not with me, you're against me."
Talked about quantum pigeonholing with B00n T4t over dinner (before the movie), and he also got this maths question. Have n boxes, each box individually can have between 1 and n balls (inclusive). Show that if the number of balls in any non-zero collection of boxes is not a multiple of n+1, then the number of balls in each of the boxes is the same!
For example, having 1 ball in each box clearly satisfies the "number of balls in any non-zero collection of boxes is not a multiple of n+1" condition, because there are only n balls total, but note that it isn't necessary that other numbers always work.
It rained heavily this morning, the entire office landscape festooned with umbrellas of all colors, filtering the light that falls on our work. My parents are back from their holiday.
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