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It upsets me that the only widely available versions of Amadeus now is the "extended edition," which fundamentally alters the film’s core message.

In the original theatrical cut, Salieri is a deeply flawed but fascinating character—a man consumed by jealousy, yet also in awe of Mozart’s genius. His sabotage of Mozart is tragic, not just because of what it does to Mozart, but because Salieri himself recognizes the beauty he is trying to destroy. There’s a complexity there: Salieri hates Mozart, but he also admires him. He wishes, more than anything, that he could be his friend, but he cannot overcome his own bitterness.

The extended edition, however, adds a crucial change: Salieri doesn’t just work against Mozart—he actively humiliates Mozart’s wife, Constanze. This transforms Salieri from a tormented, conflicted figure into something much simpler: a villain. Instead of a man waging a war against God through Mozart, he’s just a petty, lecherous schemer.

The real Antonio Salieri was not some scheming villain—he was a respected composer, teacher, and conductor who mentored some of the greatest musicians of the next generation, including Beethoven, Schubert, and Liszt.

Binocular Shot 1 year ago

As a kid, I was really excited to try out binoculars, and "see for myself" the so-called "binocular shot." I was very disappointed.

I believe Wiles' proof requires the case of n=3 (Euler), and n=4 (Fermat) separately. That is, Wiles' proof starts with n=5 for nontrivial reasons.

So it is more likely that Fermat saw n=4, and thought the rest would be similar.

Can sweave be integrated with a learning management system?

Ximera allows authors to write online interactive texts, that can serve as the HW system for a class.

The student's work can be directly sent to the grade book via LTI.

Moreover, you can simultaneously produce a PDF that looks like a traditional text.

http://www.lulu.com/shop/the-ohio-state-university-math-depa...

Which nobody needs to buy, since the PDF generating the text is freely available.

The high score of VP and POTUS is surely reflective of their speech writers... isn't this backed up by the fact that VP has .8 and mike_pence has -.05?

Regardless, if throw out POTUS and VP, we are left with Pompeo and Ross as the two highest.