[HPforGrownups] Archive, ratings and movie, and something off topic on mathematics

[Dave Hardenbrook]

No: HPFGUIDX 1111

At 11:09 PM 9/6/00 +0100, Simon Branford wrote:
>I have heard a rumour that Stephen Gateley (from Boyzone - Irish boy band)
>is lined up for some cameo in the movie. I like the sound of this movie less
>by the day!

Is Rosie O'Donnell still up for Molly Weasley?  -- I still vote for Pauline
Collins (_Shirley Valentine_, _No Honestly!_) as Molly, and maybe even
real-life hubby John Alderton (if he's still around) as Arthur!

>There was a letter in the Daily Mail today with some kid
>complaining about the auditions process. His main complaint seemed to centre
>on the fact that Daniel does not really like the books!

Well on the one hand, between Shirley Temple and Judy Garland, Shirley
was far and away the more passionate Oz fan; yet there seems little doubt
which of them was the right one to play Dorothy.

On the other hand, I do get the feeling that Daniel was "anointed"
from the first, so maybe the auditions were not what they should have
been...

>"Maths is an art not a science. Each number has a set of special
>characteristics equivalent to a personality. Once you start to mix numbers
>you are working with something akin to an artist's palette."

Well, Math certainly isn't a science.  Science depends on empirical
observation and inductive reasoning.  Math is all abstractions.
That's why I think the attempts by some physicists to find the
long sought-after "Theory of Everything" using pure mathematics
is probably a blind alley.



                                                 -- Dave