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In the 1995 Halloween episode of the award-winning animated sitcom The Simpsons, two-dimensional Homer Simpson accidentally jumps into the third dimension. During his journey in this strange world, geometric solids and mathematical formulas float through the air, including an innocent-looking equation: 178212 + 184112 = 192212. Most viewers surely ignored this bit of mathematical gobbledygook.

On the fan discussion site alt.tv.simpsons, however, the equation caused a bit of a stir. “What’s going on, he seems to have disproved Fermat’s last theorem!” one fan marveled, referring to the famous claim by Pierre de Fermat—proved just months earlier—that for any exponent n bigger than 2, there are no nonzero whole numbers a, b, and c for which an + bn = cn. The Simpsons equation, if correct, would be a counterexample to the theorem, meaning that the proof had been wrong.

SOURCE: Science News

Road safety campaigners yesterday slammed Homer Simpson. The cartoon star is regularly shown knocking back pints of Duff beer before getting in his car, often with his family in tow. Amanda Roberts, 43, of the Campaign Against Dangerous Driving, said: “The example they are setting by showing Homer in this light is more than careless, it is downright dangerous.” She added: “It’s completely the wrong message to give out. He should be showing that it’s never OK to drink and drive.” But Simpsons fan Richard Kalman, 23, said: “Homer’s drinking and driving is usually met with terrible consequences.” This year’s festive ad campaign is under way in the United Kingdom to raise awareness of the problem. One in 10 UK drivers admits drink-driving

SOURCE: The Daily Record

Homer Simpson will soon be telling drivers if they’re going the right way or the wrong, as part of a new satellite navigation system to be launched next year. The system, ‘Stars in your cars’, has Homer groaning a “D’oh” in commiseration, whenever drivers take a wrong turn. It also includes the cartoon character’s son Bart’s cheeky quip of “Don’t have a cow, man”, when people get too stressed while driving. A spokesperson for the showbiz route-finder said that the new technology, which also includes voices of other celebrities such as David Beckham, will prove to be an interesting travelling companion. He added that if it proved to be successful, the company would try to rope in other A-list stars. “Having your favourite star give you directions will certainly make long journeys more interesting.”

SOURCE: Webindia

The Simpsons is making part of TV Guide’s history. As the magazine prepares to ditch its old-fashioned digest format for a new full-size format, they are revisiting the past with a nine-cover collectors edition issue which will be the last in the small size. The covers are reshoots of previous covers using the stars of today. On one cover, Homer Simpson takes the form of Fred Flintstone carving the TV Guide logo into stone, from the June 13, 1964 edition. You can see both covers, past and present as well as the rest in the set by clicking the arrows.

SOURCE: TV Guide