1 + 1 = 1 or how you can get anywhere using your imagination

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Repunits: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repunit

Indeed. The whole blog is based on repunits. The name: 1 + 1 = 1. The date it was started 11-11-11 11:11:11 UTC. You can find them in the page source as well. Almost everywhere in the CSS (1px 11px 111px 1.1em, etc).

The date it was started 1111-11-11 11:11:11 UTC.

Er, I doubt anyone started a blog nine centuries ago. (And neither UTC nor the Gregorian calendar had been invented.)

You got me there. I got a little bit too excited with the 1's. :)

Interesting source code with nice ASCII art.

If you assume a = b, then division by (a - b) can be a risky endeavour :D

Yes, 1 + 1 = 1 demonstrates the concept of mathematical fallacy. Division by (a - b) is undefined, which makes 1 + 1 = 1 invalid. :) But that's what interesting IMO, it all depends on the angle of looking at the equation. It might be invalid and mean nothing, or be valid and mean everything.

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