The Millennium Run, or Millennium Simulation (referring to its size) was a computer N-body simulation used to investigate how matter in the Universe evolved over time. It is used by scientists working in physical cosmology to compare observations with theoretical predictions.
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“At the end of one millennium and nine centuries of Christianity, it remains an unshakable assumption of the law in all Christian countries and of the moral judgment of Christians everywhere that if a man and a woman, entering a room together, close the door behind them, the man will come out sadder and the woman wiser.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)
“Frances Stevens: Mother, this is why Ive had to spend half my life running around the world after youto keep men like this away from you.
Mrs. Stevens: Well after this, let me run my own interference. It looks like the blockers are having all the fun.”
—John Michael Hayes (b. 1919)