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• Most complex crop circle ever discovered in British fields - Lindy - 6/19/2008 3:03:46 AM
  • COOL New Circle - Lindy - 6/25/2008 1:50:06 AM
  • Don't the farmers get pissed? - James Brown - 6/23/2008 5:24:57 AM
    • Once they get down to the pub? Thoroughly. (n/t) - TB - 6/25/2008 4:36:41 AM
    • The aliens/interdimensional beings/purple dragons are testing the farmers - Socrates II - 6/23/2008 2:13:18 PM
  • Progression - Lindy - 6/21/2008 2:28:20 AM
    • Here's a mathematical perspective - Lindy - 6/21/2008 2:45:26 AM
      • re: Here's a mathematical perspective - SDG - 6/21/2008 4:39:16 AM
        • re: Here's a mathematical perspective - Lindy - 6/21/2008 6:22:29 AM
          • Progression - Lindy - 6/21/2008 6:34:54 AM
  • Why "a seminal event?" - McFly - 6/19/2008 4:47:41 PM
    • How many digits is that in binary? - ER - 6/19/2008 5:15:53 PM
      • Binary Pi - ARRELL - 6/19/2008 6:01:11 PM
  • Well, maybe it boggles some minds - TB - 6/19/2008 4:13:33 PM
    • 8 segments doesn't work for our base 10 number system though. - SDG - 6/19/2008 7:29:37 PM
      • Sure it does. This isn't numbers, it's graphics. - TB - 6/20/2008 4:20:17 AM
        • It's just for a freehand doodler to divide a circle in eight segments than ten. Try it. - TB - 6/20/2008 4:21:54 AM
          • re: It's just for a freehand doodler to divide a circle in eight segments than ten. Try it. - SDG - 6/20/2008 4:59:27 AM
            • Finally, proof that SDG is an alien!!! (n/t) - ARRELL - 6/20/2008 5:42:15 PM
              • ....OR.... he is really Charlie Epps... (n/t) - Jody - 6/21/2008 3:00:41 AM
                • Just overhearing that show can nearly give me a stroke.... - ARRELL - 6/24/2008 12:05:52 AM
                  • Who the hell is Charlie Epps? (n/t) - TB - 6/24/2008 3:28:46 PM
                    • Character on the show 'Numb3rs' - ARRELL - 6/24/2008 4:04:54 PM
                      • You're looking for good science off a TV show??! - TB - 6/24/2008 4:30:14 PM
                        • Nope, but bad science in TV shows has real world implications... - ARRELL - 6/25/2008 12:12:42 PM
                          • Yet on the other hand... - Mary Anne - 6/25/2008 11:25:15 PM
                  • I did not realize this..and I retract that comment. - Jody - 6/24/2008 1:41:13 PM
              • Had my suspicions... - McFly - 6/20/2008 6:14:40 PM
            • Why in the world would a doodler convert it to base 8? (n/t) - TB - 6/20/2008 4:21:01 PM
              • Oh, wait... - TB - 6/20/2008 4:23:28 PM
                • exactly - SDG - 6/20/2008 4:46:18 PM
            • more pi art - SDG - 6/20/2008 2:36:10 PM
              • re: more pi art - Lindy - 6/20/2008 5:34:17 PM
      • Humans? - Lindy - 6/20/2008 1:33:25 AM
        • math as art - SDG - 6/20/2008 2:16:16 PM
          • re: math as art - Lindy - 6/20/2008 5:35:51 PM
            • Bases - ER - 6/20/2008 5:58:43 PM
              • And when Celtic and Babylonian cultures collide - Tony - 6/23/2008 6:33:37 PM
                • at HM Dockyard, Rosyth - ER - 6/23/2008 8:38:33 PM
              • re: Bases - Lindy - 6/20/2008 6:23:49 PM
              • All your bases are belong to us - SDG - 6/20/2008 6:07:27 PM
      • Woudl aliens have 10 fingers and toes? Or even fingers and toes? - Socrates II - 6/19/2008 7:58:09 PM
  • Why do you suppose they are getting more complex? (n/t) - alcaray - 6/19/2008 8:33:27 AM
    • re: Why do you suppose they are getting more complex? - Lindy - 6/20/2008 1:40:44 AM
      • There's a much simpler explanation. - alcaray - 6/20/2008 6:01:38 PM
        • re: There's a much simpler explanation. - Lindy - 6/20/2008 6:26:46 PM
          • "there's never been a "half-finished" circle done out there, either" - ARRELL - 6/22/2008 10:09:03 PM
          • I think you just waived the right to use the "you have a closed mind" argument that you like. (n/t) - alcaray - 6/20/2008 9:24:59 PM
      • The Pioneer Plaques, the Voyager Records, and the Arecibo Message - Socrates II - 6/20/2008 2:51:58 PM
        • re: The Pioneer Plaques, the Voyager Records, and the Arecibo Message - Lindy - 6/20/2008 5:45:41 PM
          • Yes, and... - Socrates II - 6/23/2008 1:40:40 PM
    • Not complex, just irrational. - ER - 6/19/2008 6:42:58 PM
    • They're just getting better at making them. - ER - 6/19/2008 1:57:29 PM
      • The "you" was Lindy. I think this is a potential learning experience for her. (n/t) - alcaray - 6/19/2008 7:17:03 PM
        • Please explain what you mean by that Alcaray. (n/t) - Lindy - 6/20/2008 1:42:34 AM
          • I mean I would like you to speculate on why they would become more complex over time. (n/t) - alcaray - 6/20/2008 2:20:32 AM
            • See above - Lindy - 6/20/2008 11:25:17 AM
              • Oy vey!. (n/t) - ER - 6/20/2008 5:38:47 PM
                • Did you look at the thumbnails at the bottom of the page? - Lindy - 6/20/2008 5:57:15 PM
                  • Two Weeks ago in France - Lindy - 6/21/2008 2:53:31 AM
      • Holy Crop!...I don't think so! (n/t) - Jody - 6/19/2008 4:49:07 PM