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