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Old Islamic Tile Patterns Show Modern Math Insight
arbitraryaardvark writes "Reuters reports that medieval Muslims made a mega math marvel. Tile patterns on middle eastern mosques display a kind of quasicrystalline effect that was unknown in the west until rediscovered by Penrose in the 1970s. 'Quasicrystalline patterns comprise a set of interlocking units whose pattern never repeats, even when extended infinitely in all directions, and possess a special form of symmetry.' It isn't known if the mosque designers understood the math behind the patterns or not."
How are we supposed to join in your celebrations when you post anonymously? :(
the Koran: sura 9, verse 29 (Ahmed Ali's translation of the Koran, published in 1994 by Princeton University Press)
"Fight those people of the Book [i.e., Jews and Christians] who do not believe in God and the Last Day, who do not prohibit what God and His Apostle [i.e., Muhammad] have forbidden, nor accept divine law, until all of them pay protective tax in submission."
Sounds like that would be just lovely. So tolerant. Why I'm sure that any group of people would love to live under such a tolerant regime. Oh and remember that the followers of Mohammed don't have a new testament telling them that they've misunderstood god and that in fact he rather prefers "treat your neighbours like your self" than "an eye for an eye".
Good god, I need to populize the term "Christofascism" and get people to realize what pricks your type of people are. You know Jesus fasted for a month too, right?
Please, for the good of Humanity, vote Obama.