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"Mandelbulb," a 3D Mandlebrot Construct, Discovered

Posted by kdawson on from the to-boldly-go dept.

symbolset writes "Many know the beauty and complexity of the Mandelbrot set. For some years now a few enterprising mathematicians / rendering fiends have been seeking a true 3D Mandelbrot set. A month ago a solution was found, and it is awesome to behold."

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  1. Ice Cream From Uranus? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    That ruined it for me.

    1. Re:Ice Cream From Uranus? by SeNtM · · Score: 5, Funny

      Professor: "I'm sorry, Fry, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all."
      Fry: "Oh. What's it called now?"
      Professor: "Urrectum. Here, let me locate it for you."

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  2. That thing looks like all of my nightmares. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You could put it in a horror movie and make it pulsate.

    1. Re:That thing looks like all of my nightmares. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      "And if I could, I'd film my dreams and show you what's inside. We'd watch them on the silver screen and you would run and hide" Alu - Circus Cosmos

    2. Re:That thing looks like all of my nightmares. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      There's a few things I'd like to put inside of you and make pulsate :O

  3. Flashback by Tx · · Score: 4, Funny

    Weird, I definitely saw that thing after taking acid once, in fact I floated though it for quite a while. It may look all pretty on your screen, but that shit put me off drugs for life, man.

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    1. Re:Flashback by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I'd like to show you the inside of my Fleshlight sometime.

  4. All I see is a big white rectangle by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    With a message saying Page cannot be displayed. Not that impressive.

    1. Re:All I see is a big white rectangle by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 5, Funny

      With a message saying Page cannot be displayed. Not that impressive.

      Did you try zooming in?

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    2. Re:All I see is a big white rectangle by symbolset · · Score: 2, Funny

      Try the mirror. (It needs sound and it takes a while to cache.)

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    3. Re:All I see is a big white rectangle by The+Dark · · Score: 4, Funny

      Did you try zooming in?

      It's 404s all the way down.

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  5. Re:Not a "true" 3D Mandelbrot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You must be new here.

  6. Or something like... by denzacar · · Score: 2, Funny

    Langoliers remake.
    Those things already look like they are made of teeth. Endless rows of teeth that devour the world.

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  7. Re:Now do 4d and animate it! by JoshuaZ · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, Bob Howard at the Laundry already confirmed this one was ok. However, this is perilously close to the Turing-Lovecraft theorem which the public isn't supposed to know ab n34pnt!@!$ *NO CARRIER*

  8. Yes... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Looks like a Yes album art generator...

  9. a great leap forward by circletimessquare · · Score: 5, Funny

    for scientific screensaverology

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  10. Re:Not a "true" 3D Mandelbrot by Tumbleweed · · Score: 4, Funny

    So, Slashdot, I know this is asking a lot, but can you PLEASE at least read the article before posting?

    No! I hate everything you stand for.

  11. Re:Zooming by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is that one word now? Is its associated quality or state "ontopy"?

  12. Elder feuds reignited? by Mathinker · · Score: 3, Funny

    UID 3706 replies to UID 6544:

    > No! I hate everything you stand for.

    From my almost 7-digit standpoint, your feuding looks a lot like cyber-mythology! Is there a deeper story here? Were you both swallowed and subsequently regurgitated by a 3-digit UID?

    1. Re:Elder feuds reignited? by Tumbleweed · · Score: 3, Funny

      UID 3706 replies to UID 6544:

      I am not a number, you young punk! And get off my damned lawn!

    2. Re:Elder feuds reignited? by Per+Wigren · · Score: 3, Funny

      I'm caught in between here :-(

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    3. Re:Elder feuds reignited? by Rubinstien · · Score: 2, Funny

      Me too. Hmm. Newton's Method with UID's?

    4. Re:Elder feuds reignited? by Bill+Currie · · Score: 5, Funny

      *Burp*

      And tasty they were, too.

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  13. look by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    at the bottom of this image: http://mandelbulb.s3.amazonaws.com/full/q50/Mandel3Dpersp-med.jpg

    jesus in a toast!

    he says to make more fractals nom nom nom

  14. Re:Actually, the Mandelbrot set is already 4D by Pedrito · · Score: 3, Funny

    [i]People who say they see 3-D crack me up, since the back of the eye is a 2-D surface.[/i]

    Really? A sphere is 2D? How are you enjoying things in flat world?