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Benoit Mandelbrot Dies At 85
Beetle B. writes "Benoit Mandelbrot has passed away at the age of 85. I first learned of the Mandelbrot set while reading Arthur C. Clarke's The Ghost From The Grand Banks. Soon after, I got hold of the best fractal generation software of the day — Fractint — and ran it for long periods of time on my XT, exploring the beautiful world that Mandelbrot, among others, had opened up for me. That it was only on a 4-color CGA did not deter me!"
to the Hausdorf Dimension!
Great minds think alike; fools seldom differ.
You can use your browser to zoom into it infinitely revealing more patterns.
In school we had to plot Mandelbrots. Now Mandelbrot has a plot of his own.
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rss takes another victim...
Yes, but he replicates in ever smaller iterations.
Little fleas have lesser fleas upon their backs to bite 'em.
And lesser fleas have smaller fleas, so on ad infinitum.
Rampant carbon sequestration destroyed the Dinosaurs' tropical paradise. I'm here to help repair the damage.
Too long, lacks pithiness. Vin Diesel's character, Riddick, put it better in Pitch Black: "Got it all wrong, Holy Man. I absolutely believe in God. And I absolutely hate the fucker." Much more concise.
Rampant carbon sequestration destroyed the Dinosaurs' tropical paradise. I'm here to help repair the damage.
And if anyone knows about still being alive, it's Jonathan Coulton.
Yeah, but when you've seen one part of the Mandelbrot set, you've seen it all.
May he Replicate In Peace
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? - Pink Floyd.
If reincarnation is true, he'll come back as twins.
Fractals are addictive. Like SWINTH for the Commode64, watching a fire, or Hypnotoad.
Stuff that matters.