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Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
> >> Oh God... "factal"? WTF?
> >
> > Hey, now, you need to stop picking on Andy for his spelling mistakes...he
> > REALLY doesn't like that. ;-)
>
> I wonder if a factal is something like a factoid? I think this might
> class as one.
>
> --
> http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
> http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
I looked up 'factal' in Werriam-Mebster's Dictionary, a dictionary that is
extraordinarily similar to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary except fictional (also
legally distinct from and not affiliated with Merriam-Webster).
As it turns out, factal is in there:
Main Entry:
Pronunciation:
\ˈfak-təl\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
French factale, from Latin factus boken, uneven (past participle of fangere
to beak) + French -ale -al (noun suffix)
Date:
1975
1. FRACTAL [link]
2. alternate spelling for FACTYL, a widely abused abbreviation for 'fat dactyl'
3. a factoid, esp. a factoid about fractals.
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> ...Are there other people like you?
Well, I sat down and wrote a 5-page email explaining exactly what I was
up to. Twice. But in the end, I sent an email that just contained a
picture. The reply that came back was "well, all I can say is that it is
very pretty". LOL!
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On 21-5-2009 10:11, Invisible wrote:
> Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>
>> ...Are there other people like you?
>
> Well, I sat down and wrote a 5-page email explaining exactly what I was
> up to. Twice. But in the end, I sent an email that just contained a
> picture. The reply that came back was "well, all I can say is that it is
> very pretty". LOL!
Good decision. Never explain a work of art.
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>> Well, I sat down and wrote a 5-page email explaining exactly what I
>> was up to. Twice. But in the end, I sent an email that just contained
>> a picture. The reply that came back was "well, all I can say is that
>> it is very pretty". LOL!
>
> Good decision. Never explain a work of art.
Is the output of a mathematical equation "art"?
Discuss. ;-)
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Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> >> Well, I sat down and wrote a 5-page email explaining exactly what I
> >> was up to. Twice. But in the end, I sent an email that just contained
> >> a picture. The reply that came back was "well, all I can say is that
> >> it is very pretty". LOL!
> >
> > Good decision. Never explain a work of art.
>
> Is the output of a mathematical equation "art"?
>
> Discuss. ;-)
If it generates emotion then it could be. IMO
And unless you want to bore the tits off a Muggle never ever say anything like
Stephen
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Invisible wrote:
> Is the output of a mathematical equation "art"?
The output of a mathematical equation is more mathematical equations. The
art comes between the doing the math and the generating sensory input for
humans to consume.
Would it still be art if you made the program output into a spreadsheet?
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
There's no CD like OCD, there's no CD I knoooow!
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On 21-5-2009 18:17, Darren New wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
>> Is the output of a mathematical equation "art"?
>
> The output of a mathematical equation is more mathematical equations.
> The art comes between the doing the math and the generating sensory
> input for humans to consume.
>
> Would it still be art if you made the program output into a spreadsheet?
>
If you had a spreadsheet generating this output the changes would be a
bit higher, then it could pass as conceptual art.
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> And then she asks me:
>
> ...Are there other people like you?
"You wouldn't have a cell phone or an Ipod if there weren't."
I got a similar notion ("Am I the only person like this here?") while
typing out a basic how-to guide for least-squares analysis, in the
employee lounge of the store where I work. Most of the other people
stock merchandise on the overnight shift.
Regards,
John
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>> ...Are there other people like you?
>
> "You wouldn't have a cell phone or an Ipod if there weren't."
Heh, yeah.
Although, that only means that other people know technical stuff, not
necessarily that they learn about it in their lunch break just for fun
inbetween doing their *real* jobs... ;-)
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> ...Are there other people like you?
>>
>> "You wouldn't have a cell phone or an Ipod if there weren't."
>
> Heh, yeah.
>
> Although, that only means that other people know technical stuff, not
> necessarily that they learn about it in their lunch break just for fun
> inbetween doing their *real* jobs... ;-)
Yeah, except that the people who make the basic discoveries have to work
many long years just to learn what they need to know in order to conduct
the experiment in which the discovery is made, or to properly understand
the accidental discovery that just happened. People don't put in that
kind of time unless at some level it's fun for them.
Regards,
John
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