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The Lounge at the End of the Universe => Gallimaufry => Topic started by: Heradel on April 09, 2008, 03:27:39 AM

Title: Science Tattoos
Post by: Heradel on April 09, 2008, 03:27:39 AM
Listen,

I think that I can safely assume that if you're here, a forum largely devoted to various forms of Speculative fiction, on a fairly regul... let's just say ever, you're something (if I had an editor, he'd probably be questioning the 'something') of a nerd, geek, person who know the how to calculate the Fibonacci sequence and at least knows the basics of Special/General Relativity.

Having cleared that, you're probably somewhat buying into the counterculture thing, as the stories here tend a bit in that direction. So you'll probably be interested in this, a blog that chronicles science tattoos (http://carlzimmer.typepad.com/).

Personally the one I'm most interested in is this one (http://carlzimmer.typepad.com/sciencetattoo/2008/02/we-come-in-peac.html), which is copy of the Plaques we sent out on Pioneer 10&11.
Title: Re: Science Tattoos
Post by: CGFxColONeill on April 09, 2008, 04:57:16 AM
http://forum.gateworld.net/showthread.php?s=68de860b1c8abf583d9e86e72e04b1ae&t=22751
there are a bunch on here but the guy on the last post on the page is my favorite this on this thread the guy has earth's symbol off the DHD as a tattoo
I dont have any tattoos and am not likely to get one but I have seen things like this before and this is what came up when I googled it
Title: Re: Science Tattoos
Post by: Opabinia on April 15, 2008, 08:36:12 AM
Before I left for college I got a tattoo with a Julia set on it. (And a dragon.) I guess that fits with both EP and PodCastle.
Title: Re: Science Tattoos
Post by: Russell Nash on April 15, 2008, 08:46:59 PM
Before I left for college I got a tattoo with a Julia set on it. (And a dragon.) I guess that fits with both EP and PodCastle.

Give me a minus one to my geek score here.  What's a Julia besides a species of Roberts?
Title: Re: Science Tattoos
Post by: Heradel on April 15, 2008, 08:50:21 PM
Before I left for college I got a tattoo with a Julia set on it. (And a dragon.) I guess that fits with both EP and PodCastle.

Give me a minus one to my geek score here.  What's a Julia besides a species of Roberts?

/me uses +1 Google Fu
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Julia_set_%28ice%29.png/256px-Julia_set_%28ice%29.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_set)

Title: Re: Science Tattoos
Post by: Chodon on April 15, 2008, 10:11:19 PM
Wow, +100 experience!
Title: Re: Science Tattoos
Post by: CGFxColONeill on April 15, 2008, 10:59:40 PM
Before I left for college I got a tattoo with a Julia set on it. (And a dragon.) I guess that fits with both EP and PodCastle.

Give me a minus one to my geek score here.  What's a Julia besides a species of Roberts?

I am in the same boat can you help me out?
Title: Re: Science Tattoos
Post by: wintermute on April 15, 2008, 11:16:54 PM
Before I left for college I got a tattoo with a Julia set on it. (And a dragon.) I guess that fits with both EP and PodCastle.

Give me a minus one to my geek score here.  What's a Julia besides a species of Roberts?

I am in the same boat can you help me out?

It's a type of fractal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_set), related to the Mandelbrot set. Looks like the picture that Heradel posted.
Title: Re: Science Tattoos
Post by: Heradel on April 15, 2008, 11:24:22 PM
It's a type of fractal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_set), related to the Mandelbrot set. Looks like the picture that Heradel posted.

Mandlebrot Set, Music with Rocks In version. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEw8xpb1aRA&feature=related) They're also known colloquially as Buddha Fractals because of their shape.
Title: Re: Science Tattoos
Post by: CGFxColONeill on April 15, 2008, 11:30:12 PM
Before I left for college I got a tattoo with a Julia set on it. (And a dragon.) I guess that fits with both EP and PodCastle.

Give me a minus one to my geek score here.  What's a Julia besides a species of Roberts?

I am in the same boat can you help me out?

It's a type of fractal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_set), related to the Mandelbrot set. Looks like the picture that Heradel posted.

ok sorry little slow on the uptake lol