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Heradel

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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.

Personally the one I'm most interested in is this one, which is copy of the Plaques we sent out on Pioneer 10&11.
« Last Edit: April 09, 2008, 03:32:44 AM by Heradel »

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Reply #1 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

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Reply #2 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.



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Reply #3 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?



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Reply #4 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?

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Reply #5 on: April 15, 2008, 10:11:19 PM
Wow, +100 experience!

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Reply #6 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?

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Reply #7 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, related to the Mandelbrot set. Looks like the picture that Heradel posted.

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Reply #8 on: April 15, 2008, 11:24:22 PM
It's a type of fractal, related to the Mandelbrot set. Looks like the picture that Heradel posted.

Mandlebrot Set, Music with Rocks In version. They're also known colloquially as Buddha Fractals because of their shape.

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Reply #9 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, related to the Mandelbrot set. Looks like the picture that Heradel posted.

ok sorry little slow on the uptake lol

Overconfidence - Before you attempt to beat the odds, be sure you could survive the odds beating you.

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