No, but Sierpinsky's Triangle is. (WAS: Re: wait! stonehenge is a fractal?)

sgt pinback wrote:
> Veronica Karlsson wrote:
> > > miK wrote (about an ascii version of a fractal known as "Sierpinsky's Triangle"):

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> > >
> > >   Nice pattern.Or is it a symbol? Or is this a silly question? :)
> >
> > It's a fractal.
>
> thus the smart-alecy  subject.
> 

The fractal bit has nothing to do with the stonehenge subject that started
the thread. The thread took a spin in a different direction after a while,
threads tend to do that sometimes you know... It was not a "smart-alecy"
subject, it was just a case of a thread that should have been renamed a lot
sooner... If you examine the thread a bit more carefully you will see that
miK's question, as well as my answer and PC's reply to it were about the
picture I "un-snipped" above.

> and in response to the pic what they were really talkin about pete casso
> wrote:

The _pic that they were really talking about_ is the one by Ilmari Karonen
that is quoted above, nothing else (note the mention of "simple triangles",
and "basic element", surely _those_ things have nothing to do with
stonehenge...).

> > The composition is too regularly structured to be a fractal.
> > Use the basic element, but randomize the structure and it will
> > more resemble a fractal in the usual sense. There are ascii
> > fractals using simple triangles. They are great candidates for
> > animation, but I fear that the visual impact of animated ascii
> > fractals is tacky compared to the real thing.

PC, you need to re-do some old math homework:

http://wyvern-community.school.hants.gov.uk/sierpinski.htm

(clue: I wasn't _guessing_ about it being a fractal)


BTW, nice picture Ilmari!  :)

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