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

	Sierpinski's Triangle?

On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Veronica Karlsson wrote:

> sgt pinback wrote:
> > Veronica Karlsson wrote:
> > > > miK wrote (about an ascii version of a fractal known as "Sierpinsky's Triangle"):
> 
> .----<( "UN-snipped" from earlier post in the thread )>----
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> | Ilmari Karonen wrote:
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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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