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13 Nov 2007, 8:57 pm

any of you guys also read xkcd?

http://xkcd.com

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13 Nov 2007, 9:00 pm

No, sorry I don't.

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13 Nov 2007, 9:10 pm

Cookie-baking 1337 h@xx0r mums? Butt-kickin' baby boomers? Stairway to HEAVEN???!?

Too, too good! Thanks for that, Alex.

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13 Nov 2007, 10:22 pm

I used to, back when the comics were funny... For the last 3 or 4 months I've only found the odd one to be humorous, the last two haven't even looked like comics to me. In my opinion, he's lost his edge.

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14 Nov 2007, 3:15 am

Yeah, back when it was more consistently funny. These days, it's hit and miss. Maybe their writers went on strike. :wink:

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25 Nov 2007, 3:03 am

xkcd is made of win

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25 Nov 2007, 3:04 am

Never heard of it.

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26 Nov 2007, 11:49 am

i didn't, but it looks funny, so i will now, thanks for the link =)

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26 Nov 2007, 4:44 pm

alex wrote:

any of you guys also read xkcd?

http://xkcd.com

I do!

I actually just discovered it pretty recently. I like it.

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26 Nov 2007, 5:14 pm

Never did...but I like it!

Thanks!

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27 Nov 2007, 7:09 pm

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xkcd is made of win Smile

Agreed.

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27 Nov 2007, 7:19 pm

Back in April there was one on floor tiles that set off at least three threads and numerous posts dealing with
patterns, I dug these out of my "scrapbook":

Quote:

YMBAAI You read Orwell's list above and see:
"27. You pay attention to patterns you see in the different-colored floor tiles in a grocery store." -And you get a sudden feeling of deja-vu:

ahayes wrote:

from: http://www.xkcd.com/c245.html

richie wrote:

Ramsus wrote:

I sort of got a double dose of the pattern thing, what with also being left handed. Generally, left handed people process images differantly and notice patterns others don't. Couple this with aspergers and.. ugh!

I tend to see patterns and pictures in just about anything, that is why similarities tend to stand out more
than differences.
Recently on two other threads patterns and tilings came up for discussion:

richie wrote:

Flow wrote:

If you find "stupid" things fascinating.

This came from a different thread:
http://www.wrongplanet.net/modules.php? ... 9&start=15
Floor Tilings.
YMBAAI You post 12 (count 'em) links that deal with tiling!! !! :lol:

richie wrote:

poopylungstuffing wrote:

always always always

I love weird patterns...that is also why i like quilts so much....unfortunately i lack the attention span to make really elaborate patterns....I only make bizarre absrtact crazy quilts....but i get mesmerised by staring at the complex patterned ones...

um....oh yeah..and I painted my kitchen ceiling tiles in this nutzo pattern...pink black yellow black blue black pink black yellow black blue black..

and whenever my notebooks were confiscated I would zone out on the ceiling tiles in class...

If you have time on your hands, get some colored pencils and graph paper, and try these out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentominoes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Pentomino_sol.svg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyomino
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexomino
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyiamond
If you are into weird tilngs, patterns, and geometric art
check out M.C. Escher.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercycle_%28geometry%29
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e ... it_III.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e ... ane_21.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e ... ane_42.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e ... ane_70.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e ... ane_72.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.C._Escher

richie wrote:

Flow wrote:

If you look for patterns in the designs of wallpaper.

Goes with the tiling post on previous page (64):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallpaper_group

lau wrote:

richie wrote:

Flow wrote:

If you look for patterns in the designs of wallpaper.

Goes with the tiling post on previous page (64):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallpaper_group

Ah! But richie, you haven't listed "Penrose tiling"! (At the bottom of which, there's a picture of a Penrose tiled real floor!)

"37. You add an extra item to your list just to get to a prime number."
37 is the fifth prime in the minor qudratic prime series: n^2+n+17

# 17

Significant number if you like to look at wallpaper

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02 Dec 2007, 11:53 am

Here is a comic for the 10 kinds of people in the world,- those who know binary and those who annoy you with it:
http://www.userfriendly.org/

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02 Dec 2007, 3:54 pm

alex wrote:

any of you guys also read xkcd?

http://xkcd.com

well, duh, who doesn't? lol

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