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can the disco ball be improved?

This site has a new page, comparing three algorithms for packing nodes on a sphere. Comments invited. It’s the first time I’ve used a table in HTML! 480 12.869074 14.172741 16.211562

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wish I could help

Someone recently found my mathematical doodles page by searching for analemma golden ratio. I hope the visitor was enlightened, but as far as I know there’s no relation between the golden ratio and the analemma!

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$2.56 and counting

Subject: The Concept of a Meta-Font Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2004 03:18:42 -0700 From: Anton Sherwood To: knuth-bug Digital Typography page 312, near the middle of note [11] 759,499,667,966,482 [ = 2 * 19 * 3717809 * 5375971 ] should … Continue reading

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disconnecting the dots

Strange phosphenes: Pressure on the eyeballs normally produces ripples of dark and light, often in expanding squares, in my experience. But today as I pressed a towel to my face I saw many perfectly round dots of red, yellow and … Continue reading

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am I subtle? am I a Machiavel?

20 Questions to a Better Personality (cited by Travis) Wackiness: 30/100 Rationality: 46/100 Constructiveness: 46/100 Leadership: 36/100 You are an SEDF–Sober Emotional Destructive Follower. This makes you an evil genius. You are extremely focused and difficult to distract from your … Continue reading

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yet another item of mere historical interest

In two months and a bit since opening comments, this blog received just eight, of which half were mere applause; and Blogger makes handling comments a bit of a nuisance. So I’ve turned commenting back off; and incorporated the four … Continue reading

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new on the [former] masthead

Russell approves of my latest choice of portrait [which may reappear on the masthead if I ever learn how]. It was taken on Halloween like these two. I didn’t have any digital pix of myself in left profile, or holding … Continue reading

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