Merry Christmas 2013

NormanHadley · December 17, 2013, 12:44:38 AM

To all the Keyshooters and genuine users of the forum, I offer this rather over-engineered snowflake to wish a Merry Christmas and a fruitful 2014, especially those among us who've struggled in 2013 (this means you, TMM).

Now, talking of hexes....to all you spammers - I hope this image induces a recurring dream in which you have to follow the tightening sequence for this 4000-bolt pattern under a particularly exacting Chief Engineer. Then, when you've secured the last of the fasteners, I hope you realise you've forgotten the gasket. Finally, may the excess of erectile enhancers in your bloodstream explode bids of your anatomy all over your cheap watch.

DriesV · December 17, 2013, 02:48:35 AM

Nice fractal!

Hilarious comment about Sirs Spamalot btw.

Best wishes to you too.

Dries

NormanHadley · December 17, 2013, 03:43:53 AM

Cheers, Vries.

In a former life, I was a bit of a fractal nut. So the old me would have been very interested that the number of bolts in an n-th level fractal of this type is 1+1½(5^n-1-1).

For a still on my machine, I thought six levels (4687 bolts) was enough. Of course, if Santa brought me a Boxx like Speedster's, I could go higher (level 10 = 2,929,687 – almost as complex as the Walschaerts mechanisms on one of his trains

) and do an animated zoom-in.

Nature, of course, is not limited by processing cores. Check out these stunning images of real-life snowflakes.
http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/macro-photos-snowflakes-show-impossibly-perfect-designs.html

DriesV · December 17, 2013, 03:55:08 AM

Quote from: NormanHadley on December 17, 2013, 03:43:53 AM
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Nature, of course, is not limited by processing cores. Check out these stunning images of real-life snowflakes.
http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/macro-photos-snowflakes-show-impossibly-perfect-designs.html

It's alive... or is it?

Dries

NormanHadley · December 17, 2013, 04:22:48 AM

Oh, hell. Just noticed I typoed your name, Dries. Sorry about that.

NormanHadley · December 19, 2013, 06:50:48 AM

Couldn't resist tweaking the materials for a smoother look.

Dylan · December 20, 2013, 02:31:16 PM

That looks great Norman. Meryy Christmas to all!

TpwUK · December 20, 2013, 02:54:54 PM

Indeed dillster, merry x-mas to all

Martin

feher · December 22, 2013, 10:06:05 AM

Happy Holidays my friend.
I hope you have a safe season.
Enjoy
Tim