You know Mandelbrot, right? It’s a set of points that, if you draw its outline, produces a 2D fractal, like the Sierpinski triangle, but more visually interesting.
Well, someone found a 3D equivalent dubbed the “mandelbulb”. The above is a cross-section showing the interior of the structure. This thing produces incredible views, and you can keep varying parameters, zooming in and out, taking cross-sections, iterating, and so on to get infinite variations of the thing.
To be precise, it’s probably not the true analogue of the 2D mandelbrot set, but it is a very impressive approximation:
As exquisite as the detail is in our discovery, there’s good reason to believe that it isn’t the real McCoy. Sure, there are incredible patterns, and I for one could be fooled at first glance. However, it would seem that the real thing will have even more exquisite detail, surpassing even the pictures we’ve seen! (That’s if it exists, but hey, there seems less doubt about that now!)Check out the gallery for lots of pretty pictures.
Physical manifestations of conceptual content.
Swine flu factory.
jim campbell
i will make these
recipe from joy the baker
Peanut Butter Bacon Cookies
adapted from The Gourmet Cookbook
makes 15 cookies about the size of your palm
1 cup all-natural chunky or smooth peanut butter
1 cup sugar (1/2 cup brown sugar and 1/2 cup granulated sugar)
1 egg
1 teaspoon baking soda
about 6 slices of bacon, cooked, cooled and dices
In a skillet over medium high heat, fry up bacon until cooked through and let cool on paper towels until cool enough to dice. Dice up and set aside.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Grease a baking sheet with butter and set aside. In a mixer combine peanut butter and sugars until well combined, about 2 minutes. Add egg and baking soda and mix for another 2 minutes. Fold in cooked bacon. Roll into large walnut sized balls and create a cris-cross pattern with a fork. If you’d like, roll the dough balls in granulated sugar before making the cris-cross pattern. Bake for 10 minutes, until lightly browned. Cool on a baking sheet for five minutes, then transfer to… your mouth.
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