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Mandelbrot Set Originally Found In 13th Century (Early April's Fool)
Posted by
Hemos
on Thu Mar 22, 2001 06:12 PM
from the my-history-degree-does-matter! dept.
from the my-history-degree-does-matter! dept.
lines writes "I was amazed to find out that the Mandelbrot Set was discovered by a 13th century monk -- way, way before the advent of non-human computers. Apparently, a mathematician spied a mini-mandelbrot masquerading as the Star of Bethlehem in an illuminated manuscript's depiction of the Nativity scene. It turns out that this particular monk, Udo of Aachen, was attempting to mathematically describe a soul's path to Heaven. (For those unfamiliar with it, here's a quick introduction to the Mandelbrot Set.)"
Update 30 mins later by J : Yes, this is an
old April Fool's joke
- and a cleverly done one, too.
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Re:Oh, come on! (Score:3)
You mean those aren't real? Somebody didn't really tattoo 'all your base are belong to us' onto his ass and get chased by cops through a corn field?
No, I was too busy marvelling... (Score:3)
... how an allegedly medieval monk knew how to paint a picture with renaissance perspective.
Mandlebrot, schmandlebrot. According to the accompanying picture, he figured out the vanishing point 150 years before anyone else!
Anyone notice this at the bottom (Score:5)
I think that sums it up.
Oh, come on! (Score:3)
It's about as well done as most of the "All your base are belong to us" Photoshop jobs, and just about as easy to spot. Hemos really had his head up his butt on this one. It's a two year old joke for crying out loud!
Watch out for lightening bolts. (Score:3)
"I was stunned," Schipke says. "It was like finding a picture of Bill Gates in the Dead Sea Scrolls. The colophon [the title page] named the copyist as Udo of Aachen, and I just had to find out more about this guy."
I don't think the All Mighty is going to be to pleased with this comparison.
Didja know "gullible" isn't in the dictionary? (Score:3)
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