stirbird
toussled, bird-mad
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Holy Devil said:Woah...you reigned in the special forces.![]()
BeBe81 said:
Holy Devil said:
Holy Devil said:There's no one at home right now. She's overseas studying.![]()
Kcar said:Aww, I'm so sorry, HD. You are proud of her...she must be very special! What is she studying?
stirbird said:Someone animated this one.I saw it in a folder when I was looking for xmas gifs earlier today. I think all they did was make her stole sparkle, but it looked good.
Holy Devil said:Yeah. Yeaterday she asked me to send her money so she can buy me a Christmas present.![]()
Holy Devil said:
A fractal Christmas
College Park, MD (December 1, 2003) -- Take a close look at a Christmas tree this holiday season - it’s a terrific, natural example of a fractal.
In the case of the fir tree standing in a Christmas tree lot, each branch has structure that, when studied up close, resembles a whole tree, and on each branch there are a smaller, tree-like branches. Even the needles on the tiniest branch are arranged in patterns reminiscent of the structure of the entire fir tree.
The tree's structure can be described by a mathematical equation. The equation and the tree are fractals, patterns that repeat at various scales. Fractals also describe many real-world objects that do not have simple geometric shapes, such as clouds, mountains, turbulence, and coastlines.
Fractals will look the same regardless of the scale shown. For instance, an ice crystal viewed at full size and a detail of one small branch of the ice crystal have a similar structure -- it's often difficult to tell which is the magnified image.