Here is an email I just sent... it gives you a little insight into my life.
For more info about me check out my LJ.
Cyris ( aka Sighris on thee 'net)
My Wei-Chi rank (recorded on the KGS server):
http://www.gokgs.com/
My AGA Go rank:
http://agagd.usgo.org/Player_
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From: Sighris
Date: Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: In the news:
To: MARK ANTHONY, Cc: Paru
I look forward to seeing you soon.
Date: Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: In the news:
To: MARK ANTHONY, Cc: Paru
Mark, (& Paru)
Cool story, thanks for sharing the story (& the web-sites).
I have several books by Clifford Pickover.
My favorite is "The Zen of Magic Squares... "
Also, if you look at my MySpace < http://www.myspace.com/sighris > you will see he is one of my top 4 "MySpace Friends", I never met him IRL, but I have exchanged emails with him < http://www.myspace.com/pickover > ! :D
BTW, here is a recent TED talk from Mandelbrot: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/benoit_mandelbrot_fractals_the_art_of_roughness.html
I look forward to seeing you soon.
Cyris
p.s. Paru, see the spinning Ohm Mark sent me? Cool, huh?
On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 11:59 PM, MARK ANTHONY <idealmark@live.com> wrote:
Hi Cyris, about 10 years ago. in a goodwill store, my heart nearly stopped when i found a copy of that book, for $1. I love fractal geometry, and my favorite author on the subject is Clifford Pickover
http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/home.htm
http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/pc/ realitycarnival.html
related site, http://deoxy.org/
better stillhttp://fusionanomaly.net/ lots of fun to explore!
> Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 23:21:38 -0700
> Subject: In the news:
> From: Sighris>
> Benoît Mandelbrot, Novel Mathematician, Dies at 85
> By JASCHA HOFFMAN
> Published: October 16, 2010
>
> Benoît B. Mandelbrot, a maverick mathematician who developed an
> innovative theory of roughness and applied it to physics, biology,
> finance and many other fields, died on Thursday in Cambridge, Mass. He was 85...
>
> In a seminal book, “The Fractal Geometry of Nature,” published in
> 1982, Dr. Mandelbrot defended mathematical objects that he said others
> had dismissed as “monstrous” and “pathological.” Using fractal
> geometry, he argued, the complex outlines of clouds and coastlines,
> once considered unmeasurable, could now “be approached in rigorous and
> vigorous quantitative fashion.”
> ...
> Benoît Mandelbrot and James Yorke shared a Japan Prize in 2003 for
> their pioneering work in chaos theory...
>
> Story here:
> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/us/17mandelbrot.html
