I had no idea what you and fjnbk were talking about when referring to the Mandelbrot set, so I went to wikipedia and saw this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandelbrot_set#Image_gallery_of_a_zoom_sequence now my brain exploded due to exposure to pure awesomeness. Thanks a lot, dick!

So beautiful...

In reply to this comment by NicoleBee:
Well, that is -very- neat. Great idea for a tattoo. I think I'll go stare at some fractals for a while now!

In reply to this comment by Fjnbk:
Yeah, fullerenedream was thinking of getting a tattoo of a Mandelbrot Set a while back.

In reply to this comment by NicoleBee:
Is.. Is that an ASCII Mandlebrot set?

In reply to this comment by Fjnbk:
Congratulations to the two of you.

Well, that is -very- neat. Great idea for a tattoo. I think I'll go stare at some fractals for a while now!

In reply to this comment by Fjnbk:
Yeah, fullerenedream was thinking of getting a tattoo of a Mandelbrot Set a while back.

In reply to this comment by NicoleBee:
Is.. Is that an ASCII Mandlebrot set?

In reply to this comment by Fjnbk:
Congratulations to the two of you.

Yeah, fullerenedream was thinking of getting a tattoo of a Mandelbrot Set a while back.

In reply to this comment by NicoleBee:
Is.. Is that an ASCII Mandlebrot set?

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Congratulations to the two of you.

you'd be surprised, deathcow. i thought he was cute to begin with, but at the Mandelbrot i decided i'd totally hit that.

jeff minter is a very interesting personality.

Some special enemies in llamatron

Green 'hedgehogs' with white spikes that are more resilient than normal enemies. When destroyed, they explode into four diagonally-moving spikes.

Blue 'Brains' that turn the beasties into green 'Zombeasts', which then advance on the llama, firing some kind of homing projectile.
Pulsating purple-yellow blobs that split into smaller and smaller blobs when shot.

Laser guns that float freely throughout the level. They come in two types - horizontal or vertical - and periodically fire a deadly laser beam across the full width or height of the screen, instantly obliterating the llama if it is lined up with the laser gun at the wrong time. On later levels, there can be both horizontal and vertical lasers in a single level, which fire simultaneously.

Blue raindrops that fall diagonally through the level. To stop them, a number of umbrellas must be erected in the level, but the player has to catch them first.

A large sixteen-ton weight that hovers at the top of the level and attempts to crush the llama when it passes underneath.

A large Mandelbrot fractal, known as the "Screaming Mandy" that blinks in all colours and screams when you shoot it.

A huge Toilet that shoots toilet paper rolls with accompanying scatological sound effects and explodes in a shower of feces when destroyed.

The "alien in sheep's clothing", which acts similarly to the blue brains but masquerades as a beastie.

The final boss: a snake composed of parts moving based on a particle algorithm - named the "Ozric Tentacle", a reference to the UK underground band Ozric Tentacles.

It's an excellent idea, although I don't know any tattoo artists . Simultaneously intellectual and cool.

In reply to this comment by fullerenedream:
Actually the tattoo was originally my idea (I'm the girlfriend). It would be cool to have an outline of the mandelbrot set on my back. If I could somehow get it done for free by an excellent tattoo artist, I'd do it right now!

In reply to this comment by Fjnbk:
That would be excellent, although I don't think she'd like it much.

In reply to this comment by djsunkid:
Woo! Nice mandelbrot avatar! I'm trying to talk my girlfriend into getting a brot tattooed on her back.

Actually the tattoo was originally my idea (I'm the girlfriend). It would be cool to have an outline of the mandelbrot set on my back. If I could somehow get it done for free by an excellent tattoo artist, I'd do it right now!

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That would be excellent, although I don't think she'd like it much.

In reply to this comment by djsunkid:
Woo! Nice mandelbrot avatar! I'm trying to talk my girlfriend into getting a brot tattooed on her back.

Honestly, it is just a question of cost at this point. And finding the right artist to realise it. We just moved to Vancouver though, and there are tons of great tattoo artists here, so the real problem is that tattoos are so expensive.

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That would be excellent, although I don't think she'd like it much.

In reply to this comment by djsunkid:
Woo! Nice mandelbrot avatar! I'm trying to talk my girlfriend into getting a brot tattooed on her back.

That would be excellent, although I don't think she'd like it much.

In reply to this comment by djsunkid:
Woo! Nice mandelbrot avatar! I'm trying to talk my girlfriend into getting a brot tattooed on her back.

Woo! Nice mandelbrot avatar! I'm trying to talk my girlfriend into getting a brot tattooed on her back.

"Still Alive" written by Jonathan Coulton (visit http://www.jonathancoulton.com/store/downloads and listen to more of his music! and maybe buy some!) I recommend "Mandelbrot Set" and his oddly creepy cover of "Don't Talk to Strangers".

Also, the second-most popular Jonathan Coulton song on the Internet is Code Monkey, so watch that Sifted video too.

I've read about how this relates to the way plants grow their leaves, some kind of mandelbrot DNA. Mindblowing stuff if you don't misconstrue it like I'm sure I have. "One badass fucking fractal"

Tags for this video have been changed from 'Jon Brion, fractals' to 'Jon Brion, fractals, Benoit Mandelbrot, Mandelbrot Set' - edited by MycroftHomlz

Not to mention lots of stuff about the mandelbrot set- probably my favourite shape! Woohoo for Arthur C Clarke.

This construction sounds awesome.