Tolerating the intolerable

[Nicko]

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1456475964' post='2989322']
Yeah, it's lost in translation .
Th o p has probably left this thread . Shame
[/quote]

No I'm still following. I read an interesting book on chaos theory once (whats not to enjoy?) and this is kind of the butterfly effect in forum form.

[keefbaker]

Talking of butterflies, moths are arseholes, right? I mean, what a bunch of w***ers. Flying around with their this and that. Fair enough, call me an insect racist but f*** moths.

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

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[colgraff]

My dissertation was on non linear dynamical (it's every bit as sexy as it sounds!). At the time there was some academic interest in the way gossip spreads but no one had managed to find a mathematical model which could be a useful predictor of conversational patterns.

Edited February 26, 2016 by colgraff

[Rich]

Non linear dynamical academic gossip is all very well and good, but what's that got to do with racist moths?

[Nicko]

[quote name='colgraff' timestamp='1456522425' post='2990099']
My dissertation was on non linear dynamical (it's every bit as sexy as it sounds!). At the time there was some academic interest in the way gossip spreads but no one had managed to find a mathematical model which could be a useful predictor of conversational patterns.
[/quote]
Surely that will be a Mandelbrot fractal? Eventually the pattern will repeat and Blue will explain why the Beatles changed the world.

Edited February 27, 2016 by Nicko

[JapanAxe]

[quote name='Nicko' timestamp='1456586430' post='2990525']

Surely that will be a Mandelbrot fractal? Eventually the pattern will repeat and Blue will explain why the Beatles changed the world.
[/quote]

[ubit]

[quote name='colgraff' timestamp='1456522425' post='2990099']
My dissertation was on non linear dynamical (it's every bit as sexy as it sounds!). At the time there was some academic interest in the way gossip spreads but no one had managed to find a mathematical model which could be a useful predictor of conversational patterns.
[/quote]



Ooh, look, a butterfly !

[Wonky2]

I blame the caterpillars.

[colgraff]

[quote name='Nicko' timestamp='1456586430' post='2990525']
Surely that will be a Mandelbrot fractal? Eventually the pattern will repeat and Blue will explain why the Beatles changed the world.
[/quote]

Just to be even more pedantic than usual, the point of the Mandelbrot Set, Julia Set, etc. is that they never repeat. They are examples of infinite non-repeating lines contained within finite space.

In the unlikely event that anyone is intrigued by this concept, read up on the Hilbert Curve. It is a reasonably straightforward example.

[EssentialTension]

[quote name='colgraff' timestamp='1456663170' post='2991122']
Just to be even more pedantic than usual, the point of the Mandelbrot Set, Julia Set, etc. is that they never repeat. They are examples of infinite non-repeating lines contained within finite space.

In the unlikely event that anyone is intrigued by this concept, read up on the Hilbert Curve. It is a reasonably straightforward example.
[/quote]

I stayed in Hilbert's Hotel and I am certain it was situated somewhere on Hilbert's Curve. They said they had no vacancies but we stayed anyway.

[Dad3353]

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1456666160' post='2991143']
I stayed in Hilbert's Hotel and I am certain it was situated somewhere on Hilbert's Curve. They said they had no vacancies but we stayed anyway.
[/quote]

... but you can never leave..!

[Rich]

Or perhaps it's Schrödinger's hotel. You can check out any time you like, but nobody will know if you've left or not.

[EssentialTension]

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1456666227' post='2991148']
... but you can never leave..!
[/quote]
It makes no difference whether you leave or not. The hotel still has no vacancies and guests are still welcome.

[EssentialTension]

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1456669293' post='2991182']
Or perhaps it's Schrödinger's hotel. You can check out any time you like, but nobody will know if you've left or not.
[/quote]
Even if you check out and leave, all the rooms are occupied.

[colgraff]

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1456672052' post='2991227']

It makes no difference whether you leave or not. The hotel still has no vacancies and guests are still welcome.
[/quote]

But they do make you change room quite a lot. 😉

Almost as often as this thread changes topic. Perhaps we have a Hilbert thread, one which contains an infinite number of topics within a finite thread.

Edited February 28, 2016 by colgraff

[Rich]

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1456672194' post='2991228']
Even if you check out and leave, all the rooms are occupied.
[/quote]
Simultaneously occupied AND empty, in fact. 😃

[EssentialTension]

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1456673751' post='2991248']
Simultaneously occupied AND empty, in fact.
[/quote]

Surely that should be occupied AND available ... but never empty.

[Hobbayne]

[EssentialTension]

I still say sack him.

[RockfordStone]

sack him, regardless of nationality

[colgraff]