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Re: Good read (Was: [faq FAQ How do I format an entry in the Lugnet FAQ?])
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Sat, 17 Jul 1999 01:12:41 GMT
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Well, *since* we're in the off-topic, GEEK newsgroup... <-: (-; [-8
Yes, I knew those things about *phi* and I've left out a lot of other stuff
about *phi* for aesthetic reasons.
I've been at a bit of a quandary about what to do with my number and large
number web pages. [1], [2] There are some numbers like
*pi* and *phi* which have so many properties that they would be pages long.
That's a bit awkward because I'm trying to list all the numbers on one page. I
don't want to put each number on a seperate page because I hate other web pages
that are set up that way, it takes so much clicking to skim through something
or to visually search for something.
So the natural solution is to put certain numbers by themselves on a seperate
page. Once it got to that point I started thinking, this is too much work and I
stopped adding to the numbers page. Ideally, I want something that works just
like the site map on LUGNET (thank you Todd):
http://www.lugnet.com/sitemap.cgi?/
See that "level" bar at the top? Click on it and the whole page expands. That's
neat. If I could do that with my numbers page I could hide all the details
about *pi* and *e* until someone clicks on a different level. Trouble is, I
need to find a simple way to do it with static pages. Hmmm...
In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Todd Lehman writes:
> Me too! Great stuff, Robert! Say, here's a fun tidbit about the golden
> ratio if you're interested --
> [...]
(By the way, Todd, in case you're interested -- I once made a robot for a
virtual robot wars tounament called "death blossom", inspired by the movie _The
Last Starfighter_ [3]. The robot's attack worked by rotating and firing a shot
every 2 * PI * PHI radians. Due to the property you described, this had the
effect of optimally mowing down all robots on the field in the minimal amount
of time (statistically speaking) assuming that there is no prior knowledge of
the robots' locations.) "Death Blossom" did nothing else, but nevertheless
managed to do fairly well against many so-called "more sophisticated" robots in
tournaments. It seems many robots turn tail and run whenever they get hit.)
1. http://www.mrob.com/numbers.html
2. http://www.mrob.com/largenum.html
3. http://us.imdb.com/Title?0087597
- Robert Munafo
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