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    Re: Golden Ratio (was Over 70 LEGO products copied) —David Koudys
   (...) Mathematics aside, it's been a long time since I read the 2001 series (2001, 2010, 2061, 3001), but I recall that in one of 'em, there's a statement with the idea that the monolith is based on squares starting at 1, and the thought went on to (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: Golden Ratio (was Over 70 LEGO products copied) —Bram Lambrecht
   (...) Right. My point was that the Greek Golden ratio has nothing to do with the proportions of the monolith. --Bram (21 years ago, 26-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: Golden Ratio (was Over 70 LEGO products copied) —Matthew Miller
     (...) The golden ratio is related to a different sequence: the ratio between consecutive numbers of the Fibonacci sequence approaches Phi. Or phi, if you go backwards. So, if the monolith were golden-ratio realated, its sides in the primary three (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: Golden Ratio (was Over 70 LEGO products copied) —David Koudys
   (...) Yeah, but I wanted to post this somewhere, and here looked like a pleasant spot :) Dave K -what are you doing, Dave? Would you like to hear a song? (21 years ago, 26-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: Golden Ratio (was Over 70 LEGO products copied) —Jeff Szklennik
   (...) for a good Golden Section site: (URL) remember "Donald in Mathemagic land" Disney video? Jeff (21 years ago, 27-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: Golden Ratio (was Over 70 LEGO products copied) —Matthew Miller
   (...) Yes. My very bad high school math teacher made us watch it a lot. (21 years ago, 27-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 

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