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Re: Golden Ratio (was Over 70 LEGO products copied)
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Mon, 26 Jan 2004 18:34:06 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Bram Lambrecht wrote:
In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
The Golden Section deals with things on a 2 dimensional level. For instance,
2:3 is length:width, but the application of the Golden Section doesn't
provide for the third variable of depth. I think Mr. Clarke's dimensions for
the monolith take the Greek ratio of 3:5 and created a pleasing three
dimensional shape out of a two dimensional ratio. If you notice: 1 (first
number in monolith) plus 3 (golden section ratio) equals 4 (second number in
monolith dimensions) plus 5 (second golden section ration) equals 9 (final
number in monolith dimensions). Maybe I'm seeing a link that doesn't exist
but it feels like there is. :)

For the record while I posted that text, I did not WRITE it. Bram trimmed off
the cite I gave to the site I glommed the text from.

I mean, really, does that prose read like something I'd have written?

Sorry for any confusion (that Bram's trimming the cite might have) caused.

++Lar



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  Re: Golden Ratio (was Over 70 LEGO products copied)
 
(...) Oops, sorry. Your cite wasn't very clear. (...) Nope, it doesn't... --Bram (21 years ago, 26-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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  Re: Golden Ratio (was Over 70 LEGO products copied)
 
(...) There isn't a link there, because the Golden Section isn't 2:3... The golden ratio is derive from a rectangle where if a square is cut from the rectangle, the remaining piece is another golden ratio rectangle. So, the sides of the original (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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