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(...) 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 (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) 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)
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(...) Wasn't the original monolith a pyramid in "The Sentinel of Eternity?" Did the short story specify its dimensions? Or was it a tetrahedron? I can't remember... Dave! (21 years ago, 26-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) 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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(...) I meant to put the emphasis on just the word *size* there, to imply that. Ooops. :) (21 years ago, 26-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Indeed it does, but the proportions always remain the same. >> Mark (21 years ago, 26-Jan-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I actually don't know. Does it? I've never read the books (I found that quote while looking for any page that actually listed true dimensions), and I don't believe I ever watched 2001. I remember watching 2010 when I was still pretty (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jan-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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[adding .geek] (...) It's been a while since I read these books, but doesn't their physical *size change*? (21 years ago, 26-Jan-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) The posts Larry is referring to were from much longer than 8 hours ago, though. (21 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I posted that response over 8 hours ago, when there were no second-tier responses, but I didn't get around to authorizing it until just a little while ago (compare the date-time stamps if you don't believe me, which you probably won't). I (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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