Comments on: HOWTO make fractal cookies http://boingboing.net/2008/04/10/howto-make-fractal-c.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 12:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/04/10/howto-make-fractal-c.html#comment-162313 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-162313 At the end of the article, they asked for more fractal food. Lo: <a href="http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/romanesco1024.jpg">Mandel</a><a href="http://pdphoto.org/jons/pictures4/plants_7_bg_082104.jpg">broccoli</a>! (Also known as Broccoli Romanesco.) Teresa Nielsen Hayden Moderator, Boing Boing At the end of the article, they asked for more fractal food.

Lo: Mandelbroccoli!

(Also known as Broccoli Romanesco.)

Teresa Nielsen Hayden
Moderator, Boing Boing

]]> By: Kieran O'Neill http://boingboing.net/2008/04/10/howto-make-fractal-c.html#comment-161902 Kieran O'Neill Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-161902 Oooh! I have the urge to bake now. I love Sierpinski fractals. (I wonder how tricky it would be to get a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierpinski_triangle">triangle</a> to extrude right...) Oooh! I have the urge to bake now. I love Sierpinski fractals.

(I wonder how tricky it would be to get a triangle to extrude right…)

]]> By: tomaq http://boingboing.net/2008/04/10/howto-make-fractal-c.html#comment-162161 tomaq Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-162161 Kids come running for the great taste of fractals! (They DO look good...) Kids come running for the great taste of fractals!
(They DO look good…)

]]> By: gabrielm http://boingboing.net/2008/04/10/howto-make-fractal-c.html#comment-161961 gabrielm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-161961 @Kieran O'Neill <a href="http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/fimofractals" rel="nofollow">Triangle</a>! @Kieran O’Neill
Triangle!

]]> By: Dillo http://boingboing.net/2008/04/10/howto-make-fractal-c.html#comment-162044 Dillo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-162044 That actually looks more like a Menger gasket, although Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menger_sponge" rel="nofollow"> insists that it is actually a form of Sierpinski Carpet </a>. I have a particular soft spot for that pattern because one of the first things I did in 3D years ago was a program that would generate an N-level Menger Sponge using CSG rules. That actually looks more like a Menger gasket, although Wikipedia insists that it is actually a form of Sierpinski Carpet .

I have a particular soft spot for that pattern because one of the first things I did in 3D years ago was a program that would generate an N-level Menger Sponge using CSG rules.

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