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badgoodDeb · 11-18-2010, 07:09 PM

Well yes, unless they came from Mandelbrot's fertile brain. Err, equation. Then, the closer you look, the longer the coastline gets. Do you measure England's coastline (or better yet, Australia's) on a 12" globe? Or on a 1 inch to 100 km map? Or use a tape measure, on your knees, on the actual island? Or using an electro microscope, at the grain of sand and then the sub-atomic level? The coastline gets longer depending on how closely you look and where you round off your numbers. (See, I learned from the articles about Mandelbrot's recent death. Cool stuff, that!)

11-18-2010, 07:09 PM	#105
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,558 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Well yes, unless they came from Mandelbrot's fertile brain. Err, equation. Then, the closer you look, the longer the coastline gets. Do you measure England's coastline (or better yet, Australia's) on a 12" globe? Or on a 1 inch to 100 km map? Or use a tape measure, on your knees, on the actual island? Or using an electro microscope, at the grain of sand and then the sub-atomic level? The coastline gets longer depending on how closely you look and where you round off your numbers. (See, I learned from the articles about Mandelbrot's recent death. Cool stuff, that!) Last edited by badgoodDeb; 11-18-2010 at 07:14 PM.