{"id":1461,"date":"2007-04-02T20:59:43","date_gmt":"2007-04-02T23:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=1461"},"modified":"2007-10-15T23:38:47","modified_gmt":"2007-10-16T02:38:47","slug":"pyramids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=1461","title":{"rendered":"Pyramids"},"content":{"rendered":"

V<\/span>ia (the always excellent) 3 Quarks, a new theory how the Great Pyramid was built<\/a>. The original site that hosts a video and 3D animation<\/a> (from Dassault Systems) requires an extra plugin (3D Life player), which also works on Firefox (Windows). If you’re not into plug-ins, you can also download the PDF<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

2K Games announced a new Civ IV extension pack<\/a> (previously on xsamplex<\/a>), which includes:\n<\/p>\n

New Civilizations: The expansion pack includes ten new civilizations, such as Portugal, Babylon and Netherlands and their associated unique units and buildings.\n<\/p>\n

Oh dear.\n<\/p>\n

Via Digg, I found this video of an interesting way of using your fingers as a mouse with the help of a camera<\/a> (4:45 minutes long). The interviewer is a douche bag, yes: if you listen carefully what the programmer is trying to explain, much of it will make sense. Not revolutionary, but yes, an interesting approach to tackle this specific problem.\n<\/p>\n

If you were ever into fractals (and I suppose, every programmer or nerd would have been), there’s this amazing movie of a quite deep zoom into a Mandelbrot<\/a>. It keeps going and going, so to say. The first time I saw a fractal to be drawn (on an MSX-2), it took a full day to finish it. With a cluster of PS3s…<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

– Fractint<\/a>. And earlier on xsamplex<\/a>.
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