atlantic reefer
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Re: Whats in a Name?
Atlantic reefer - i live on the coast of the atlantic and im a reefer
Atlantic reefer - i live on the coast of the atlantic and im a reefer
OT: Whats in a Name?
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AQTCJAK
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Re: Whats in a Name?
I found this thread & I always find things like this very interesting
Well I own Aquatic Aggression & my name is Jack alos it is my Personalized Plates AQTCJAK I will post a picture later
As for the avatar - I enjoy building thing so a real mechanical shark was a perfect fit
I found this thread & I always find things like this very interesting
Well I own Aquatic Aggression & my name is Jack alos it is my Personalized Plates AQTCJAK I will post a picture later
As for the avatar - I enjoy building thing so a real mechanical shark was a perfect fit
goldenmean
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Re: Whats in a Name?
From Wikipedia:
The Golden Mean, just like PI (3.14) is another of those strange numbers that we seldom question and very often take for granted. This number is represented by the Greek letter PHI, but dissimilar to PI, the golden mean goes very much unnoticed in our everyday life in such things as buildings, plants and even in living creatures - yet we find these things strangely pleasing on the eye. This is the magical number 1.618.
So how is this number found? An ancient mathematician by the name of Fibonacci discovered that if you start with the numbers 0 and 1 then add them together you get a new number - in this case 1. Easy enough but what if you add the last number and the new number together? You get another new number, 2(See figure below). Keep doing this and you will end up with a very very long list of unique numbers.
This is known as the Fibonacci Series.
0,1 --> add them together gives new number 1
0,1,1 --> add the last two number together and new number is now 2
0,1,1,2 --> add last two numbers together and new number is now 3
0,1,1,2,3 --> add last two numbers together and new number is now 5
0,1,1,2,3,5
The series eventually grows like below into a series of unique numbers
0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,89,144, 233,377 to infinity and beyond!
So what I hear you ask? Well, starting from zero and if you take any two SEQUENTIAL numbers and calculate the ratio between them then a very interesting pattern emerges below.
1,0 Ratio = 1 to 0 = 0
1,1 Ratio = 1 to 1 = 1
2,1 Ratio = 2 to 1 = 2
3,2 Ratio = 3 to 2 = 1.5
5,3 Ratio = 5 to 3 = 1.6666
8,5 Ratio = 8 to 5 = 1.6
13,8 Ratio = 13 to 8 = 1.625
21,13 Ratio = 21 to13 = 1.61538
34,21 Ratio = 34 to 21 = 1.61538
55,34 Ratio = 55 to 34 = 1.61764
89,55 Ratio = 89 to 55 = 1.6181
144,89 Ratio = 144 to 89 = 1.6179
If you keep going you will see that the decimal figure will revolve around the magic number 1.618. OK, I here you ask, but what is the point? Well lets look at the example of how the golden mean occurs in nature. Take a look at the diagram below. Notice that it is made up solely of squares, yet the overall image is a rectangle. This rectangle, if you measure it, has the magic ratio of 1.618. Also if you look at the curved lines within each of the squares you will notice that these are in fact quarter circles, but, as a whole you would be forgiven for thinking that they look like the cross section of a sea shell.
And you'd be right, for this is the same as the growth rate of the beautiful Nautilus Sea Shell - i.e. 1.618.
At least since the Renaissance, many artists and architects have proportioned their works to approximate the golden ratio—especially in the form of the golden rectangle, in which the ratio of the longer side to the shorter is the golden ratio—believing this proportion to be aesthetically pleasing.
In philosophy, the golden mean is the desirable middle between two extremes, one of excess and the other of deficiency.
My current avatar and the tag line. "who watches the watchmen"
is from the graphic novel from the 1980s, "The Watchmen" which is currently being made into a movie with a spring 2008 release date.
The smiley face with the bullet hole is representative of the doomsday clock.
The blood stain is actually the minute hand.
I feel with the state of current world situations it is fitting today
From Wikipedia:
The Golden Mean, just like PI (3.14) is another of those strange numbers that we seldom question and very often take for granted. This number is represented by the Greek letter PHI, but dissimilar to PI, the golden mean goes very much unnoticed in our everyday life in such things as buildings, plants and even in living creatures - yet we find these things strangely pleasing on the eye. This is the magical number 1.618.
So how is this number found? An ancient mathematician by the name of Fibonacci discovered that if you start with the numbers 0 and 1 then add them together you get a new number - in this case 1. Easy enough but what if you add the last number and the new number together? You get another new number, 2(See figure below). Keep doing this and you will end up with a very very long list of unique numbers.
This is known as the Fibonacci Series.
0,1 --> add them together gives new number 1
0,1,1 --> add the last two number together and new number is now 2
0,1,1,2 --> add last two numbers together and new number is now 3
0,1,1,2,3 --> add last two numbers together and new number is now 5
0,1,1,2,3,5
The series eventually grows like below into a series of unique numbers
0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,89,144, 233,377 to infinity and beyond!
So what I hear you ask? Well, starting from zero and if you take any two SEQUENTIAL numbers and calculate the ratio between them then a very interesting pattern emerges below.
1,0 Ratio = 1 to 0 = 0
1,1 Ratio = 1 to 1 = 1
2,1 Ratio = 2 to 1 = 2
3,2 Ratio = 3 to 2 = 1.5
5,3 Ratio = 5 to 3 = 1.6666
8,5 Ratio = 8 to 5 = 1.6
13,8 Ratio = 13 to 8 = 1.625
21,13 Ratio = 21 to13 = 1.61538
34,21 Ratio = 34 to 21 = 1.61538
55,34 Ratio = 55 to 34 = 1.61764
89,55 Ratio = 89 to 55 = 1.6181
144,89 Ratio = 144 to 89 = 1.6179
If you keep going you will see that the decimal figure will revolve around the magic number 1.618. OK, I here you ask, but what is the point? Well lets look at the example of how the golden mean occurs in nature. Take a look at the diagram below. Notice that it is made up solely of squares, yet the overall image is a rectangle. This rectangle, if you measure it, has the magic ratio of 1.618. Also if you look at the curved lines within each of the squares you will notice that these are in fact quarter circles, but, as a whole you would be forgiven for thinking that they look like the cross section of a sea shell.
And you'd be right, for this is the same as the growth rate of the beautiful Nautilus Sea Shell - i.e. 1.618.
At least since the Renaissance, many artists and architects have proportioned their works to approximate the golden ratio—especially in the form of the golden rectangle, in which the ratio of the longer side to the shorter is the golden ratio—believing this proportion to be aesthetically pleasing.
In philosophy, the golden mean is the desirable middle between two extremes, one of excess and the other of deficiency.
My current avatar and the tag line. "who watches the watchmen"
is from the graphic novel from the 1980s, "The Watchmen" which is currently being made into a movie with a spring 2008 release date.
The smiley face with the bullet hole is representative of the doomsday clock.
The blood stain is actually the minute hand.
I feel with the state of current world situations it is fitting today
kathywithbirds
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Re: Whats in a Name?
Yeah, I think I need to go read a nice smut novel to clear my head.
I have birds. At one time a lot of birds. The avatar depends on mood.
Yeah, I think I need to go read a nice smut novel to clear my head.
I have birds. At one time a lot of birds. The avatar depends on mood.
BEELZEBOB
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Re: Whats in a Name?
this is BEELZEBOB
"The 5th deadly sin is GLUTTONY and is represented by the demon Beelzebub (also known as The Lord of the Flies). Beelzebub began his career as a Canaanite deity who name in Hebrew (Baal Zebub) meant Lord of the Flies, and then later came to be equated with Satan. As a sin he rules over all excessive eating and drinking.
The endless maw of the glutton is never satiated, and he or she is never satisfied. The glutton lives to eat and soon escalates to forgetting gratitude. The pursuit goes on and leads to a specific damnation: the glutton in hell will dine on toads and be forced to drink putrid water. The opposing virtue is Sobriety."
thats BEELZEBUB
this is BEELZEBOB
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reefman420
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Re: Whats in a Name?
.I am a repoman many of my other s/n are with it but i joined a reef forum hence reefman,well reefman420,reefman because of my ever forgoing passion for the beautifull reef,and 420 is my other habit.lol...i know i know its so bad but u know what.pepole smoke get hungrey and sleep,i just zone out at my display tank...with meth or coke pepole go steel and kill and depend on it.happy 420 to all....
my avatar is actually my album cover.minneapolis's finest is me..under potencey entertainment..if u like rap or hip hop check me out..peace
.I am a repoman many of my other s/n are with it but i joined a reef forum hence reefman,well reefman420,reefman because of my ever forgoing passion for the beautifull reef,and 420 is my other habit.lol...i know i know its so bad but u know what.pepole smoke get hungrey and sleep,i just zone out at my display tank...with meth or coke pepole go steel and kill and depend on it.happy 420 to all....
my avatar is actually my album cover.minneapolis's finest is me..under potencey entertainment..if u like rap or hip hop check me out..peace
AQTCJAK
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Fionn_Matt325
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Re: Whats in a Name?
looks like i already spilt the beans on my Meet and Greet thread. oh well. Instead of sucking on my 
i just use my index finger to :read:
looks like i already spilt the beans on my Meet and Greet thread. oh well. Instead of sucking on my i just use my index finger to :read:
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framerguy
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Re: Whats in a Name?
I am "the Framerguy" to my customers that don't know my name yet. I am NOT however the fARmerguy as some like to think, although I did go on a hayride once. My avatar is what I think is my best painting to date. It is of my daughter set in a mountain scene from where I live.
I am "the Framerguy" to my customers that don't know my name yet. I am NOT however the fARmerguy as some like to think, although I did go on a hayride once. My avatar is what I think is my best painting to date. It is of my daughter set in a mountain scene from where I live.
cioutlaw
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When I was dragracing a group from my area started going to an street racing event that took place at the track, normally about 200-300 cars grudge racing for$$ & drew in 2000+ spectators. All the different regions or different towns had a name ...kinda like a club & we were the Central Illinois Outlaws, we later became the Champaign Mafia. Anyway my name on racing message boards became cioutlaw.
cioutlaw
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framerguy
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Re: Whats in a Name?
Thanks- the original painting is an oil 60"x72" (5x6ft). I've threatened to give it to my daughter (Tonya) as a wedding gift if and when that day comes, she'll just have to build a house big enough to put it in LOL!