tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post5188277474531236015..comments2023-12-30T01:23:38.125-08:00Comments on Riddled: From the Aberrant Spiderweb DepartmentHamish Mackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18079552635307235197noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-57204334806286876552013-03-24T23:57:58.237-07:002013-03-24T23:57:58.237-07:00As I cannot locate the relevant RI item, I will me...As I cannot locate the relevant RI item, I will mention here that I hope you haven't been indulging <a href="http://sizaelrpg.com/threads/checking-up-on-the-pirates.559/" rel="nofollow">strange pirate-fiction blogs</a>.Naradnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-47599537443928882752013-03-22T23:06:59.293-07:002013-03-22T23:06:59.293-07:00I can only see a limited cross-over between astrop...<i>I can only see a limited cross-over between astrophysics and spiderwebs.</i><br /><br />The triangulation method, <a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0210136" rel="nofollow">on the other hand</a>....Naradnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-54329812816748653672013-03-22T03:35:36.760-07:002013-03-22T03:35:36.760-07:00All I know of Zwicky is that (a) he argued with ev...All I know of Zwicky is that (a) he argued with <b>everyone</b> (or, in the carefully cadenced language of Wikipedia, "Zwicky had difficulties in personal relationships with his peers"); and (b) he discovered everything back in the 1930s. <br />I can only see a limited cross-over <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t9QprEvS91A/TrkBPVpokaI/AAAAAAAACwE/1X-wlqjiDS8/s1600/macroscope.jpg" rel="nofollow">between astrophysics and spiderwebs</a>.<br /><br />I think <a href="http://eusa-riddled.blogspot.com/2011/09/weave-been-living-in-flames-weave-been.html" rel="nofollow">this was the first Riddled spider-blogging entry</a>, which still brings a lot of our web traffic.Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-28978564990989400832013-03-21T21:44:30.926-07:002013-03-21T21:44:30.926-07:00Christmas Ale? To try to recall Fritz Zwicky's...Christmas Ale? To try to recall Fritz Zwicky's actual quote, <a href="http://www.trinity.edu/jdunn/spiderdrugs.htm" rel="nofollow">Ve haf known zis for ze past 30 years!</a>Naradnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-79552618070184065492013-03-21T20:14:26.681-07:002013-03-21T20:14:26.681-07:00Remember those pin-cushion things you could leave ...Remember those pin-cushion things you could leave an impression of your hand or face in? Yeah?<br /><br />As a teenager, I got the pleasure of finding the surprisingly small erect penis of my step father impressed into one of those. I wish I could forget that.OBShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290768768025981403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-4278855023077042372013-03-21T17:21:51.856-07:002013-03-21T17:21:51.856-07:00The possum?
No, he was on the back deck...The possum?<br /><br />No, he was on the back deck...mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-37030740384882616942013-03-21T15:37:25.538-07:002013-03-21T15:37:25.538-07:00I hope it wasn't actually attached to you.I hope it wasn't actually attached to you.Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-56067874758180808072013-03-21T15:01:25.705-07:002013-03-21T15:01:25.705-07:00I once made a large simulacrum of my junk out of p...I once made a large simulacrum of my junk out of polenta and various shapes of dried pasta.<br /><br />Sadly, it only attracted flies and a curious and somewhat aggressive possum.mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-77019972333893810902013-03-21T11:38:50.224-07:002013-03-21T11:38:50.224-07:00That looks like Roy Orbison stuck in that first we...That looks like Roy Orbison stuck in that first web.Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-80361896121738870462013-03-21T11:16:29.323-07:002013-03-21T11:16:29.323-07:00And I didn't mention the QC JavaScript constra...And I didn't mention the QC JavaScript constraints: it takes in and spits out a limited set of values that you have to write your routines around. Still, there are a bunch of ways to cheat: start with a rectangle made of triangle mesh and draw the vertices to the bright spots of a reference image? That should be fairly writable.Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-82578584051833148822013-03-21T11:05:50.157-07:002013-03-21T11:05:50.157-07:00I've played with the Processing code, but QC d...<i>I've played with the Processing code, but QC does JavaScript and not Java and I dunno if I have the chops to translate. So I'm thinking of ways I could cheat it.</i><br /><br />Now that I'm sober I looked at the Processing stuff a bit (and only that -- I could easily get sucked into that rabbit hole and spend way too much time playing there). Processing is its own add-on to Java, so requires its own learning regardless. The language syntax would still be familiar but it would definitely take some work.OBShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290768768025981403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-77044369033979849592013-03-21T10:31:20.280-07:002013-03-21T10:31:20.280-07:00No worries Mandos, that was my attempt to be like ...No worries Mandos, that was my attempt to be like the cool kids.Hamish Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18079552635307235197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-17532892695320363082013-03-21T05:54:50.585-07:002013-03-21T05:54:50.585-07:00Side note to AK: I saw your comment at Jennifer...Side note to AK: I saw your comment at Jennifer's, but actually, I had gotten to that link via another route before I clicked on the Riddled link, which of course I did not give credit for either, since the person who provided it to me wouldn't notice.Mandoshttp://politblogo.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-16086983031569083402013-03-20T19:23:24.803-07:002013-03-20T19:23:24.803-07:00I think A.K. was in charge of ale distribution, wa...I think A.K. was in charge of ale distribution, was he not?<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-81702063488528875822013-03-20T19:05:32.123-07:002013-03-20T19:05:32.123-07:00You could totally cheat it, the languages are diff...You could totally cheat it, the languages are different but the syntax would be very familiar. I use both languages so I'll look when I've had fewer beers.OBShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290768768025981403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-7138574507712215502013-03-20T18:55:19.533-07:002013-03-20T18:55:19.533-07:00Did you look at the code the artist used to do it ...<i>Did you look at the code the artist used to do it in the Processing environment?</i><br /><br />I've played with the Processing code, but QC does JavaScript and not Java and I dunno if I have the chops to translate. So I'm thinking of ways I could cheat it.Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-74139456340695735552013-03-20T18:34:31.041-07:002013-03-20T18:34:31.041-07:00I like those.I like those.zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-91619975096391392652013-03-20T17:46:17.420-07:002013-03-20T17:46:17.420-07:00Did you look at the code the artist used to do it ...Did you look at the code the artist used to do it in the Processing environment?<br />http://www.openprocessing.org/sketch/85413Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-38605255600398975352013-03-20T17:34:05.025-07:002013-03-20T17:34:05.025-07:00Don't do it Substance, that way lies madness!Don't do it Substance, that way lies madness!OBShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290768768025981403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-5467711261553382372013-03-20T16:54:42.373-07:002013-03-20T16:54:42.373-07:00I'll bet you could merge a couple of .dae file...I'll bet you could merge a couple of .dae files (a plane and a head) in Sketchup and remove vertices to get that done. <br /><br />Now I kind of want to figure out a Quartz Composer way to do it.Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.com