Logo by reallybigname - Contribute your own Logo!

END OF AN ERA, FRACTALFORUMS.COM IS CONTINUED ON FRACTALFORUMS.ORG

it was a great time but no longer maintainable by c.Kleinhuis contact him for any data retrieval,
thanks and see you perhaps in 10 years again

this forum will stay online for reference
News: Visit us on facebook
 
*
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register. March 29, 2024, 12:23:01 PM


Login with username, password and session length


The All New FractalForums is now in Public Beta Testing! Visit FractalForums.org and check it out!


Pages: [1] 2   Go Down
  Print  
Share this topic on DiggShare this topic on FacebookShare this topic on GoogleShare this topic on RedditShare this topic on StumbleUponShare this topic on Twitter
Author Topic: Explain your user name  (Read 7544 times)
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
Cyclops
Conqueror
*******
Posts: 135



WWW
« on: August 31, 2009, 01:46:19 PM »

Some names are self explanatory,while others need a littlle thought.
Mine comes from the fact that I only have one working eye. I was born with a faulty left eye so can only see thru the right one,and not brilliantly with that! It means I can't judge distances properly or see 3D stuff. I also tend to walk into things,even now at 42!
So whats the significance of your user name?
Logged

Sensitively dependant on initial conditions
bib
Global Moderator
Fractal Senior
******
Posts: 2070


At the borders...


100008697663777 @bib993
WWW
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2009, 02:18:35 PM »

Mine comes from my subway grapher name 15 years ago smiley
Logged

Between order and disorder reigns a delicious moment. (Paul Valéry)
cKleinhuis
Administrator
Fractal Senior
*******
Posts: 7044


formerly known as 'Trifox'


WWW
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2009, 02:28:19 PM »

mines simpley means: "TRIple as wise as a FOX" , i gave it myself when i was 13  angel
Logged

---

divide and conquer - iterate and rule - chaos is No random!
David Makin
Global Moderator
Fractal Senior
******
Posts: 2286



Makin' Magic Fractals
WWW
« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2009, 02:53:33 PM »

I guess "own name" needs no explanation smiley
But I first used my other "handle", "Makin' Magic" when I did some software in the 80's for the Dragon computer - "Makin' Magic Music" (4 channel music on a Dragon) and "Makin' Magic Pictures" (for gfx - the Dragon had a maximum of 4 colours in graphics modes, and they were preset too, just a choice of 2 sets of 4 colours)
Logged

The meaning and purpose of life is to give life purpose and meaning.

http://www.fractalgallery.co.uk/
"Makin' Magic Music" on Jango
cKleinhuis
Administrator
Fractal Senior
*******
Posts: 7044


formerly known as 'Trifox'


WWW
« Reply #4 on: October 01, 2009, 12:01:47 PM »

excellent cheesy
in those cases we have to ask your parents i think ... cheesy evil
Logged

---

divide and conquer - iterate and rule - chaos is No random!
Dinkydau
Fractal Senior
******
Posts: 1616



WWW
« Reply #5 on: October 01, 2009, 07:12:56 PM »

I was going to play men of valor online and needed a nickname, so the first thing I thought of was Dinkydau, a cheatcode for the single player version of the game.
Logged

HPDZ
Iterator
*
Posts: 157


WWW
« Reply #6 on: October 01, 2009, 11:51:44 PM »

HPDZ = High Precision Deep Zoom, the original theme of my website. I thought I would focus on deep-zoom animations only, but it has expanded in scope, and I wish I had come up with something different now. But at least I was able to snag a four-letter URL.
Logged

Zoom deeply.
www.hpdz.net
fractalwizz
Conqueror
*******
Posts: 129



WWW
« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2009, 04:49:01 PM »

Mine's self-explanitory.  grin
Logged

Karl131058
Forums Freshman
**
Posts: 18



« Reply #8 on: October 14, 2009, 02:36:58 PM »

given name plus date of birth in ddmmyy-format...

there's SOOOO many Karls out there that any sensible smaller number was already taken

(yes, it really WAS my 51st birthday yesterday  grin)
Logged
dharnia
Forums Freshman
**
Posts: 16


« Reply #9 on: October 14, 2009, 03:04:19 PM »

my name is from my dream

Happy Birthday Karl!!

Erika101368    smiley
Logged
dharnia
Forums Freshman
**
Posts: 16


« Reply #10 on: October 14, 2009, 03:06:36 PM »

I changed number. cheesy

Erika131068
Logged
cKleinhuis
Administrator
Fractal Senior
*******
Posts: 7044


formerly known as 'Trifox'


WWW
« Reply #11 on: October 14, 2009, 03:51:52 PM »

happy birthay carl !
then you are one of the few people here, who are older than the mandelbrot itself !
how was the time back then wink

cheers
 afro
Logged

---

divide and conquer - iterate and rule - chaos is No random!
bib
Global Moderator
Fractal Senior
******
Posts: 2070


At the borders...


100008697663777 @bib993
WWW
« Reply #12 on: October 14, 2009, 04:02:34 PM »


how was the time back then wink

they had the Peano curve, Koch curve, Sierpinsky gasket, broccoli, etc, etc... smileysmiley
Logged

Between order and disorder reigns a delicious moment. (Paul Valéry)
Karl131058
Forums Freshman
**
Posts: 18



« Reply #13 on: October 15, 2009, 03:00:09 PM »


how was the time back then wink

they had the Peano curve, Koch curve, Sierpinsky gasket, broccoli, etc, etc... smileysmiley
yeah right, that, and no computers to speak of...

When Scientific American came up with the first article about the Mandelbrot set, I was at university, trying to work out my diploma thesis at the theoretical subdepartment of something called "Institute for Pure and Applied Nuclear Physics" (approximately; it was in german, of course...). Our computer "power" consisted of ONE machine called PDP-11 made by Digital Equipment Corp., and was used with ASCII-Terminals, running a multi-user OS called RT11-Share (or something like that). Basically, MUCH less power than the cheapest working machine you can find in the market now, used with up to 8 users concurrently - talk about fast responses, really. We had one (ONE) color graphics terminal (265 freely chosable colors out of 32768; 640 by 480 pixels) and decided to try some mandelbrot and julia pictures. Main program written in FORTRAN, main loop written in assembler for speed; and people: it was FAST: 10 minutes for one picture in moderate zoom smiley.

We even made a little movie with julia pictures, with the parameter moving along the real axis from -2 to 0.25 then along the cardiod and the first circle. The movie was about 5 minutes, but it took about a month to complete, since everything had to be done as a background job - lower priority than printing. We couldn't do that as any kind of animation because it took about 10 seconds to load a picture into that color-terminal, so we had a little action over the last weekend and had the pictures photographed one by one (stop-motion at it's best)with somebodys super 8 cam, which was controlled by a little something soldered specifically for this task and connected to one of the serial outputs of the machine...

We were SO proud of that, really.
Wonder were that piece of film is now...

Those were the days - I'm so happy they are gone, really smiley

Oh, nearly forgot: thanks to all for your congratulations...

Have fun
Karl
« Last Edit: October 15, 2009, 03:04:40 PM by Karl131058, Reason: minor typos » Logged
Karl131058
Forums Freshman
**
Posts: 18



« Reply #14 on: October 15, 2009, 03:02:03 PM »

I changed number. cheesy

Erika131068

uhm, meaning you're exactly ten years younger than me?!
Congratulations to you, then smiley

Karl131058
Logged
Pages: [1] 2   Go Down
  Print  
 
Jump to:  

Related Topics
Subject Started by Replies Views Last post
please explain smooth coloring .. Programming madmuppet 9 12064 Last post July 26, 2016, 07:51:02 PM
by valera_rozuvan
continous wavelet transform : can someone explain in simple words please ? :) Stock Market Prediction ker2x 3 10343 Last post February 25, 2012, 06:46:33 PM
by eiffie
Can someone explain the "position" of a user? Discuss Fractal Forums greentexas 1 4062 Last post November 08, 2016, 07:30:05 AM
by TheRedshiftRider
Can somebody explain 3D fractals? 3D Fractal Generation greentexas 2 2944 Last post November 09, 2016, 02:01:31 AM
by greentexas
Can someone explain Julia morphing? Mandelbrot & Julia Set greentexas 7 12766 Last post January 23, 2017, 12:09:18 AM
by jwm-art

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.21 | SMF © 2015, Simple Machines

Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS! Dilber MC Theme by HarzeM
Page created in 0.19 seconds with 25 queries. (Pretty URLs adds 0.011s, 2q)