[AccessD] Friday OT: 10 ways to indicate you are a geek

Gustav Brock Gustav at cactus.dk
Fri Aug 14 09:39:00 CDT 2009


Hi Max

That's what I mean. Some see the beauty, some don't. 
Same for mother nature. For some it is just some boring collection of soil, mountains and trees/plants where some other species than humans try to make a living.

/gustav


>>> max.wanadoo at gmail.com 14-08-2009 16:27 >>>
Why is it (Fibonacci) strange?  Growing implies getting larger.  What easier
method than that the current size plus the one before it to get the new
size.  Once you have done it, repeat it.  2+3=5.  5+3= 8, et seq.

Pretty basic stuff really.  Any decent organism can do it standing on its
spiral.

Max

Ps. And as for Golden Ration. They are just that, ratios. Nothing more.


-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com 
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Shamil
Salakhetdinov
Sent: 14 August 2009 14:29
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Friday OT: 10 ways to indicate you are a geek

Hi Gustav,

I also find Fibonacci Numbers fascinating. When I mentioned them here today
I didn't mean anyhow your posted here coding sample/you but more many
"samples" of Fibonacci Numbers one can find in Nature:

The Fibonacci Sequence in Nature
http://scienceray.com/mathematics/the-fibonacci-sequence-in-nature/ 

Fibonacci Numbers in Nature & the Golden Ratio
http://www.world-mysteries.com/sci_17.htm 

Fibonacci Numbers in Nature  
http://www.e-telescope.gr/en/cat04/art04_040616.htm 

And concerning dating and investigating the Fibonacci Numbers in reality -
here are some example of what I meant (they are from the first link posted
above):

   1. The ratio between the length and width of face
   2. Ratio of the distance between the lips and where the eyebrows meet to
the length of nose
   3. Ratio of the length of mouth to the width of nose
   4. Ratio of the distance between the shoulder line and the top of the
head to the head length
   5. Ratio of the distance between the navel and knee to the distance
between the knee and the end of the foot
   6. Ratio of the distance between the finger tip and the elbow to the
distance between the wrist and the elbow
   ...  

;-)

--
Shamil

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com 
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 2:33 PM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com 
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Friday OT: 10 ways to indicate you are a geek

Hi Steve

OK, maybe I use the word geek wrongly - I didn't have the word obsession in
mind, rather habit or strong habit or preference - of course with relation
to computing.

As for the Fibonacci numbers mentioned by Shamil I find them fascinating
(actually posted code here 2008-05-15 to generate the sequence of the first
139 elements) but I don't think that much about some practical
implementation - and the right date could certainly pull me away from
further thinking!

/gustav


>>> miscellany at mvps.org 14-08-2009 09:03 >>>
That's cool, David.

But I must say that this and the earlier examples do not really hit on what 
I usually understand "geek" to mean.

I normally think of an obsession with technology, which does not necessarily

equate with having a mathematical mind.

Anyway, the key question is...  Is your pastime more or less dangerous than 
texting while driving?

Regards
Steve


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From: "David Emerson" <newsgrps at dalyn.co.nz>
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 10:57 AM
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" 
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Friday OT: 10 ways to indicate you are a geek

> How about this then.  Take the digits from the car odometer in order
> and only using +, -, *, /, ( and ) make an equation that equals.
>
> Eg: 56872: 5 * 6 / (8 + 7) = 2
>
> Some are easy (especially when there are two zeros in the number) but
> others are harder.  To add interest to the game you have to work it
> out before the odometer changes (the American Govt has helped some of
> you out by sticking with miles (they are longer than km) :-) .




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