Re: Zendo In Lojban
> On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 05:07:19AM -0800, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 09:28:43AM -0300, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> > > On 12/7/05, Robin Lee Powell
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Because Zendo pieces aren't three dimensional; they are about
> > > > 2.1 by my guess.
> > >
> > > They have fractal dimension?! 
> >
> > That was my intention, yes.
>
> It should be noted that I've never really formally understood
> fractionaly dimensions, but I've read informal things that have said
> things like "a field strewn with boulders can be considered (taking
> the field as 2-d) to be somewhat higher than two dimensions".
>
> This may very well be crap, however.
One also speaks of the human visual field as having "2 and a half" dimensions, because the binocular vision *sorta* gives us some third-dimension. This is also unrelated to fractal dimensionality, which doesn't really enter into this.
Zendo blocks are definitely 3-dimensional. You even describe them as having planar faces and a "hollow" *face* on the bottom. That they are empty doesn't really enter into things. They're 3D blocks, and are treated as such in the game. (Also a little as containers, which is another matter.)
~mark