Zendo In Lojban
On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 11:26:35AM -0800, wikidiscuss@lojban.org
wrote:
> 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.
- nod*
> 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.)
OK.
-Robin