Re:Oh My Gosh, It’s Covered in Rule 30s
by DonHopkins on Friday June 02, 2017 @06:33AM
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The deranged Wolfram story I find most delightful is about the pains he took micromanaging the illustrations in his book, and how hard he is to work for. He required a photo of a leopard, to illustrate how its spots were similar to a reaction diffusion system. But he rejected the first leopard photo and demanded it be replaced by another, because he didn't like its facial expression.
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Doesn't sound weird at all. If I would be writing a book, I would like to direct what kind of photos it includes.
Re:Oh My Gosh, It’s Covered in Rule 30s
by DonHopkins on Friday June 02, 2017 @05:03PM
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Oh yes, I think it's charming how aesthetically picky he was about which cat pictures to use in his book. It's not enough for the science and mathematics behind the gigantic book to be ground breaking, revolutionary, earth shattering and astounding -- but also the leopard's smirk can't give readers the wrong impression.