Harvested

[Henry Hawk]

Character actor Ed Lauter HARVESTED   at age 74.

[Locutus]

Very sad, I have played with fractal generators since the mid-80s. I used to generate fractal landscapes for a flight simulator and then fly through them.

Here is a link to a cool site ....

http://www.fractalsciencekit.com/

That's pretty cool.  Thanks for posting that.  I saw this yesterday, but just got around to checking out the link this afternoon. 

[Locutus]

Fractals. I looked at the site, and wish I knew enough about the subject to ask an intelligent question, but I don't.

It's all about recursion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursion

Section 4.3 of that article describes "functional recursion" and is exactly the example I used to demonstrate that to my class.  It states:

"Functional recursion

A function may be partly defined in terms of itself. A familiar example is the Fibonacci number sequence: F(n) = F(n − 1) + F(n − 2). For such a definition to be useful, it must lead to non-recursively defined values, in this case F(0) = 0 and F(1) = 1.



F(0) = 0 and F(1) = 1 are terminating conditions (non-recursively defined values as the article states) and thus would prevent an infinite loop from occurring in a program.    That exactly describes what I was demonstrating to my class that day. 

[Locutus]

Sorry for the recursion sidebar in the HARVESTED thread, but I could talk about mathematics and computation for days and never get bored. 

[Henry Hawk]

Former House Speaker Tom Foley, D-Wash., who served 30 years in the House of Representatives and served as US ambassador to Japan under President Clinton, HARVESTED   at 84.

[Bo D]

Former House Speaker Tom Foley, D-Wash., who served 30 years in the House of Representatives and served as US ambassador to Japan under President Clinton, HARVESTED   at 84.

What a shame. My wife worked at his law firm, so I met him on several occasions. He was the nicest person you would ever want to meet.

[Henry Hawk]

 
It's good to hear that, after the bad rap so many politicians get.

[Locutus]

"Bum" Phillips, the former NFL football coach, who led the Houston Oilers to glory and struggled with the New Orleans Saints has been HARVESTED at age 90.

[Henry Hawk]

He was one of my favorite NFL coaches.  Always gave a fun interview.   RIP Bum 

[Palehorse]

Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams  HARVESTED @ age 90.

I guess Bum got lonely eh?

[The Troll]

Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams  HARVESTED @ age 90.

I guess Bum got lonely eh?

  Or he got the "Bum Rush"   

[Palehorse]

Lou Reed  HARVESTED @ 71 - Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side. . .

[Palehorse]

(John McVie has cancer too, so Fleetwood-Mac has cancelled their tour)

[Henry Hawk]

Todd Christensen, the tight end for the NFL's Raiders died of complications following surgery in a Utah hospital. He was 57.

[Locutus]

Todd Christensen, the tight end for the NFL's Raiders died of complications following surgery in a Utah hospital. He was 57.

That's a weird story.  Complications from liver transplant surgery.  His family said he didn't drink and believes his liver problems started with a botched gall bladder operation 25 years ago.