> From: kar120c <blip@frontiernet.net>
>
> the "divine proportion" is also known as the Phi ratio and is approximated
> at 1.6180339. this number is refered to as a "transcendental number" as it
> never repeats itself.
phi = [ 1 + sqrt(5) ] / 2 and is irrational (cannot be expressed as a/b for
integers a & b -- & therefore its decimal expansion never repeats) but is not
transcendental; it is algebraic since it is a root of an algebraic polynomial
(which I think is defined as one with a finite number of terms & rational
coefficients -- it satisfies x^2 - x - 1 = 0).
> the bone structure of organic life is based on this ratio...the first bone
> in the finger is in Phi ratio to the second as is the second to the third
> etc...same for the feet and legs.
_All_ organic life? I don't believe this, and I'm not even going to start to
comment on the stuff about chakras & martian monuments.
IDM content: It was not a good choice of weekends to send one of my speakers
in for repair: I (finally) located `Skampler' -- Sister Ray & Selectadisc had
sold out, but I found copies in Tower & HMV -- and picked up a promo of a new
Witchman double-CD compilation of singles & tracks for other compilations.
It's called `Heavy Traffic', is on Deviant, and is out towards the end of
October; the compilation starts at `Heavy Mental' & goes backwards in time.
Also, can anyone recommend somewhere in London to buy Dot releases? -- `MaPod'
& `The knights who say...' sound interesting.
-- Richard