Shizuo Kambayashi/Associated Press Benoit B. Mandelbrot at a conference in Tokyo in 2003. His death was caused by pancreatic cancer, his wife, Aliette, said. He had lived in Cambridge. Dr. Mandelbrot coined the term “fractal†to refer to a new class of mathematical shapes whose uneven contours could mimic the irregularities found in nature. “Applied […]
A woman who feigned urinating on herself for 80’s film ‘Threads’ has an IMDB page which is skyrocketing in popularity: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1856457 Now her family is stepping in on the message boards to try an protect her from the trolls: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1856457/board/thread/170573546 by M_Cobretti 3 days ago (Mon Sep 13 2010 14:25:50) Hello everyone on the internet! […]
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A film company that released a film in 2D is unhappy with their current distribution deal, so they are going to have their feature up-converted to 3D and then re-release it, since their original contract didn’t mention 3D. This could be a loophole that many film companies utilize. The company that is doing the conversion […]
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