<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post9117761987867876842..comments</id><updated>2008-07-19T19:36:44.803-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Dark Roasted Blend: How to Torment a Telemarketer</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.darkroastedblend.com/feeds/9117761987867876842/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11787852/9117761987867876842/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/06/how-to-torment-telemarketer.html'/><author><name>Avi Abrams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12550929795356812957</uri><email>abramsv@gmail.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-1463017203460995646</id><published>2008-07-19T19:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-19T19:36:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>To me the "Fractal Drawer" seems more like it's ba...</title><content type='html'>To me the "Fractal Drawer" seems more like it's based on the Fibonacci numbers:&lt;BR/&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibonacci_number (see the "tiling" image on the right)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11787852/9117761987867876842/comments/default/1463017203460995646'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11787852/9117761987867876842/comments/default/1463017203460995646'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/06/how-to-torment-telemarketer.html?showComment=1216521360000#c1463017203460995646' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/06/how-to-torment-telemarketer.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-9117761987867876842' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11787852/posts/default/9117761987867876842' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-1503071276238773080</id><published>2008-07-04T15:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-04T15:56:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>You can't steer the truck without front wheels.</title><content type='html'>You can't steer the truck without front wheels.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11787852/9117761987867876842/comments/default/1503071276238773080'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11787852/9117761987867876842/comments/default/1503071276238773080'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/06/how-to-torment-telemarketer.html?showComment=1215212160000#c1503071276238773080' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/06/how-to-torment-telemarketer.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-9117761987867876842' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11787852/posts/default/9117761987867876842' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-2669258211647890518</id><published>2008-06-27T23:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-27T23:54:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank you RangerGordon... loved that Menger Sponge...</title><content type='html'>Thank you RangerGordon... loved that Menger Sponge piece.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11787852/9117761987867876842/comments/default/2669258211647890518'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11787852/9117761987867876842/comments/default/2669258211647890518'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/06/how-to-torment-telemarketer.html?showComment=1214636040000#c2669258211647890518' title=''/><author><name>Avi Abrams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12550929795356812957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12611682815664471042'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/06/how-to-torment-telemarketer.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-9117761987867876842' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11787852/posts/default/9117761987867876842' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-318908906840795765</id><published>2008-06-27T00:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-27T00:23:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>In the most popular sense of the word--that is, re...</title><content type='html'>In the most popular sense of the word--that is, referring to the familiar psychedelic images widely available on posters, greeting cards and giftwrap in the mid-'90s--the chest of drawers may not be immediately recognizable as a "fractal."&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Those beautiful and intriguing pictures are based on iterations of complex forms such as the Mandelbrot set. However, fractals can be based on iterations of any form, including a simple cube, such as this chest.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think it's a fractal in the truest sense--or at least as close an approximation as a piece of furniture is likely to get.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In fact, it looks like a variation of the Menger sponge:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;http://mathworld.wolfram.com/MengerSponge.html</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11787852/9117761987867876842/comments/default/318908906840795765'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11787852/9117761987867876842/comments/default/318908906840795765'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/06/how-to-torment-telemarketer.html?showComment=1214551380000#c318908906840795765' title=''/><author><name>RangerGordon</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/06/how-to-torment-telemarketer.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-9117761987867876842' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11787852/posts/default/9117761987867876842' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-8428163438237747848</id><published>2008-06-25T10:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-25T10:45:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The last one is from House of Gord.</title><content type='html'>The last one is from House of Gord.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11787852/9117761987867876842/comments/default/8428163438237747848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11787852/9117761987867876842/comments/default/8428163438237747848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/06/how-to-torment-telemarketer.html?showComment=1214415900000#c8428163438237747848' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/06/how-to-torment-telemarketer.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-9117761987867876842' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11787852/posts/default/9117761987867876842' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-1127537744169260192</id><published>2008-06-25T10:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-25T10:44:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The truck without another front wheel is an old Ta...</title><content type='html'>The truck without another front wheel is an old Tatra. It has independent suspension (very rare in a truck), you don't need any load to drive it like that. Actually the owners manual suggests doing this in case of a flat tyre if you don't have a spare.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11787852/9117761987867876842/comments/default/1127537744169260192'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11787852/9117761987867876842/comments/default/1127537744169260192'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/06/how-to-torment-telemarketer.html?showComment=1214415840000#c1127537744169260192' title=''/><author><name>old trucker</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/06/how-to-torment-telemarketer.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-9117761987867876842' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11787852/posts/default/9117761987867876842' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-6365598299730687542</id><published>2008-06-25T10:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-25T10:43:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Re: Light Signaturehttp://www.recreation.hu/peter/...</title><content type='html'>Re: Light Signature&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;http://www.recreation.hu/peter/images/ligth.jpg</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11787852/9117761987867876842/comments/default/6365598299730687542'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11787852/9117761987867876842/comments/default/6365598299730687542'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/06/how-to-torment-telemarketer.html?showComment=1214415780000#c6365598299730687542' title=''/><author><name>peter</name><uri>http://hup.hu/blog/4203</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/06/how-to-torment-telemarketer.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-9117761987867876842' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11787852/posts/default/9117761987867876842' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>