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From: Ludwig.Plutonium@dartmouth.edu (Ludwig Plutonium)
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Subject: Re: Venusian R. comedy,REQUEST ASCII-ART ELECTRON CLOUD DOT
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In article <Colin_Douthwaite.k3o1@equinox.gen.nz>
Colin_Douthwaite@equinox.gen.nz (Colin Douthwaite) writes:

> Ludwig Plutonium (Ludwig.Plutonium@dartmouth.edu) wrote:
> 
> LP>
>              94th ELECTRON OF 231PU
>   Very crude dot picture of 5f6, 94TH ELECTRON
> 
>                   \ ::| :./.
>                   .\::|::/.:
>                      _ _
>                     (:Y:)
>                      - -
>                   ::/.|.\.:
>                 :: /.:| :\.:
>                   /   |   \.
>                           LP
> LP>
> 
> 
> LP> On page 71 it shows twenty four pictures of hydrogen electron 
> clouds.  
> 
> LP> One of them is the 5f6, the one which looks like a human being 
> LP> or two humans close together.  
> 
> 
> You know what Plutonium ?  You might just have to settle for your 
> own version of this 94th Electron. The ascii-artists do not seem 
> interested in hydrogen electron clouds. 
> 
> Your picture doesn't look too bad to me but rather lacking in symmetry.  
> 
> 
> Here is the best I can do for an electron cloud:
> 
>         *    .             .       . . . .   .   .  + .  .       .
>    .       .                   .  ..  +  . . .              .      .  .
>            .  .   .      +   .. .                        .          +
>               +                   .     . *.    +      .         .
>     .            .    *      .     .                +              . .
>       . .         .        .   .     . .     .     .  .   .    .   +
>   .        +      .    +  . + + .  .      +        .    .    .       *
>                *          .     .       .     . * .        .       .
>       .         .        . :   : .   +    .  + . . +     +     .       .
>            .     ..   . +        .  .  .     .  .  .        .    *
>         *           . .  .  *    .  .    .  . .   . .    *            .
>           .     .  .  . .         . . +   .     *     .          +  .
>        .  .  .  *   . . .   +     . .  *  .  .     .  .    .          . .
>             . .  .    .  .    +  .  +    .  .       .  .        .       .
>               .   .   .  .     .    .   .   .    +  .   ..    +    *    .
>         *    .         + .   .   . *    .  .   .     .  .       .       .
>    .       .     .   *   .       .       ..   *       ..    .      .  .
>            .  .   .          .   .   .    .           .  .           +
>               +      +   .       .     .  .. + . . + ..          .
>     .            .       .   .      . .  *   .     .               . .
>       . .         .  *   .       .  +. +  .  .   + .      .    .        +
>   .        +      .      .   .   .    .  .   +  .  .                 *
>                *      .  .       .           .  .  .       .       .
>       .         .        . * . * .   +       .  :  .                    .
>            .     ..    .     . .   .   .  .                      *
>         *           .    . .  +    .  . . +      +  .    *          .
>           .     .  . .      . .  *  .  .    .   .  .    .       +  .
>             +  . + .  .  .  +.    .  .           +             .  .  .
>        .  .  .  *   .  *  .   .  .         .*        .   + .         . .
>             . .  ..  ..   . . .+  ..  * . .   +  .    .   -cfbd-   .
> 
> 
> 
> You are forgiven if your imagination leads you to think there may be 
> a hint of human forms, in close proximity, in this random electron 
> cloud.  
> 
> It is a little like staring into the embers of a glowing fire, or 
> the abstract design of a patterned carpet, and seeing many wondrous 
> shapes and forms depending on one's mood and imagination.  
> How often we see only what we want to see and hear only what we 
> want to hear.
> 
> Keep up your search for symmetry in this seemingly random Universe. 
> 
> Perhaps it is humanity's destiny to create symmetry from random chaos,
> THE answer to The Meaning of Life, The Universe, and All That :-)
> 
> 
> Bye,

   Thanks that is pretty. I like it. The trouble in making electron
cloud dot pictures is that the dots are all patterned. There is no
randomness or continuity, just like the atom totality, all is in place
and constrained. I have tried in my mind to see if I this computer art
disallows the making of a nearly exact Solar System to scale with the
planets in correct distance to scale and place in orbit, as part of the
picture of the front cover of my book. As well as the northern
hemisphere of stars which is easier I suspect.

 Here is a first try of the Sun and first five planets. Poor.
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