X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1141dc,43c22d78d3d9da02 X-Google-Attributes: gid1141dc,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,e54f9fc50064156e X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-02-26 17:55:37 PST Message-ID: <3E5D7002.E183EAC6@dtgnet.com> Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 19:55:15 -0600 From: Archimedes Plutonium Reply-To: NOdtgEMAIL Organization: whole entire Universe is just one big atom where dots of the electron-dot-cloud are galaxies X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 (Macintosh; I; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art,sci.materials Subject: paint the outside of the house Re: Royal Copenhagen blue flute pattern in ascii art?? References: <3E5C838C.6FA6C94B@dtgnet.com> <3E5D6D9A.D621D22A@dtgnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: dtg-88.216-16-78.dtgnet.com X-Trace: newsfeed 1046310524 216.16.78.88 (26 Feb 2003 20:48:44 -0500) Lines: 37 X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.16.78.88 Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed-east.nntpserver.com!nntpserver.com!newshosting.com!news-xfer1.atl.newshosting.com!209.242.76.12.MISMATCH!newsfeed!not-for-mail Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:22003 sci.materials:9676 minutes ago I wrote: > > Below is a reference site to the Royal Copenhagen factory itself. It is the > 3-leaf chrysanthemum design that I seek. Please try to search for a big > round plate to see the design in full. One picture shows a woman artist > drawing the design on her hand. > > http://www.royalcopenhagen.com/copenhagen/search/musselmalet/ > > Another page from this site says it takes up wards of approx 2,000 brush > strokes for the design pattern. I wonder how many bytes would a computer > take in order to match the pattern. > > What I am curious about is whether a computer linked to a Rubbermaid > plastics factory can somehow create the design either on the surface or > inside the plastic. > Another possibility is that this summer I have to paint the outside of my home and I was teasingly thinking that what if I could get a computer ascii art of that Royal Copenhagen pattern and then got a projector and was able to project that image onto my house and then made a pencil outline and finally have my house painted with the RoyalCopenhagen blue design rest being white. I would hazard to guess that someone somewhere on this planet Earth has already painted their house in the Royal Copenhagen blue flute design pattern. If not, then I maybe the first. On second thoughts, no, for I have much more important tasks and assignments to do for the next several years. Archimedes Plutonium, a_plutonium@hotmail.com whole entire Universe is just one big atom where dots of the electron-dot-cloud are galaxies