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What does the B in Benoît B. Mandelbrot stand for?

2011-09-22, 11:11 AM #1

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Benoît B. Mandelbrot.

[01:52] <~Nikumubeki> Because it's MBEGGAR BEGS LIKE A BEGONI.

2011-09-22, 11:12 AM #2

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fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb

2011-09-22, 11:13 AM #3

saberopus

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heh

2011-09-22, 11:38 AM #4

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:D! This made my day.

Also, I can kill you with my brain.

2011-09-22, 11:46 AM #5

Gebohq

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I'm confused. :S

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2011-09-22, 11:52 AM #6

Baconfish

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BOLLOCKS.

nope.

2011-09-22, 12:17 PM #7

Couchman

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Bea

Like Homer Jay Simpson

2011-09-22, 12:22 PM #8

Darth_Alran

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Originally posted by Gebohq:

I'm confused. :S

its ok even the man himself is confused, he took one look at this thread and went

Welcome to the douchebag club. We'd give you some cookies, but some douche ate all of them. -Rob

2011-09-22, 12:33 PM #9

Michael MacFarlane

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noooooooooooooooooo

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2011-09-22, 1:08 PM #10

Darth_Alran

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haha!i just got it... i didnt realize you were saying the B stood for "Benoît B. Mandelbrot" HERP!!!

Welcome to the douchebag club. We'd give you some cookies, but some douche ate all of them. -Rob

2011-09-22, 3:32 PM #11

Baconfish

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I would like to say that I'm not entirely sure who this man is.

nope.

2011-09-22, 3:50 PM #12

saberopus

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well then this might not seem like a joke thread to you but it is

2011-09-22, 9:07 PM #13

Alan

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I know what the joke is, I feel all included

E: And now I remember where I saw it first.

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2011-09-22, 9:11 PM #14

Antony

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I hate all of you.

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2011-09-22, 9:42 PM #15

Vornskr

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beautiful

2011-09-23, 12:09 AM #16

Cool Matty

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Originally posted by Baconfish:

I would like to say that I'm not entirely sure who this man is.

He's a mathematician who came up with a particularly popular set of fractals.

2011-09-23, 12:55 AM #17

Martyn

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2011-09-23, 1:07 AM #18

Jarl

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Originally posted by Darth_Alran:

its ok even the man himself is confused, he took one look at this thread and went

If you zoom in on his hair, you see a smaller him.

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2011-09-23, 1:19 AM #19

Nikumubeki

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Man what's with the science jokes lately

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2011-09-23, 4:40 AM #20

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Originally posted by FastGamerr:

Man what's with the science jokes lately

We should take all these science jokes and Barium!

[01:52] <~Nikumubeki> Because it's MBEGGAR BEGS LIKE A BEGONI.

2011-09-23, 6:03 AM #21

Couchman

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Originally posted by mb:

We should take all these science jokes and Barium!

Holy **** did you just think of that now? That's pretty clever

2011-09-23, 8:43 AM #22

Cool Matty

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Originally posted by mb:

We should take all these science jokes and Barium!

Yea, I can't wait until all these science jokes Argon.

2011-09-23, 8:49 AM #23

saberopus

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We should stick them in a Krypton a deserted island.

2011-09-23, 9:04 AM #24

Al Ciao

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LOL gotta love this thread. Mmmm, fractals...