MDDM23: Flakes

[Otto]

Snow Flakes are close to singularities:

"Is it really true that no two snow crystals are alike?  The short answer to
this question is yes -- it is indeed extremely unlikely that two complex
snow crystals will look exactly alike.  The long answer is a bit more
involved -- it depends on exactly how you define "alike."
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/faqs/faqs.htm

I had heard that before but never got a confirmation.
Wonderful images on that snowcrystal-site.

Otto
PS great job, Dave!

----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Monroe <davidmmonroe at yahoo.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 5:31 PM
Subject: MDDM23: Flakes


"... their torches aparking intensely yellow at the
edges as they illuminate the falling Snow-Flakes."
(M&D, Ch. 36, p. 362)

   "'Do tha mean those white flake-like objects
blowing out of the north-east...?'" (M&D, Ch. 36, p.
363)

Main Entry: snow·flake
Pronunciation: -"flAk
Function: noun
Date: 1734
1 : a flake or crystal of snow ...

http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary

Not only ...

http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/physics/physics.htm