Comments on: Math Porn!

Math Porn!

JPowers — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 20:27:53 -0800

Those are dirty numbers!! "The images in this room are created entirely from mathematical algorithms. If you find them offensive in any way, all I can say is that beauty (or obscenity) is in this case most certainly in the eye of the beholder." (via)

By: delmoi

delmoi — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 20:36:01 -0800

All images can be encoded as mathimatical formulas.

By: b1tr0t

b1tr0t — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 20:36:13 -0800

JPEG is a mathematical algorithm too.

By: Dipsomaniac

Dipsomaniac — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 20:39:32 -0800

This one is so totally an implant.

By: Mr. Six

Mr. Six — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 20:40:11 -0800

Reminded me of a more gentle and erotic version of Cunningham's Rubber Johnny.

By: puke & cry

puke & cry — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 20:42:00 -0800

Is it really surprising that sexual images can be seen in random blobby images?

By: fatbobsmith

fatbobsmith — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 20:47:52 -0800

Math gives me a J-curve

By: cubby

cubby — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 21:10:42 -0800

warning! contains images! (slightly nsfw, but not really)

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 21:10:43 -0800

that's pretty great.

By: pinespree

pinespree — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 21:13:11 -0800

I like Eros ex Math 11, because it sure looks like something dirty is happening, but I have no idea what.

By: twjordan

twjordan — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 21:13:40 -0800

Someone's having sex on top of the KONICA color copier again...

By: ashbury

ashbury — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 21:18:35 -0800

This is one nice, uh.....well, it's an ass, and it sure is nice!

By: JPowers

JPowers — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 21:19:53 -0800

Damn! I really should have NSFWed this mofo. Matthowie, a little help?

By: Rhomboid

Rhomboid — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 21:40:19 -0800

Yeah, the logic here is a little bit suspect. After all, every image on your computer or the web is just a series of numbers with a corresponding formula on how to turn them into an image. So in that sense, this is nothing different from any other web page on the internet. Or it's kind of like that half-ass argument that since any given bit sequence can eventually be found in Pi or e if you look hard enough, that you could express any work of art (such as an XviD copy of hollywood's latest movie) as simply a position and length inside Pi, and presto! no more copyright infringement. (riiiight) [This of course ignores the task of finding the given bit sequence, the fact that doing so might take billions of years, or that representing this position once found might take millions of times more bits than were contained in the original file anyway.]

By: bigmusic

bigmusic — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 21:47:26 -0800

Damn! I really should have NSFWed this mofo. Matthowie, a little help? posted by JPowers at 9:19 PM PST on June 11 Nah, your post clearly describes the context. If a workplace would get offended by this, you already know not to click on the link from your description.

By: pointilist

pointilist — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 21:55:47 -0800

Math Porn- NSFW? whoda thought.

By: HTuttle

HTuttle — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 22:15:10 -0800

I suppose nature uses similar algorithms to grow all the parts these mimick, so it's as close to porn as any other assembly of digital bits.

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 22:19:52 -0800

I like the artist's other work too. But I especially enjoyed cubby's naughty images.

By: paladin

paladin — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 22:29:40 -0800

They make me feel... funny...

By: ryoshu

ryoshu — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 23:34:24 -0800

It has more to do with the algorithms used to generate the pieces, rather than the encoding of the jpeg that displays them. It's an interesting application of generative art. Fleshy color palette + smoothing lines + decaying particles + ????? + gaussian blur = Math Porn!

By: loquacious

loquacious — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 23:39:59 -0800

Unf.

By: sourbrew

sourbrew — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 23:57:55 -0800

i saw this on fark a couple of years ago, and to this day a guy i know asks in a nasely voice "are you looking at math porn again" as if it's all i ever do on the internet. Although i suppose he would be vindicated on this particular evening.

By: vertriebskonzept

vertriebskonzept — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 05:31:21 -0800

I agree with ryoshu, that the distinction between encoding/compression and generation algorithms is important. Why? Hmm, how to phrase it ... not everything in the more abstract areas like mathematics "is the same anyway", small differences can have far reaching consequences, which the human mind often isn't build or trained to see.

By: craniac

craniac — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 06:43:06 -0800

So were the colors used in the images determined by a formula or were they seeded with something remotely flesh-like?

By: Ynoxas

Ynoxas — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 07:33:10 -0800

Math gives me a J-curve posted by fatbobsmith at 10:47 PM CST on June 11 You might want to see a urologist.