X-Git-Url: http://git.hungrycats.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=xscreensaver;a=blobdiff_plain;f=hacks%2Fconfig%2Fpenrose.xml;h=1559be386129c216f7ea86f95396c5b9fe4296a2;hp=eaf4d2ed2737b7b53b8328be00fbef7171cf3029;hb=49f5b54f312fe4ac2e9bc47581a72451bd0e8439;hpb=ccb7f4903325f92555a9722bba74b58346654ba0 diff --git a/hacks/config/penrose.xml b/hacks/config/penrose.xml index eaf4d2ed..1559be38 100644 --- a/hacks/config/penrose.xml +++ b/hacks/config/penrose.xml @@ -13,27 +13,30 @@ _label="Number of Colors" _low-label="Two" _high-label="Many" low="1" high="255" default="64"/> - + <_description> Draws quasiperiodic tilings; think of the implications on modern -formica technology. Written by Timo Korvola. +formica technology. In April 1997, Sir Roger Penrose, a British math professor who has worked with Stephen Hawking on such topics as relativity, black holes, and whether time has a beginning, filed a copyright-infringement lawsuit against the Kimberly-Clark Corporation, which Penrose said copied a pattern he created (a -pattern demonstrating that ``a nonrepeating pattern could exist in -nature'') for its Kleenex quilted toilet paper. Penrose said he -doesn't like litigation but, ``When it comes to the population of +pattern demonstrating that "a nonrepeating pattern could exist in +nature") for its Kleenex quilted toilet paper. Penrose said he +doesn't like litigation but, "When it comes to the population of Great Britain being invited by a multinational to wipe their bottoms on what appears to be the work of a Knight of the Realm, then a last -stand must be taken.'' +stand must be taken." As reported by News of the Weird #491, 4-jul-1997. + +Written by Timo Korvola; 1997.