[Icehouse] The original pyramid size formula revealed!

Dale Newfield Dale at Newfield.org
Tue Mar 6 17:01:03 EST 2007


Andy Looney wrote:
> "Of course, it is obvious that possibility (2),(C) is the correct 
> choice. Not only do the pyramid Base Size and Face Height vary with a 
> neat equation: BS = 4 / 7 FH = (4 + (2 ^ (PointValue - 1)) / 8, but the 
> pyramids are similar too."
> 
> So there you go, the formula we used. I hope this clears things up. 
> Sorry about the angst.

Does that mean that pyramids should grow exponentially w.r.t. pip count, 
and not linearly?

-Dale


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