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Article #19483Re: WHat are those holes for?
From: Lance Franklin
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 1988 08:42
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 1988 08:42
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In article <4566@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu> heppell@cory.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Kevin G. Heppell) writes: >In article <4862@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> ltf@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Lance Franklin) writes: >> ...a equilateral triangle for a manhole cover wouldn't >>fall into the hole either. > > I don't know about you, but I _can_ get a triangular cover down the hole. > Think about it: a line which divides the cover into two right triangles > is only sqrt(3)/2 as long as a side - just hold one edge vertical and > drop the cover along one side of the hole. Whoops...... (facesaving mode on) Of course, I meant a four-sided polyhedron with equilateral trangles for faces. Didn't I? (-: Lance :-) -- +------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------+ | Lance T Franklin | | Now accepting suggestions for clever, humourous or | | ltf@killer | | incredibly insightful .signature quote. Send Now! | +------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------+
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!pacbell!ames!killer!ltf From: ltf@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Lance Franklin) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: WHat are those holes for? Message-ID: <4876@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> Date: 21 Jul 88 08:42:27 GMT References: <10790@oberon.USC.EDU> <327@richp1.UUCP> <303@btree.uucp> <1550@tekirl.TEK.COM> <4862@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> <4566@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu> Reply-To: ltf@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Lance Franklin) Organization: The Unix(R) Connection BBS, Dallas, Tx Lines: 26