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Article #19484Re: What is this nonsense for?
From: Richard S D'Ippolito
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 1988 20:09
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 1988 20:09
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In article <892@wucs2.UUCP> jps@wucs2.UUCP (James Sterbenz) writes: >[...] I suspect that any regular polygon with an ODD number of sides >couldn't fall into the hole. Think about trying to rotate a triangle or >pentagon to fit! A circular cover is just easier to manufacture >(kinda like a polygon with an infinite number of sides :-). Nonsense -- a manhole cover (ignoring the holes through it) has five sides, the top, bottom, edge, outside and inside! Time to quit. Rich
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!pacbell!ames!think!bloom-beacon!gatech!udel!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!sei!sei.cmu.edu!rsd From: rsd@sei.cmu.edu (Richard S D'Ippolito) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: What is this nonsense for? Message-ID: <6321@aw.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 21 Jul 88 20:09:04 GMT References: <892@wucs2.UUCP> Sender: netnews@sei.cmu.edu Reply-To: rsd@ae.sei.cmu.edu.UUCP (Rich D'Ippolito) Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, SEI, Pgh, Pa Lines: 13