Does the hunter go around the squirrel? Vote and then move on already. - Page 7

glatt · 01-07-2012, 10:29 AM

I ask the group, does the minute hand go around itself? [/gasoline]
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sexobon · 01-07-2012, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by jimhelm

what if the squirrel were on the same side of the tree as the hunter with his back to the hunter..... and as the hunter circles, the squirrel maintains his relative position... just the opposite of the mental nut?

if he ONLY sees the back of the squirrel, has he gone around?

If the "hunter" doesn't take the shot, he'll be called Dances with Squirrels.

jimhelm · 01-07-2012, 11:05 AM

@ glatt's clock: NO, because that's impossible...but point A goes around point B.

infinite monkey · 01-07-2012, 11:08 AM

I rest my clock case.

classicman · 01-07-2012, 11:12 AM

WJS.

footfootfoot · 01-07-2012, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by jimhelm

@ glatt's clock: NO, because that's impossible...but point A goes around point B.

Only if point A is moving and point B is stationary.

classicman · 01-07-2012, 11:55 AM

Why is that a requirement?

jimhelm · 01-07-2012, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Only if point A is moving and point B is stationary.

shuddep, faggot

infinite monkey · 01-07-2012, 11:59 AM

Sir, I clocked you doing 180.

It's OK, officer, I was just driving around.

Ba DUM dum.

I just wrote that joke.

footfootfoot · 01-07-2012, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by classicman

Why is that a requirement?

why is a going around b but b is not going around a?

classicman · 01-07-2012, 01:31 PM

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Only if point A is moving and point B is stationary.

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Why is that a requirement?

Lamplighter · 01-07-2012, 01:40 PM

This is Squirrel Island, Maine

If a boater goes all the way around the island, does it become a green chocolate rabbit ?
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Lamplighter · 06-21-2012, 09:03 AM

The longest day of the year is time to resurrect this poll.

I came across Aristotle's Wheel and realized it is like thehunter/squirrel/tree:

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There are two wheels, one within the other,
whose rims take the shape of two circles with different diameters.
The wheels roll without slipping for a full revolution.

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The paths traced by the bottoms of the wheels are straight lines,
which are apparently the wheels' circumferences.
But the two lines have the same length,
so the wheels must have the same circumference... <snip>

If you don't believe this paradox, Wikipedia has a full explanation.

jimhelm · 06-21-2012, 09:48 AM

yeah, no.

not a paradox. a lie. if the blue line is, in FACT the circumference of the blue circle, then the red wheel has gone farther than IT'S circumference.

glatt · 06-21-2012, 09:56 AM

"The wheels roll without slipping" is impossible. One or the other can roll without slipping, but both can't. Either the blue wheel is in contact with the ground, and the red wheel "slips," or the red wheel is in contact with some sort of raised rail or other surface it can ride on, and the blue wheel "drags."

If you ever played with one of these, you know what I'm talking about.

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View Poll Results: Does the hunter go around the squirrel?
Yes. He goes around the squirrel.	16	61.54%
No. He does not go around the squirrel.	10	38.46%
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01-07-2012, 11:05 AM	#93
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	@ glatt's clock: NO, because that's impossible...but point A goes around point B. __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

01-07-2012, 11:12 AM	#95
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	WJS. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-07-2012, 11:55 AM	#97
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Why is that a requirement? __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-07-2012, 01:40 PM	#102
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	This is Squirrel Island, Maine If a boater goes all the way around the island, does it become a green chocolate rabbit ? . Attached Images

01-07-2012, 10:29 AM	#91
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I ask the group, does the minute hand go around itself? [/gasoline]

01-07-2012, 11:08 AM	#94
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I rest my clock case.

01-07-2012, 11:59 AM	#99
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Sir, I clocked you doing 180. It's OK, officer, I was just driving around. Ba DUM dum. I just wrote that joke.

06-21-2012, 09:48 AM	#104
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	yeah, no. not a paradox. a lie. if the blue line is, in FACT the circumference of the blue circle, then the red wheel has gone farther than IT'S circumference. __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

06-21-2012, 09:56 AM	#105
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	"The wheels roll without slipping" is impossible. One or the other can roll without slipping, but both can't. Either the blue wheel is in contact with the ground, and the red wheel "slips," or the red wheel is in contact with some sort of raised rail or other surface it can ride on, and the blue wheel "drags." If you ever played with one of these, you know what I'm talking about.

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