You win some, you lose some

Jun 10, 2010 14:21

I got myself a shiny one sided* graduation present for myself. This pleases me.

The day afterwards, my nice awesome set of earbuds that I bought at PAX get caught by a door while I go past and get utterly annihilated. This displeases me.

* (To be precise, it should be one side-one edged, but due to the nature of reality, it has two sides and two

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ink_13 June 10 2010, 18:25:20 UTC
A Möbius ring?

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lost_luck June 10 2010, 18:26:31 UTC
Indeed!

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ink_13 June 10 2010, 18:28:57 UTC
Those have only one side and one edge.... unless yours has a break or extra half-twist in it somewhere.

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lost_luck June 10 2010, 18:31:55 UTC
Well, the extra side and edge are due to the ring having thickness, which hinders reaching the mathematical ideal.

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