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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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01-06-2012, 04:39 PM | #76 |
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01-06-2012, 05:04 PM | #78 | |
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Forget the tree for the moment. Assume that the squirrel is sitting at the center of the circle. He rotates as the hunter makes his circle, so he's always facing the hunter. Did the hunter go around the squirrel in this case?
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01-06-2012, 05:10 PM | #79 | |
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01-06-2012, 05:44 PM | #80 |
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Scenario 1: Glue squirrel to ground. Hunter walks in circle around squirrel.
Hunter has gone around squirrel. Lesson: going around the squirrel is achieved by circumnavigating it. Scenario 2: Glue squirrel to record player turn-table. Hunter stands still, squirrel rotates, hunter sees every side of squirrel. Hunter has not gone around squirrel. Lesson: whether the hunter sees every side of the squirrel or not is not relevant to whether the hunter has gone around the squirrel. Scenario 3: Glue squirrel to record player on super slow speed. Hunter walks a circle around the squirrel/player combo, as the squirrel rotates at the same rate. Apply lessons from scenarios 1 and 2, hunter has circumnavigated the squirrel, seeing all sides is irrelevant, hunter has gone around the squirrel. Scenario 4: the nut. Replace the turn-table with the tree. Conclusion the same as for scenario 3. Scenario 5. The squirrel puts the lotion on its skin. The hunter gives it a beating with the hose anyway, then shoves it up his ass. Now the hunter has really gone AROUND the squirrel!
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01-06-2012, 06:00 PM | #81 |
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01-06-2012, 08:19 PM | #82 |
To shreds, you say?
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This might explain why Waltham is no longer in business. (apart from military clocks)
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01-06-2012, 10:01 PM | #83 |
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If a clock's second hand (a floor planted clock!) is pointing opposite you, and you run around the clock in intervals of 60 seconds per minute (meaning you come back to your starting point at the same time the second hand arrives at its starting point, 180 degrees away), does the second hand ever point at you?
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01-06-2012, 10:39 PM | #85 | |
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Which way is the second hand turning... clockwise or counter-clockwise ? Doesn't matter, neither can go half-way without first going... Oh, never mind. Train A leaves the station at 8:00 am going south at 40 mph Train B leaves the station at 8:00 am going north at 60 mph Stations are 360 miles apart. Are trains A and B ever at the same place at the same time ? Why or why not ? |
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01-07-2012, 12:05 AM | #87 |
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Different tracks, too, I hope. Otherwise they will be in very nearly exactly the same place, which would be bad.
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01-07-2012, 05:12 AM | #88 |
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I don't think you should go around shooting squirrels.
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01-07-2012, 10:26 AM | #90 |
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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?
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