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weatheredstoner
from same shit babes. (United States) on 2006-07-18 02:30 [#01939021]
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from wikipedia:
The Möbius strip has several curious properties. If you try to split the strip in half by cutting it down the middle along a line parallel to its edge, instead of getting two separate strips, it becomes one long strip with two half-twists in it (not a Möbius strip). If you cut this one down the middle, you get two strips wound around each other. Alternatively, if you cut along a Möbius strip about a third of the way in from the edge, you will get two strips; one is a thinner Möbius strip, the other is a long strip with two half-twists in it (not a Möbius strip). Other interesting combinations of strips can be obtained by making Möbius strips with two or more flips in them instead of one. For example, a strip with three half-twists, when divided lengthwise, becomes a strip tied in a trefoil knot. Cutting a Möbius strip, giving it extra twists, and reconnecting the ends produces unexpected figures called paradromic rings.
I'm having a real hard time imagining this right now and I plan on trying it tomorrow, but I keep running the scenario over and over in my head. instead of getting two separate strips, it becomes one long strip with two half-twists in it (not a Möbius strip) How can you not get two separate strips? WTF.
Also: Whats the deal with Paul Laffoley? For someone who seems so 'ahead of the times' it's really hard to find shit on the internet about him and explanations of his ideas. It's like one big fuckin cock-tease.
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Ezkerraldean
from the lowest common denominator (United Kingdom) on 2006-07-18 02:40 [#01939024]
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yep
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horsefactory
from 💠 (United Kingdom) on 2006-07-18 02:40 [#01939025]
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it's a cool trick, i remember trying it when i was young. i didn't know about getting a different result when you cut closer to one side though, that's pretty mad
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Combo
from Sex on 2006-07-18 02:50 [#01939026]
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yes, it works
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Ezkerraldean
from the lowest common denominator (United Kingdom) on 2006-07-18 02:53 [#01939029]
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a twist in the fabric of space where time becomes a loop
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Matvey
from Kiev (Ukraine) on 2006-07-18 03:56 [#01939046]
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tried to cut it when i was little. repeated the experience a few minutes ago, inspired by this thread. want to glue a klein bottle now. they think it's impossible. i think everything is possible with lots of glue.
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christina
from Athens (Greece) on 2006-07-18 04:01 [#01939048]
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my brain hurts trying to picture it. where's the superior human spatial reasoning when you need it...
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big
from lsg on 2006-07-18 06:04 [#01939133]
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yes, it's a fundamental flaw in all the laws of the universe
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DaggerHappy
from Australia on 2006-07-18 06:09 [#01939142]
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where can i get a Möbius strip from?
my personal favourite is stealing handfulls of magnesium from science storage rooms at school and burning them. gosh, they're 10x brighter than the sun.
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DaggerHappy
from Australia on 2006-07-18 06:18 [#01939153]
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lol i just looked it up on wiki. i'm so trying this i'm having a hard time grasping the idea that it can't divide when cut down the center
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unabomber
from Palma de Mallorca (Spain) on 2006-07-18 06:19 [#01939154]
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The AntZ r TrappeD!!!
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unabomber
from Palma de Mallorca (Spain) on 2006-07-18 06:24 [#01939161]
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Tha RaTZ Can'T EsCapE!!
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QRDL
from Poland on 2006-07-18 07:20 [#01939187]
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Quite simple. Moebius strip has one half-twist, so on the connection the "left" half becomes the "right" half (I mean the longitudal halves, not sides) and the other way around. Therefore, when you cut it along tthe center it just becomes a longer strip with two connections: left -> right and right -> left. That's how I see it.
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redrum
from the allman brothers band (Ireland) on 2006-07-18 07:32 [#01939189]
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that's fucking mad.
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mappatazee
from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2006-07-18 09:43 [#01939284]
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Well if you're a GIRL then your spatial reasoning is INFERIOR to that of a MANS. Isn't that right \/\/oofier?
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