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etymologists/logicians -- did you chortle as I did?

Posted By: Chuck Bower
Date: Thursday, 12 May 2011, at 2:27 p.m.

In Response To: Why do shipping containers have six sides? (Bill Riles)

Fortunately, math provides us the perfect place to get started, with the set of shapes known as the Platonic solids. (That's Platonic as in "Plato," the famous Greek philosopher, not Platonic as in "having close but non-physical relationships with each other.")

Was this written to satisfy a fifth grade (elementary school) class assignment?

Messages In This Thread

• Why do dice have six sides? -- OT, but related, and interesting
  Bill Riles -- Thursday, 12 May 2011, at 2:10 a.m.
  • Why do dice have six sides? -- OT, but related, and interesting
    Bill Riles -- Thursday, 12 May 2011, at 2:14 a.m.
    • Why do dice have six sides? -- OT, but related, and interesting
      Bill Riles -- Thursday, 12 May 2011, at 2:21 a.m.
      • Giving credit with integrity
        6stones -- Thursday, 12 May 2011, at 8:03 a.m.
        • Giving credit with integrity
          Jason Lee -- Thursday, 12 May 2011, at 11:52 a.m.
        • Giving credit with integrity
          Bill Riles -- Thursday, 12 May 2011, at 1:48 p.m.
          • Giving credit with integrity
            6stones -- Thursday, 12 May 2011, at 1:58 p.m.
        • Giving credit with integrity
          6stones -- Thursday, 12 May 2011, at 1:57 p.m.
  • Why do dice have six sides? -- OT, but related, and interesting
    Strato -- Thursday, 12 May 2011, at 3:24 a.m.
  • Why do dice have six sides? -- OT, but related, and interesting
    rambiz -- Thursday, 12 May 2011, at 3:49 a.m.
    • Why do dice have six sides? -- OT, but related, and interesting
      Bill Riles -- Thursday, 12 May 2011, at 4:12 a.m.
  • Source
    Michael Petch -- Thursday, 12 May 2011, at 4:52 a.m.
  • Why do shipping containers have six sides? *NM*
    Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 12 May 2011, at 12:26 p.m.
    • +1 *NM*
      Fender -- Thursday, 12 May 2011, at 12:56 p.m.
      • 5 +1 *NM* *NM*
        Mr Majestyk -- Thursday, 12 May 2011, at 1:00 p.m.
    • Why do shipping containers have six sides?
      Bill Riles -- Thursday, 12 May 2011, at 1:45 p.m.
      • etymologists/logicians -- did you chortle as I did?
        Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 12 May 2011, at 2:27 p.m.
        • etymologists/logicians -- did you chortle as I did?
          Bill Riles -- Thursday, 12 May 2011, at 2:31 p.m.
          • etymologists/logicians -- did you chortle as I did?
            Jason Lee -- Thursday, 12 May 2011, at 10:12 p.m.
        • etymologists/logicians -- did you chortle as I did?
          stw672 -- Thursday, 12 May 2011, at 9:04 p.m.
        • etymologists/logicians -- did you chortle as I did?
          Barry Silliman -- Friday, 13 May 2011, at 1:33 p.m.
          • etymologists/logicians -- did you chortle as I did?
            Chuck Bower -- Friday, 13 May 2011, at 11:21 p.m.
        • etymologists/logicians -- did you chortle as I did?
          Rich Munitz -- Friday, 13 May 2011, at 2:39 p.m.
          • I finally figured it out...
            Chuck Bower -- Friday, 13 May 2011, at 6:01 p.m.
    • Why do shipping containers have six sides?
      Golden -- Thursday, 12 May 2011, at 7:59 p.m.
  • Why do dice have six sides? -- OT, but related, and interesting
    Rich Munitz -- Friday, 13 May 2011, at 2:02 a.m.