Setanta wrote:I think the Eeties just get bored, and make up **** like this to mystify us, and then crack up at the response.
In effect, Miss Wabbit, they think we're suckers . . .
Gimme a nice enough biottle, I'll suck.
I'm a wondering what sort of grub is growing in the middle of that thing....
Interesting that there is also a smaller circle. Some sort of resonance effect I suppose.
Well I think It is going to occur naturallly in situations where you have an otherwise circular thing that has some surface tension or coherence and undergoes expansion or contraction because the edges want to remain in contact, and by going hexagonal the edges can remain close with lesser area
Here's another naturally occuring hexagon from the world of sub-Atomic physics:
It is known as the 'meson octet.' The class of particles known as mesons vary from each other in only two quantum states: isospin and hypercharge. When the particle states are related to each other in a 2D chart, the hexagon and other geometries emerge. x-axis = isospin, y-axis = hypercharge. Cool huh?
Either a signal of some sort, or something we do not understand about physics. Even my weirdest friends do not have a theory for this one.
pswfps, that is not a hexagon...
Stuh is right. It's a bunch of triangles and some circles.
(No Idea what either of these guys are talking about, but Saturn is cool!)
A hexagon is characterized by having flat sides. If there are only 8 particles evenly spaced at a constant radius, that is a circle. In order for it to be a hexagon there would need to be particles spaced in-between those 8 that were on a chord. Otherwise, the only thing that is hexagonal is the convex hull, which is an entirely human concept. This is also assuming that the 8 particles in that figure are actually coplanar in nature, which I am not sure of, since it is typical to flatten out 3d structures for diagrams..
OCCOM BILL wrote:stuh505 wrote:A hexagon is characterized by having flat sides. If there are only 8 particles evenly spaced at a constant radius, that is a circle. In order for it to be a hexagon there would need to be particles spaced in-between those 8 that were on a chord. Otherwise, the only thing that is hexagonal is the convex hull, which is an entirely human concept. This is also assuming that the 8 particles in that figure are actually coplanar in nature, which I am not sure of, since it is typical to flatten out 3d structures for diagrams..
Everybody knows that...
Aha.
So...tell us something like that that you know.
(snicker)
Stuh said coplaner.
(snort)
dlowan wrote:OCCOM BILL wrote:stuh505 wrote:A hexagon is characterized by having flat sides. If there are only 8 particles evenly spaced at a constant radius, that is a circle. In order for it to be a hexagon there would need to be particles spaced in-between those 8 that were on a chord. Otherwise, the only thing that is hexagonal is the convex hull, which is an entirely human concept. This is also assuming that the 8 particles in that figure are actually coplanar in nature, which I am not sure of, since it is typical to flatten out 3d structures for diagrams..
Everybody knows that...
Aha.
So...tell us something like that that you know.
I just thought that was funny when Region said it on another thread.
Actually, they're just trying to one up that really weird planet.
Yeah, that one planet sure is a statistical anomaly.
OCCOM BILL wrote:dlowan wrote:OCCOM BILL wrote:stuh505 wrote:A hexagon is characterized by having flat sides. If there are only 8 particles evenly spaced at a constant radius, that is a circle. In order for it to be a hexagon there would need to be particles spaced in-between those 8 that were on a chord. Otherwise, the only thing that is hexagonal is the convex hull, which is an entirely human concept. This is also assuming that the 8 particles in that figure are actually coplanar in nature, which I am not sure of, since it is typical to flatten out 3d structures for diagrams..
Everybody knows that...
Aha.
So...tell us something like that that you know.
I just thought that was funny when Region said it on another thread.
I know.
I was just calling and raising...
