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[Resha Caner]

e-gads!

You are the master.

 

[Albion]

I don't want to say too much, 'cause it spoils the fun, but based on the cut @Albion did, one rather obscure answer would be 2.71828182...

It seems that the way I looked at the issue is different from what you had in mind.

 

[Resha Caner]

It seems that the way I looked at the issue is different from what you had in mind.

I mused on some ways I might answer the question, but I didn't have a specific answer in mind. Rather I was interested how various psychoses ... uh, I mean how various creative impulses would interpret the question.

 

[Albion]

I mused on some ways I might answer the question, but I didn't have a specific answer in mind. Rather I was interested how various psychoses ... uh, I mean how various creative impulses would interpret the question.

Okay. I guess we have to explain ourselves sooner or later.

The way I looked at it was cutting in half the character itself (8), not halving the value of eight which would be four. If we literally cut the character in half lengthwise we would have a 3. It wouldn't be the 3 that every font uses, but a legitimate, universally recognized one nonetheless.

If, however, we cut it in half crosswise, you could say we'd wind up with two 0s, but the shape would actually be more like the letter o in small case and only half the height of the 8 that we started with.

 

[durangodawood]

I've been trying to slice the 8 in the plane of the page. Clearly I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

 

[Resha Caner]

Okay. I guess we have to explain ourselves sooner or later.

The way I looked at it was cutting in half the character itself (8), not halving the value of eight which would be four. If we literally cut the character in half lengthwise we would have a 3. It wouldn't be the 3 that every font uses, but a legitimate, universally recognized one nonetheless.

If, however, we cut it in half crosswise, you could say we'd wind up with two 0s, but the shape would actually be more like the letter o in small case and only half the height of the 8 that we started with.

Yes, I got that ... and also thought about slicing the character rather than the value it represents (which implies a very interesting conversation on the philosophy of language). However, the 3 is only half of what you got. The other half is E, which is a transcendental number approximated as 2.71828182...

Of course, someone might point out it is actually written 'e' (lowercase), not 'E' (uppercase). I could then counter that the Greek uppercase sigma looks very much like the English uppercase 'E', and is used to symbolize an arithmetic series. The number e is equivalent to the series E (k=0,infinity) 1/k!

But then some might argue that requires the shape of the character to change, to which I could respond that I never stipulated the shape couldn't evolve. Once that word enters the conversation, we would spin off into a discussion rabid argument about how the earth is flat, only 6000 years old, and God created it; nothing evolves.

How could you not see the potential for such a thing? After all, this is CF.

 

[Albion]

However, the 3 is only half of what you got. The other half is E, which is a transcendental number approximated as 2.71828182...

I called that wastage. The trimmings. You know, like every seamstress has left over after finishing the product she was making.

Of course, someone might point out it is actually written 'e' (lowercase), not 'E' (uppercase). I could then counter that the Greek uppercase sigma looks very much like the English uppercase 'E', and is used to symbolize an arithmetic series.

Now that I have to rule out. An uppercase E does not look like a Sigma. It only has a vaguely similar appearance. So if I ruled out the two small the 'o's that would be the result of slicing the figure of the number 8 in half crosswise, I'd have to rule this one out for the same reason.

 

[Tom 1]

If 8 is cut in half, what is the result?

2 zeros? Some weird Quijote pirate creature? 808 state?

 

[Resha Caner]

2 zeros? Some weird Quijote pirate creature? 808 state?

You'll have to explain the last two.

 

[Resha Caner]

Now that I have to rule out.

Usurper. Who died and made you OP?

I also see you intend to rule as a conservative. Does that mean you won't allow rotating the figure? Or what about more than 1 cut? I could make 2 cuts and rejoin parts such that the two resulting figures contain equal amounts of ink, yet make an x and an o.

 

[Tom 1]

You'll have to explain the last two.

Que ‘aye, matey’ no va con el viejo, hombre.

8x0x8 = 0

I dunno. were you expecting serious answers?

 

[Albion]

Usurper. Who died and made you OP?

Now, now. I simply said that I have to rule it out (in my own calculations).

I also see you intend to rule as a conservative.

Do I? I thought we were working on a riddle.

Does that mean you won't allow rotating the figure?

I considered that to do such a thing would amount to altering the figure we were supposed to be dealing with.

Or what about more than 1 cut? I could make 2 cuts and rejoin parts such that the two resulting figures contain equal amounts of ink, yet make an x and an o.

Same problem. If we were allowed to slice the numeral 8 in all sorts of ways, there probably wouldn't be any limit to the figures that could be created out of the scraps. And that would make the answer to the riddle be "almost anything you want."

 

[Resha Caner]

Que ‘aye, matey’ no va con el viejo, hombre.

Veo.

8x0x8 = 0

Oh, that's a winner!

I dunno. were you expecting serious answers?

What would ever make you think otherwise?

 

[Resha Caner]

[T]hat would make the answer to the riddle be "almost anything you want."

Indeed. How would that make this thread unique?

I was also waiting for someone to demand further explanation of the rules. I will allow rotations and up to 3 cuts, since 2^3 = 8.

 

[Tom 1]

Veo.



Oh, that's a winner!



What would ever make you think otherwise?

Did I win $5?

 

[Robban]

If 8 is cut in half, what is the result?

"Cut your bills in half, send in 20 dollars,
delivery within 2-3 days."

Those who fell for it recieved a pair of scissors.

 

[Resha Caner]

Did I win $5?

Remember, we're all winners. You get a participation gold star.

 

[Tom 1]

Remember, we're all winners. You get a participation gold star.

Remember, we're all winners. You get a participation gold star.

Oh

 

[durangodawood]

Oh

2nd prize is.... a set of steak knives.

 

[Tom 1]

2nd prize is.... a set of steak knives.

I'd settle for a replica windmill.