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RE: How many holes does a straw have?
August 19, 2018 at 4:43 am
(August 19, 2018 at 4:41 am)The Valkyrie Wrote: (August 19, 2018 at 4:23 am)Joods Wrote: Lol you answered too late. You get no prize, woman.
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Don't you mean a really long, thick and flexible straw?
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RE: How many holes does a straw have?
August 19, 2018 at 4:45 am
Sometime, really long, thick straws lose quite a lot of their flexibility.
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RE: How many holes does a straw have?
August 19, 2018 at 4:46 am
An infinite number of holes in 2D planes.
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RE: How many holes does a straw have?
August 19, 2018 at 5:07 am
(August 19, 2018 at 3:46 am)Aroura Wrote: I don't see how any answer other than one is correct.
It has one hole, and 2 ends. Some holes have only one end.
How many holes does a donut have? One.
A straw is longer, and the edges are thinner, but no one would say a donut has 0 holes. And no one would say it has 2.
Aha.
But a hole is an interrupted surface. A straw is a rhombus, which means from any point on a straw, you can travel along the surface to reach any other point.
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RE: How many holes does a straw have?
August 19, 2018 at 5:17 am
(August 19, 2018 at 2:54 am)Joods Wrote: One continuous hole.
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RE: How many holes does a straw have?
August 19, 2018 at 5:34 am
(August 19, 2018 at 5:17 am)downbeatplumb Wrote: (August 19, 2018 at 2:54 am)Joods Wrote: One continuous hole.
I think that is a great user name. I may change mine.
Not a bad name for a band, either.
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RE: How many holes does a straw have?
August 19, 2018 at 6:23 am
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RE: How many holes does a straw have?
August 19, 2018 at 7:00 am
(August 19, 2018 at 2:49 am)ignoramus Wrote: I put it in the philosophy section because all 3 answers can be right depending on your philosophical outlook.
0?
1?
2?
other?
I instinctively said 2, then realized I'm an idiot!
It has infinite holes.
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RE: How many holes does a straw have?
August 19, 2018 at 7:10 am
(This post was last modified: August 19, 2018 at 7:12 am by Aroura.)
(August 19, 2018 at 5:07 am)bennyboy Wrote: (August 19, 2018 at 3:46 am)Aroura Wrote: I don't see how any answer other than one is correct.
It has one hole, and 2 ends. Some holes have only one end.
How many holes does a donut have? One.
A straw is longer, and the edges are thinner, but no one would say a donut has 0 holes. And no one would say it has 2.
Aha.
But a hole is an interrupted surface. A straw is a rhombus, which means from any point on a straw, you can travel along the surface to reach any other point. So what you are saying is a donut has the same number of holes in it as say, a tortilla or a muffin, since a donut is fits the same criteria as a straw.
I don't know where you are getting your definition of hole, but:
hole
həʊl/
noun
- 1.
a hollow place in a solid body or surface.
By your definition though, only a depression is a hole, if it pokes all the way through, it is no longer a hole but simply part of the shape, I guess? Actually wait, I can still travel along a hole in the ground, so even a depression isn't a hole. So....holes don't exist? Because I can always travel along the surface of every hole I can think of to reach any other point.
So black holes are really giant misnomers to you, I suppose. If I poke through a piece of paper with a pencil it is also not a hole by your definition? I have simply turned the paper into a new shape!
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RE: How many holes does a straw have?
August 19, 2018 at 7:21 am
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(August 19, 2018 at 7:10 am)Aroura Wrote: [...]
So black holes are really giant misnomers to you, I suppose. [...]
Black holes ARE a misnomer. They are enormous celestial bodies with great mass and density, surrounded by empty space - that doesn't fit any definition of a "hole" I can think of.
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