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EdH · 2020-04-25, 02:51

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Originally Posted by Dr Sardonicus

This Charles Addams cartoon comes to mind...

I think that would have still worked, but how did he get that high off the floor? Was he balancing on the back of the chair?

kladner · 2020-04-25, 03:22

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Originally Posted by Dr Sardonicus

This Charles Addams cartoon comes to mind...

kladner · 2020-04-25, 03:50

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Originally Posted by EdH

I think that would have still worked, but how did he get that high off the floor? Was he balancing on the back of the chair?

On the stacked books (which are on the floor, now)?
The arm in the noose protects one carotid and the windpipe at least to some extent..

LaurV · 2020-04-25, 07:30

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Originally Posted by xilman

For instance, I know that a triangle has three vertices because that is (essentially) the definition of a triangle.

Hm... then why is it called tri-angle? It should be called trivertex...

(old, intranslatable Romanian joke, let's see if I can translate it, it will sound different due to different names we use for objects, it can be "forced" to English, but of course the meaning will be different: you throw a ball down on the floor, and it jumps two times, before going lost: BAM-BAM. You find it and throw it again, and it jumps again two times: BAM, BAM... Why? Because if it would jump three times, it would have been called a troll )

xilman · 2020-04-25, 07:38

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Originally Posted by Uncwilly

Wouldn't it be more like 1 vs 1, as opposed to 1 vs 2

Not necessarily.

Consider software download into several substrates on which to run it. Said downloads could be concurrent or consecutive or both.

Each download would have identical memories and experiences up until the point(s) of upload.

EdH · 2020-04-25, 12:26

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Originally Posted by kladner

On the stacked books (which are on the floor, now)?
The arm in the noose protects one carotid and the windpipe at least to some extent..

I'll buy the arm even though it's drawn too far back in the cartoon - he is turning his head. But, the books would have to be a lot thicker.

kladner · 2020-04-25, 13:14

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Originally Posted by EdH

I'll buy the arm even though it's drawn too far back in the cartoon - he is turning his head. But, the books would have to be a lot thicker.

You are right. He would have strangled in that position. I was grasping at straws. Maybe he used the books to get to the chair back, though balancing there would be questionable. Standing on the chair back while tying the rope to the chandelier would seem impossible, both for reach and for balance.

What morbid verbal contortions!

LaurV · 2020-04-25, 17:30

These people have all kind of ideas and skills...

How about he was balancing the chair on 2 legs (or even only one) like the equillibrists at the circus?

kriesel · 2020-04-27, 15:20

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Originally Posted by Dr Sardonicus

This Charles Addams cartoon comes to mind...

For everyone's sake, cut me down and show me how it's done properly.

kladner · 2020-04-28, 02:02

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For everyone's sake, cut me down and show me how it's done properly.

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LaurV Romulan Interpreter Jun 2011 Thailand 7·1,373 Posts	These people have all kind of ideas and skills... How about he was balancing the chair on 2 legs (or even only one) like the equillibrists at the circus?