Thanks for the thought experiment, Chris. It helped, gave me a nice 'ah ha'. But I am going to be around circles soon. . . can't wait to do it with people.
From: Chris Corrigan <[email protected]> Reply-To: OSLIST <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Properties of circles Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 11:58:58 -0800 Thanks Joelle...those are indeed the instructions. Try this exercise Therese: Make a picture in your mind that you are facing east and sitting on a line that runs exactly north-south...a straight line. Imagine trying to see that whole line at once. You can't do it. You have to turn your head right and left to see it. Now imagine that line curving in to the north or south of you so that it makes a giant arc or a circle in front of you. You can see the whole line now, where it curves around towards you and meets beneath you and where it extends away from you. And you might describe that whole line as being in front of you. There is no part of that line that is behind you. Therefore, you are sitting "behind" every other point on the line. Even better, get 8 or 10 people (or more) and just try following the directions with them! But if you lack a handy crowd at the moment, this thought experiment should do. Cheers, Chris --- CHRIS CORRIGAN Bowen Island, BC, Canada http://www.chriscorrigan.com [email protected] (604) 947-9236 > -----Original Message----- > From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joelle > Lyons Everett > Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 11:14 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Properties of circles > > Therese, Doris-- > > It really does work. Putting your chair square to the center means making > sure that your chair faces the center straight on, not slanted off to one > side > or the other. > > Your chair must be a bit behind those on either side because every point > on > the circumference of a circle is equidistant from the center. From your > point, > your chair is a bit behind the ones on either side. From your neighbor's > point, she is a bit behind you. > > I had never thought about these rules consciously, but when I read Chris' > directions, I realized that when I am asked to expand the circle to make > space > for more chairs, I move back and then instinctively look to see if I am a > bit > behind my neighbors. > > One of those things that is easier to do than to explain! > > Joelle > > * > * > ========================================================== > [email protected] > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of [email protected], > Visit: > > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
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