8 Dec
2012
8 Dec
'12
1:27 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of steve shumaker
Sent: 08 December 2012 21:01
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Fan Fold paper tape
On 12/8/2012 3:07 PM, Dave wrote:
state. She
That depends. TIDY cable racks are in an unatural state. Untidy is normal
and expected....
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org
> [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Tony Duell
> Sent: 07 December 2012 21:37
> To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: Fan Fold paper tape
>
>
>
>> I do find untangling knots in yarn to be relaxing, though.
>>
> It's pretty
>
>> satisfying to solve a particularly nasty one. I'll never
understand
>> how those knots form in the middle of a
very regularly-wound ball.
>>
> I have never understood how calbes seem to defy the laws
of topology
and tie
themselves into knots. But prectical experience shows
that and set
of calbes left lying around will knot themselves together in a
ridiculously complicated way.
A topologist recently told me that "tangled" was the normal
said the reason was there was basically only one
topological
conformation that was "untangled", and many that were
"tangled" so any
tanglabale object will tend to be in a tangled
state.
*that* hurts my head to think about.... cable racks are an
unnatural
state....
-tony
Dave Wade G4UGM
Illegitimi Non Carborundum
s2