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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread AWAD archives Jun 95 #106385 06/24/03 04:21 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel OP wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 abecedarian xanthippe lycanthropy oneiromancy imprimatur tessellate ululate sequitur obnubilate caveat - remember also “cave camem” pullulate swag hone - not table talk in Gaelic educe eke spar spat brio pip subaltern nimbus intercalary pugnacious reboant desultory mendacious abut testy riff brobdingnagian Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: AWAD archives Jun 95 #106386 06/24/03 05:04 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park tes.sel.late vt -lat.ed ; -lat.ing [LL tessellatus, pp. of tessellare to pave with tesserae, fr. L tessella, dim. of tessera] (1789): to form into or adorn with mosaic interesting.. i have been working my way throut Martin Gardner's Penrose Tiles and Trapdoor Ciphers, the book a series of essays from the mathmatical recreations column of Scientific American... tesselations can be periodic, or non periodic.. the simple square, or hexigon tile, is periodic.. you can take any tile, and place it anywere in the field, and it will fit.. but non periodic tiles are different.. they can only fit in special places.. Penrose tiles are very special non periodic tiles. they also are used in ratio's, for penrose tiles, the ratio is 1.6 of shape A for every 1 of shape B.(the A shape is called a kite, the B shape a dart.. they have rules about how they can be place together.. (there are curved line on the tiles, and these lines must meet as well as the edges.. with out the curved lines, the two pieces would fit together to form a rhombus (diamons shape, with equal sides, and corner angles of 108º and 72º degrees..) some of the math essays are beyond my understanding, and others i just barely understand.. i have always thought a quilt of penrose tiles would be exquisit. my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: AWAD archives Jun 95 #106387 06/24/03 06:50 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel OP wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear of troy: I tried to interest my wife in attempting a quilt based on Escher's "Night into Day". No sale. I still think it worth considering. http://www.mcs.vuw.ac.nz/courses/INET101/2002/results/contest/fmunro/work.pg.html : http://makeashorterlink.com/?R2BD61905 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: AWAD archives Jun 95 #106388 06/25/03 04:02 AM Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 725 Oregon, USA Coffeebean old hand Coffeebean old hand Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 725 Oregon, USA remember also “cave camem” Dear Bill: I think you meant to type cave canem -- beware of dog? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: AWAD archives Jun 95 #106389 06/25/03 01:31 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel OP wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear CB: Was that a form of Spoonerism? Mardon me padam, may I sew you to a sheet? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,317 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 688 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 31 A C Bowden 13 LukeJavan8 1 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,534 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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