Good grief! I just discovered I'm circumscribed!

[kentauros]

:D

[NYC_SKP]

1. Off topic question:

Do you think you could write a proof that the quadrilateral inscribed within a circle that captures the greatest area is a perfect square?

I mean if your life depended on it and you had a few days to work it out.

I think I could have once upon a time, and maybe I still could.

[kentauros]

2. I can answer your question with a big resounding "No!"

:P

I failed that part of geometry. I could write what worked for me and got the same results as everyone else, but for whatever asinine reasons my proofs were never right, or not what everyone else wrote up. I followed their rules for making the proofs, but no one told me I had to follow certain accepted pathways, too ;)

As a coworker often says to the engineers around here always wanting to make changes to completed drawings with regards to aesthetics: "If it ain't wrong, it's right!" :D

[NYC_SKP]

4. Well the "accepted pathways" part is bullshit.

I always railed at convention. Conventions sometimes limit discovery more than they facilitate it.

Have a great weekend, kentauros!

[kentauros]

6. I knew it was bullshit at the time, too, and I think the teacher did as well.

But as usual for grade school, you follow the "rules" and don't bend anything. Learn it for the test and forget it later in life. Only in recent years have I become interested in "sacred geometry" partly for artistic reasons but also for purposes of writing (using it in fictional ways than was historically ascribed to it.) I have a much clearer understanding of Islamic tilework thanks to reading about Sacred Geometry. If they would use examples like that in geometry classes today, they'd teach far more about creativity at the same time :D

You have a great weekend, too, NYC_SKP! I have to drop a significant amount of my cash, but it's for Love, so it's okay :)

[tigereye]

3. cute!

[NYC_SKP]

5. Never use the word "cute" to describe a man's manhood.

:rofl:

[kentauros]

7. I agree!

:rofl:

Oh gawd! Is that something I have to endure on my trip in a few weeks? :o
;)

[NYC_SKP]

10. You could put a mean looking skull tattoo on it.

Thus making it look mean and nasty.

[tigereye]

12. I've never had any complaints from the husband...

:shrug:

I was mostly applauding the verbal wit, though.

[Deep13]

8. Is this an example of circular reasoning?

:evilgrin:

[kentauros]

9. That it is

thanks to the Golden Spiral

[Dr. Strange]

11. Is there a users' phi associated with that spiral?

Tell me the truth--don't Fibonacci!