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01/20/2003 08:12:54 AM · #1 |
So are we talking an actual square or would a rectangle or right angle count?
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01/20/2003 09:21:59 AM · #2 |
Get out your thesauruses. There's no qualifiers on the word square. Think: village square, Times Square, "squared away" square as in unhip person or thing.....MCsquared...
Its specific enough that rectangles and right angles would be off challenge, in themselves. |
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01/20/2003 09:31:33 AM · #3 |
The challenge description does actually mention square shaped.
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01/20/2003 09:40:30 AM · #4 |
Geometry 101:
A square is a rectangle with four equal sides. A rectangle without four equal sides is NOT a square, nor is it "square-shaped." It is "rectangle-shaped" or "rectangular."
The topic really couldn't be more clear. Sorry to be short. |
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01/20/2003 09:48:03 AM · #5 |
I know what a square is. I was wondering how picky people are going to be over it. Will some people end up measuring the photos to make sure it is an actual square?
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01/20/2003 09:49:58 AM · #6 |
| Everyone's going to be picky in their own way. My suggestion: shoot what you like. If you shooting for what "the voters" will like, you'll never get anything you're satisfied with. |
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01/20/2003 10:03:55 AM · #7 |
| Seen the new Volkswagon commercial? |
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01/20/2003 10:12:06 AM · #8 |
yes .. I loved it ...
I thought about it right away when I saw the challenge theme |
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01/20/2003 10:20:05 AM · #9 |
oh no - but what if you shoot a pefectly square object from an angle and it looks skewed! Or you shoot something rectangular from the right perspective and make it look square. Think of the fun people can have being picky about this one :)
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01/20/2003 10:53:54 AM · #10 |
Gordon: Good point, lol! :) Personally, I'm going to shoot whatever I shoot so it looks perfectly square in the final photo. Though it might be tilted at a 45 degree angle ;)
Brian |
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01/20/2003 11:02:52 AM · #11 |
Maynard thought Dobie was square-shaped :)
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01/20/2003 01:00:05 PM · #12 |
That's one of the things from the VW commercial that was not a perfect square (there were several actually).
So, exactly how far are we going to be stretching the limits of a square?
I bet you we're going to be seeing a whole lot of dice.
The thing that worries me the most about this challenge is the lack of "interesting" square subjects. Not to say they don't exist but there is a much larger abundance of rectangular objects that are more interesting. |
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01/20/2003 02:04:22 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by psychephylax:
I bet you we're going to be seeing a whole lot of dice.
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Nooooooooooo!!! you seen though my plan ;)
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01/20/2003 02:36:52 PM · #14 |
But dice are cubes. =P Is it alright to have three-dimensional objects? Technically, squares are not three dimensional.
Thank heavens for sarcasm =-D |
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01/20/2003 02:41:05 PM · #15 |
Yes because cube is an even more specialized rectagle. It has squares for all it's sides.
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01/20/2003 02:44:02 PM · #16 |
| reading this, I have to ask - you are all joking aren't you ? |
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01/20/2003 02:44:29 PM · #17 |
A cube is not a rectangle. A 3D rectangle is a Cuiboid, not a cube.
Message edited by author 2003-01-20 14:48:52.
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01/20/2003 02:47:21 PM · #18 |
Originally posted by Gordon:
reading this, I have to ask - you are all joking aren't you ? |
I'm joking. =) |
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01/20/2003 02:47:48 PM · #19 |
remember, you non-math whiz types --- the square of 1 = 1
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01/20/2003 02:49:43 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by psychephylax:
Yes because cube is an even more specialized rectagle. It has squares for all it's sides. |
I am NEVER this picky in voting, btw, but... A cube is not a specialized rectangle at all. It is a hexahedron, whose edges are all equal in length. This definition has the property of forcing the faces to be the "specialized rectangles" whose edges are equal length and whose edge intersections must me right angles. Thus, the faces are squares in the strictest sense. Thus, a cube must be within the confines of the challenge, because it has squares as an element.
mjc
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01/20/2003 02:51:57 PM · #21 |
The definition of square: brought to you by my friend (and yours), Dictionary.com
1. A plane figure having four equal sides.
2. Something having an equal-sided rectangular form: a square of cloth.
3. A T-shaped or L-shaped instrument for drawing or testing right angles.
4. Mathematics. The product obtained when a number or quantity is multiplied by itself: 49 is the square of 7.
5. Games. Any of the quadrilateral spaces on a board, as in chess.
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a. Abbr. Sq. An open, usually four-sided area at the intersection of two or more streets, often planted with grass and trees for use as a park.
b. A rectangular space enclosed by streets and occupied by buildings; a block.
7. Slang. A person who is regarded as dull, rigidly conventional, and out of touch with current trends.
8. Slang. A square meal. Often used in the plural: three squares a day.
Maybe this will clear things up a bit. ;) (HAHAHA)
Message edited by author 2003-01-20 14:52:52. |
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01/20/2003 02:57:20 PM · #22 |
| What a bunch of squares!:) Now I have to go try to fit a square peg in a round hole... |
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01/20/2003 03:07:21 PM · #23 |
In the morning I looked into the dictionary and it said that square (also) means "Viereck", which again can be translated to "quad". I was very happy because I wanted to take a photo of a door (I'm really jealous this week that I'm not a member. Always wanted to photograph that door and the challenge would be a nice opportunity).
But now I read that a square really is a rectangle with four equal sides (bad dictionary!). This website explains that, too.
I guess the challenge won't be renamed to "rectangle" when I ask, right?
Well, so I'll search for something else... Will be a difficult task this week.
Message edited by author 2003-01-20 15:07:37.
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01/20/2003 07:31:22 PM · #24 |
Originally posted by erin_m02:
The definition of square: brought to you by my friend (and yours), Dictionary.com
1. A plane figure having four equal sides.
2. Something having an equal-sided rectangular form: a square of cloth.
3. A T-shaped or L-shaped instrument for drawing or testing right angles.
4. Mathematics. The product obtained when a number or quantity is multiplied by itself: 49 is the square of 7.
5. Games. Any of the quadrilateral spaces on a board, as in chess.
6.
a. Abbr. Sq. An open, usually four-sided area at the intersection of two or more streets, often planted with grass and trees for use as a park.
b. A rectangular space enclosed by streets and occupied by buildings; a block.
7. Slang. A person who is regarded as dull, rigidly conventional, and out of touch with current trends.
8. Slang. A square meal. Often used in the plural: three squares a day.
Maybe this will clear things up a bit. ;) (HAHAHA) |
not to be picky or anything, heh, but as long as we're talking about it... :o)
when concidering the slang usage, you might want to list the definition of "shaped" since the challenge does say "square shaped"...
also, the biggest problem with determining how accuratly the challenge is met, is when one places a ruler on the screen to measure how square something is, is that the screen is slightly curved and the ruler will have to be flexable to take an accurate measurement of said square like object... :oP
Message edited by author 2003-01-20 19:32:08. |
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01/20/2003 07:44:56 PM · #25 |
Originally posted by Anachronite:
also, the biggest problem with determining how accuratly the challenge is met, is when one places a ruler on the screen to measure how square something is, is that the screen is slightly curved and the ruler will have to be flexable to take an accurate measurement of said square like object... :oP |
Flat-screens are a wonderful thing :-D
-Terry
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