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The Cube Rule (2017)

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Re: The Cube Rule (2017)

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Post by xerox13ster »

nine_k wrote: post #65

I love this page because it reminds me of the good parts of the "Web 1.0". - Full of content. - Whimsical while staying on topic. - Uses design elements freely, to best represent the content, instead of pouring the content into a design mold. - Colorful and easy to read. - Obviously made by a fan, for the love of the topic.

I appreciate this page quite a bit less than you because I found it absolutely unnecessary to have an entire page of blank space between items blown up so large that they cannot fit in my full-screen viewport on desktop. I tried to zoom and the page completely ignored it.

It is one of the worst perpetrators of this I have experienced on the web and a pox on anyone that ignores browser controls on their site!

Re: The Cube Rule (2017)

#112

Post by mekkkkkk »

frogulis wrote: post #9
lalaithion wrote: post #4

The idea that we should classify food by shape is clearly erroneous. Our food classifications should be based on method of eating , not by shape! A sandwich is any food that uses a carbohydrate to protect your hands from a messier food, so that you can eat it at a card table without getting your hands dirty (a la the origin myth). Let's go through the things here: Pizza: Yes Sushi: Mostly no (the carbs don't protect…

Big fan of this, if only because it supports the claim that a taco and a hotdog are sandwiches. The cube rule also tells us that makizushi (probably the most popular kind of sushi here in Aus) is not sushi, which seems like a pretty big weakness.

What is makizushi? Is that some local variant of maki? Traditional maki (with seaweed on the outside) seems to be sushi indeed. California rolls though (inverted maki, rice on the outside) are arguably salads.

Re: The Cube Rule (2017)

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Post by mekkkkkk »

function_seven wrote: post #58
parksy wrote: post #56

I find the cube rule to be naïve in its ignorance of topological spaces. A sandwich is just a cross section of mobius toast. A wrap is just toast projected onto a cylinder. A calzone is just toast projected onto a sphere. Everything is toast! Why can't people see this! *walks off into the distance muttering obscenities*

> mobius toast This is absurd. If you drop a slice of peanut butter mobius toast on the ground, how does it land? What sort of toaster must I buy to take mobius bread and toast it? I don't like the implications here, and reject all projection-based arguments. Too dangerous.

You can use a conveyor belt style toaster to toast your mobius toast. What's even better is that you can toast it forever.

Re: The Cube Rule (2017)

#114

Post by bryanrasmussen »

oneplane wrote: post #52
bryanrasmussen wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

hmm, maybe, I think it must be a mistake though, the inside of just about everything is messier than the outside.

I'd say the inside of a rock is exactly as messy as the outside, but we can't eat rocks so that might be out of scope.

however https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhydro_agate

Re: The Cube Rule (2017)

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Post by mekkkkkk »

0xBABAD00C wrote: post #71

Given that ribose is a carb inside larger non-carb structures such as RNA, it makes our genetic code, and us humans as a whole, a nacho by the cube rule. I'm ok with it.

Well of course. That is one of the primary benefits of the cube rule. Finally we can all be that which we desire.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOsWfzzvlkU

Re: The Cube Rule (2017)

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Post by threatripper »

xerox13ster wrote: post #111
nine_k wrote: post #65

I love this page because it reminds me of the good parts of the "Web 1.0". - Full of content. - Whimsical while staying on topic. - Uses design elements freely, to best represent the content, instead of pouring the content into a design mold. - Colorful and easy to read. - Obviously made by a fan, for the love of the topic.

I appreciate this page quite a bit less than you because I found it absolutely unnecessary to have an entire page of blank space between items blown up so large that they cannot fit in my full-screen viewport on desktop. I tried to zoom and the page completely ignored it. It is one of the worst perpetrators of this I have experienced on the web and a pox on anyone that ignores browser controls on their site!

I second this opinion. It looks like a bad PowerPoint presentation but neither mousewheel, arrows or page-up/down consistently jumps between pages.

Re: The Cube Rule (2017)

#119

Post by enriquto »

BLT and foodstuffs with "soft bread" or other mock breads are not sandwiches for me. A sandwich must be made with real bread like a baguette. Fake breads like hamburger buns, sliced white bread, dry toasts, tortillas and the like are not sandwichogenic.
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