The Clockwise/Spiral Rule

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Post by pravnar » Mon, Sep 30, 2013, 6:10 PM UTC

The Clockwise/Spiral Rule
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Re: The Clockwise/Spiral Rule

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Post by stephencanon » Mon, Sep 30, 2013, 6:18 PM UTC

Needs repeating every time this comes up: the “spiral rule” is nonsense.

https://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=5080096

Re: The Clockwise/Spiral Rule

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Post by pravnar » Mon, Sep 30, 2013, 6:23 PM UTC

stephencanon wrote: post #2

Needs repeating every time this comes up: the “spiral rule” is nonsense. https://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=5080096

Ah.. thanks for sending that thread.

Re: The Clockwise/Spiral Rule

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Post by sp332 » Mon, Sep 30, 2013, 6:42 PM UTC

stephencanon wrote: post #2

Needs repeating every time this comes up: the “spiral rule” is nonsense. https://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=5080096

I always figured it was a joke anyway. I mean, how can you have "clockwise" in a single dimension?

Re: The Clockwise/Spiral Rule

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Post by stephencanon » Mon, Sep 30, 2013, 7:06 PM UTC

sp332 wrote: post #4

stephencanon wrote: post #2

Needs repeating every time this comes up: the “spiral rule” is nonsense. https://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=5080096

I always figured it was a joke anyway. I mean, how can you have "clockwise" in a single dimension?

I’ve always assumed that it’s a joke as well, but that doesn’t seem to stop the gullible from believing it.

Re: The Clockwise/Spiral Rule

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Post by sp332 » Mon, Sep 30, 2013, 7:17 PM UTC

stephencanon wrote: post #5

sp332 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I always figured it was a joke anyway. I mean, how can you have "clockwise" in a single dimension?

I’ve always assumed that it’s a joke as well, but that doesn’t seem to stop the gullible from believing it.

Yeah, Poe's Law in action I guess.

Re: The Clockwise/Spiral Rule

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Post by tzs » Mon, Sep 30, 2013, 8:31 PM UTC

stephencanon wrote: post #2

Needs repeating every time this comes up: the “spiral rule” is nonsense. https://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=5080096

Is there a reason you linked to ycombinator.org instead of ycombinator.com?

Re: The Clockwise/Spiral Rule

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Post by stephencanon » Mon, Sep 30, 2013, 8:49 PM UTC

tzs wrote: post #7

stephencanon wrote: post #2

Needs repeating every time this comes up: the “spiral rule” is nonsense. https://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=5080096

Is there a reason you linked to ycombinator.org instead of ycombinator.com?

google’d to find my old posting, and didn’t notice the domain. Too late to edit now.