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Tetrad · Post by **Tetrad** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 7:20 am

Hey look, an equilateral right triangle!

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 8:03 am

/drool

KompresZor · Post by **KompresZor** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 8:13 am

Looks more like a sock for an elf

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 8:53 am

Looks like Ace trying to capture his cat's expression.

Warlock · Post by **Warlock** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 9:42 am

OMGWTFBBQ

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 11:17 am

Warlock wrote:OMGWTFBBQ

Oh my God, well that's a fine barbeque?

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 11:40 am

Drakona? Um...you might want to see this.

Jagger · Post by **Jagger** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 11:40 am

Holy even sides, Batman!

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 11:54 am

Stryker · Post by **Stryker** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 11:54 am

For a right triangle to be equilateral, all sides would have to have a length of 0, and thus be nonexistent. Following these same lines, you could claim that all straight lines are curved.

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 12:43 pm

OMGROTFLSOHCAHTOAKTHXBYE!

Flabby Chick · Post by **Flabby Chick** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 1:10 pm

........hic!

snoopy · Post by **snoopy** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 1:10 pm

I think there's some sort of geometry (non-euclidian) where it's possible, as well as an equilateral triangle with angles less than 60 deg- I just don't know any details about it.

Warlock · Post by **Warlock** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 1:12 pm

Topher wrote:
Warlock wrote:OMGWTFBBQ
Oh my God, well that's a fine barbeque?

ask J he knows

Lobber · Post by **Lobber** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 1:43 pm

Actually, for a right triangle to be equilateral, it could not exist in flat euclidean space. Instead, it would have to be drawn in curved space, such as on a globe.

The bottom of the triangle would go around one quarter of the globe on the equator, and the two other sides would go straight up at right angles to the equator, up lines of longitude, to meet at the north pole.

Also, the total of the angles of each corner would add up to 270, instead of 180 for euclidean triangles. Angles in negatively curves space triangles add up to < 180Â°. Negatively curved space can be represented by a saddle shaped space.

Darkside Heartless · Post by **Darkside Heartless** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 2:04 pm

nerd

Darktalyn1 · Post by **Darktalyn1** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 3:54 pm

Hilarious. I was just reading about that in a book called Einstein, Space & Time last night Lobber.

Hattrick · Post by **Hattrick** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 3:59 pm

Darkside Heartless wrote:nerd

x2

Lobber · Post by **Lobber** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 7:02 pm

Darkside Heartless wrote:nerd

That's Mister Nerd to you buddy