An extremely odd music video

Yes, there will be a cat entry in the near future. Today was less-than-interesting. Delphine did not turn me into Tang™ for asking her what she would do if she found herself naked and snail-like in her livejournal. That means I can ask anyone. Tatiana can walk through walls and is in a superimposed state of dead and alive. Sophia was around for three seconds.

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This is just one of the 30 comments left in my livejournal by someone who really likes cats. Just go to The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins.

Originally Posted by the site I got the ticker
Why do I have eggwhite cervical fluid after I have already ovulated?

I blame snakes. A snake in your womb ate your baby.

My general relativity class was not the only place where this came up. Topology and video gaming. And, yes, I was aware that Sonic 3's world was a torus.

Terranigma's Earth is a torus, while the underworld could be on the inside of a sphere. I'd have to look at it more next time I want to be extremely sad.

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Originally Posted by DB Weiss
When an Asteroids ship leaves the screen, however, it reappears on the other side instantaneously; thus, the three-dimensional space described by Asteroid's two dimensional screen is a continuous, perfect sphere. In Pac-Man, this is not the case at all. When a Pac-Man disappears into one of the off-screen mid-maze tunnels, there is a lag of about a half second before he reemerges on the other side. Assuming his speed remains constant, we can extrapolate some other-dimensional space of approximately six dots' length that the Pac-Man must traverse each time he goes through the off-screen tunnel. Were it not for the pursuing ghosts, he could remain in this off-screen space indefinately.

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Originally Posted by Broco
Hmm, that resembles the novel I wanted to write before I dismissed the idea as shallow and overly trendy.

Wrong, it's a torus (donut-shaped) not a sphere. He needs to take a class in basic topology before going off on pseudo-mathematical babble.

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Originally Posted by schild
It's sci-fi. In his world, sphere means torus. Sucker.

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Originally Posted by Hot Stott Bott
It is pretty funny that he got that wrong... oh well, his intentions are good and the point stands despite the error! I mean torus' are perfectly continous surfaces too...

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Originally Posted by Broco
Yeah, I was a bit too harsh there. It's a common mistake; actually, I used to think it was a sphere too before someone pointed it out to me.

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Originally Posted by Aderack
Yeah, that took me a moment of mental processing. You're right; it would be a doughnut, wouldn't it. How curious. Stretch the X into a loop, then stretch the Y into a loop. Not the most obvious of shapes...

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Originally Posted by WarpZone
Sonic 3's "sphere"-based special stage also takes place on a torus, not a sphere. When I discovered this, it was like a little bit more of my childhood was stolen away.

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Originally Posted by Koji
Tetrisphere's playfield too, I believe, would be a torus, and not a sphere.

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Originally Posted by GrimSweeper
Wait, what? How did you come to this conclusion? I can see the Sonic 3 being a torus, but Tetrisphere seems very spherical to me.

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Originally Posted by somewhere
Try making a map of the Tetrishphere ball and carve a dividing line along the equator. When mapping the sphere you will soon find that instead of having half of the sphere, you now have the whole thing mapped out.



I wish editing was easier on LJ.