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Re: From the useless statistics department...
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 30 Oct 2002 03:35:05 GMT
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In lugnet.general, David Eaton writes:
> In lugnet.general, Cary Clark writes:
> > In lugnet.general, Kerry Raymond writes:
> > > In lugnet.general, Cary Clark writes:
> > > > One blue tub (used by set 3033, 4107 and so on) holds around
> > > > 1500 loose 2x4 bricks. ...
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> > > Inquiring minds want to know how many 2x4s will fit in the blue tub
> > > if you >pack them carefully as opposed to loose?
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> > ... My guess is that the maximum you could pack in would be 2767, and
> > still get the lid on.
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> Here's another sticky point: How firmly does the lid have to go on in order
> to constitute being "closed"? ...
Well, I would argue that the lid must be undistorted. If you allow
distortion of the lid, you'd need to allow the tub to be distorted as well.
Once you allow the tub to be distorted, then by facetious and nonsensical
argument you might as well consider forming the walls of the tub into a
sphere to maximize the interior volume, and while you're at it, compress the
bricks themselves into a mass of solid ABS to minimize the space wasted by
those pesky hollow tubes.
Actually, it doesn't matter to me if your lid distorts or not. But, I
sometimes worry that the weight of several full tubs stacked on each other
might cause the bricks on the bottom to become distorted, if the bottom tub
is overfilled. Has anyone seen damage to ordinary bricks from the weight of
other elements?
Cary
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| (...) Here's another sticky point: How firmly does the lid have to go on in order to constitute being "closed"? The lid sinks in a bit, and I've often had the experience that when they're overly full, the lid still locks tightly, despite the fact (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
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