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Re: Is lego *truly* unlimited? (some thoughts)
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Wed, 8 Dec 2004 16:18:53 GMT
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> I was just wondering today about how much lego is trumpeted as having
> an 'unlimited' number of possibilites. Now I'm no math whiz, but it
> seemed logically impossible to me.
Of course the number of combinations isn't 'unlimited', but if it takes more
time than the life of the universe to check them out, it's 'practically
unlimited'.
> two 1 x 1 bricks, can only be connected together in one way
Not counting the endles possibilities of rotating one part :-)
Take a look at the end of the following page:
http://www.occdsb.on.ca/~proj4632/kidslegoMath.htm
--
Anders Isaksson, Sweden
BlockCAD: http://w1.161.telia.com/~u16122508/proglego.htm
Gallery: http://w1.161.telia.com/~u16122508/gallery/index.htm
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| I was just wondering today about how much lego is trumpeted as having an 'unlimited' number of possibilites. Now I'm no math whiz, but it seemed logically impossible to me. So here's some food for thought for the gurus out there to digest and make (...) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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