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Re: Why 5 to 6?
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 29 Jul 1999 23:46:11 GMT
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It's only a guess but perhaps they picked that sort of ratio to make sure
that it would be easier for small kids to play with them - having a 1-1
ratio might be more confusing for kiddies who are just about getting old
enough to work out which way up to put the bricks.
Personally I don't think a 1-1 ratio would have looked as nice.
5-6 does work - it just means you need to be smarter at geometry if
you want to start building things at right angles or other funny angles.
Simon
http://www.SimonRobinson.com
In lugnet.general, Robert Munafo writes:
> Why is the 5-to-6 ratio supposed to be such a great thing? I still think that • a
> 5-to-5 or 6-to-6 ratio (better known as 1-to-1) would have been much better. • It
> would, for example, make it much easier to build things at right angles to
> other things and have it all line up.
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> I'm usually pretty smart, but this issue still has me guessing.
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> - Robert Munafo
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> In lugnet.build, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > [...] I feel that some wise fundamental decisions early on [...]
> > have paid off in a big way. Some of them include:
> > [...]
> > - The mystical 5:6 ratio
> > [...]
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| Why is the 5-to-6 ratio supposed to be such a great thing? I still think that a 5-to-5 or 6-to-6 ratio (better known as 1-to-1) would have been much better. It would, for example, make it much easier to build things at right angles to other things (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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