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Anonymous Mon Mar 7 06:16:23 2011 No.2657952 [Reply] [Original]

Is a two-sided dice possible, /sci/? It can't be a coin. There has to be some kind of mathematical way to design such a device. Let's say the world hangs in the balance for motivation.

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>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 7 06:20:23 2011 No.2657965 Sphere painted half one colour and half another. Perhaps not a perfect sphere, more like two hemispheres with a clearly defined edge

>>	None !BIOTROLLTM Mon Mar 7 06:22:23 2011 No.2657973 Just use six sided dice and use three planes for each color. No use for an actually two sided die.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 7 06:24:23 2011 No.2657983 File: 7 KB, 251x295, 2sided.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 7 06:24:23 2011 No.2657985 >>2657973 to measure a 50-50 chance within the confines of 1 and 2

>>	None !BIOTROLLTM Mon Mar 7 06:25:23 2011 No.2657993 >>2657985 >Two colored six sided die >50-50 Check. >Confines 1 and 2 Check.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 7 06:27:23 2011 No.2657997 >>2657993 it being six-sided would defeat the whole purpose of a two-sided die it has to be cubical in some way, like that 100-sided die i saw at the game shop

>>	None !BIOTROLLTM Mon Mar 7 06:29:23 2011 No.2658012 >>2657997 >the whole purpose of a two-sided die Which is what, exactly? A six sided, two colored die fits your criteria. You will have two possible outcomes, 50% chance for each.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 7 06:30:23 2011 No.2658018 File: 28 KB, 260x205, Pseudosphere.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Like this but with rounded ends.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 7 06:31:23 2011 No.2658024 >>2658012 I care more about the design, not the outcome >>2658018 no

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 7 06:31:23 2011 No.2658025 >>2658012 Pretty sure he wants to know whether you can make a two sided dice, not how you could emulate one

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 7 06:33:23 2011 No.2658031 >>2657997 >wants to make a cubical die with two sides >doesn't realise the flaw in this

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 7 06:33:23 2011 No.2658032 >>2658024 Well you can't. We live in a three-dimensional world.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 7 06:34:23 2011 No.2658034 take two cones stick them base to base. besides a coin, this is the closest to a "two sided dice" you can get.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 7 06:35:23 2011 No.2658039 >>2657997 how about a square coin?

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 7 06:38:23 2011 No.2658046 File: 10 KB, 200x199, 2002KookaburraSquare.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2658039

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 7 06:39:23 2011 No.2658051 File: 20 KB, 419x440, cake.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] easy, op

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