Guest blaze13 Posted January 28, 2004 Posted January 28, 2004 Why don't they use rectangular prisms for dice?
atinymonkey Posted January 28, 2004 Posted January 28, 2004 They do, just they are not traditional. I think they may be easier to cheat with, as you could angle a throw to bring up numbers from only one side of a prism. Plus, a square is cheaper to produce.
aommaster Posted January 29, 2004 Posted January 29, 2004 hmm.... it won't be fair, cause the landing on the rectangular faces is of a higher probability that on the square faces.
Neurocomp2003 Posted January 29, 2004 Posted January 29, 2004 i doubt an rectangular dice would even roll. What about a spherical dice? never see any of those
aommaster Posted January 29, 2004 Posted January 29, 2004 well, i actually have one of those!! REALLY!! I bought them when i went to England. It really can (notice i said 'can') be played with. It has a little ball inside it which gives it a weight to stop at a point. I haven't broken it! If u just jingle it a little you can here a 'tick, tick' sound, so that is my hunch!
YT2095 Posted January 29, 2004 Posted January 29, 2004 sounds like loaded dice to me, but the weight`s come loose I was thinking about a "rectangular prism" the only thing I came up with as a picture was a standard prism, 5 sides, a triangular cross section and squared at the ends, making a front veiw look like a rectangle, but wouldn`t you need 2 of them for all 6 numbers? and then what do you do if one rolls a 3 and the other 6 LOL
JaKiri Posted January 29, 2004 Posted January 29, 2004 I'd suspect that the spherical die (it's not dice fellas, that's the plural) of, say, 20 sides would have a 20 sided interior, and the weight comes to rest on one of them. A rectangular die would roll, just not as well or as much.
JaKiri Posted January 29, 2004 Posted January 29, 2004 YT2095 said in post # :I was thinking about a "rectangular prism" the only thing I came up with as a picture was a standard prism, 5 sides, a triangular cross section and squared at the ends, making a front veiw look like a rectangle, but wouldn`t you need 2 of them for all 6 numbers? and then what do you do if one rolls a 3 and the other 6 LOL A rectangular prism is a cuboid. There's even a picture of one IN THE THREAD.
aommaster Posted January 30, 2004 Posted January 30, 2004 YT2095 said:sounds like loaded dice to me, but the weight`s come loose Take a look at the diagram! I think u misunderstood me!
aommaster Posted January 30, 2004 Posted January 30, 2004 here's what is REALLY looks like (i managed to find it!)
JaKiri Posted January 30, 2004 Posted January 30, 2004 Oh, and don't forget that normal dice are rectangular prisms too.
JaKiri Posted January 30, 2004 Posted January 30, 2004 To generalise, normal dice are always regular solids.
aommaster Posted January 30, 2004 Posted January 30, 2004 hmmmm.... what do u think of my spherical dice. Pretty awkward isn't it?
JaKiri Posted January 30, 2004 Posted January 30, 2004 aommaster said in post # :hmmmm.... what do u think of my spherical dice. Pretty awkward isn't it? Spherical die. And I've seen them before.
aommaster Posted January 30, 2004 Posted January 30, 2004 sorry, i keep on saying dice!!!! i have other shaped ones as well, i have a triangular one and some other shapes!
JaKiri Posted January 30, 2004 Posted January 30, 2004 aommaster said in post # :sorry, i keep on saying dice!!!! i have other shaped ones as well, i have a triangular one and some other shapes! Tetrahedral, technically. AKA a D4.
aommaster Posted January 30, 2004 Posted January 30, 2004 hmmmm... have a look at this site http://www.mathpuzzle.com/Fairdice.htm have a look and tell me what u think
JaKiri Posted January 30, 2004 Posted January 30, 2004 aommaster said in post # :hmmmm... have a look at this site http://www.mathpuzzle.com/Fairdice.htm have a look and tell me what u think What about it?
aommaster Posted January 30, 2004 Posted January 30, 2004 it has all the possible shapes to make a dice fair. Pretty interesting to me!
Fluent in Lies Posted March 29, 2004 Posted March 29, 2004 hmm.... it won't be fair' date=' cause the landing on the rectangular faces is of a higher probability that on the square faces. [/quote'] really, you think, give him a medal -2
wolfson Posted March 29, 2004 Posted March 29, 2004 MD did you want me to expalin probabilities to you?
aommaster Posted March 29, 2004 Posted March 29, 2004 No thank you IT all depends on the surface area of each face, that's all to make it simple!
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