Talk:1183: Rose Petals - Revision history

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	Kind of late, but in the 3rd slide the way the roomba goes around the stack of books is the specific to the roomba (following a wall/object for a little while then leaving it), though it isn't in the explanation I think it would be a good idea to have it in there since it helps a lot to explain it. {{unsigned ip\|162.158.59.142}}		Kind of late, but in the 3rd slide the way the roomba goes around the stack of books is the specific to the roomba (following a wall/object for a little while then leaving it), though it isn't in the explanation I think it would be a good idea to have it in there since it helps a lot to explain it. {{unsigned ip\|162.158.59.142}}

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	Kind of late, but in the 3rd slide the way the roomba goes around the stack of books is the specific to the roomba (following a wall/object for a little while then leaving it), though it isn't in the explanation I think it would be a good idea to have it in there since it helps a lot to explain it. {{unsigned ip\|162.158.59.142}}		Kind of late, but in the 3rd slide the way the roomba goes around the stack of books is the specific to the roomba (following a wall/object for a little while then leaving it), though it isn't in the explanation I think it would be a good idea to have it in there since it helps a lot to explain it. {{unsigned ip\|162.158.59.142}}
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 Wouldn't there need to be some extension cord "tail" on the robo-rose-roomba to power the fan? That appears to be a full-size electric fan, which AFAIK do not come in battery-powered versions, but require 120V AC (in the US). [[Special:Contributions/71.201.53.130|71.201.53.130]] 21:02, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
 : One assumes some suspension of disbelief is called for, including the reprogramming of the device mentioned elsewhere, the ability for the thing to be able to carry that much additional weight, the thought that the fan wouldn't just blow all the petals out of the hopper at one time, etc.  Among that would be the elimination of an external power source. -- [[User:IronyChef|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef|talk]]) 15:59, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
 I'm wondering where everyone is getting the assumption that the "woman" was someone that he was trying to woo--given that the rose petals are left for him and not the other way around--and not someone (a woman?) pulling a practical joke.  The title text makes sense in the context of "you tried to pull a joke on me, but it turns out the joke is on you".  I'm curious as to how many roses it would take to produce that many petals (I have never actually seen roses).  Those assuming that he's trying to woo a woman seem to presuppose that he sent the flowers.  I'm wondering if the amount of flowers it would take are an amount typical of a bouquet. [[Special:Contributions/76.106.251.87|76.106.251.87]] 23:20, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

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	I sort of assumed the Roomba was having a fling with the computerized hamster ball, or the server, or one of the other weird pet-like devices around the house... am I wrong? [[Special:Contributions/174.239.192.61\|174.239.192.61]] 04:22, 9 September 2013 (UTC)		I sort of assumed the Roomba was having a fling with the computerized hamster ball, or the server, or one of the other weird pet-like devices around the house... am I wrong? [[Special:Contributions/174.239.192.61\|174.239.192.61]] 04:22, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

−	Kind of late, but in the 3rd slide the way the roomba goes around the stack of books is the specific to the roomba (following a wall/object for a little while then leaving it), though it isn't in the explanation I think it would be a good idea to have it in there since it helps a lot to explain it.	+	Kind of late, but in the 3rd slide the way the roomba goes around the stack of books is the specific to the roomba (following a wall/object for a little while then leaving it), though it isn't in the explanation I think it would be a good idea to have it in there since it helps a lot to explain it. {{unsigned ip\|162.158.59.142}}

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	I sort of assumed the Roomba was having a fling with the computerized hamster ball, or the server, or one of the other weird pet-like devices around the house... am I wrong? [[Special:Contributions/174.239.192.61\|174.239.192.61]] 04:22, 9 September 2013 (UTC)		I sort of assumed the Roomba was having a fling with the computerized hamster ball, or the server, or one of the other weird pet-like devices around the house... am I wrong? [[Special:Contributions/174.239.192.61\|174.239.192.61]] 04:22, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
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		+	Kind of late, but in the 3rd slide the way the roomba goes around the stack of books is the specific to the roomba (following a wall/object for a little while then leaving it), though it isn't in the explanation I think it would be a good idea to have it in there since it helps a lot to explain it.

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	:Extrapolating beyond any facts in the strip, I could see this being one of Megan's impish pranks, taking some meaning-laden social ritual and standing it on its head. Cueball, the intended recipient of such expectations defied, instead sees it as an opportunity to see where a (literal) {{w\|Random walk}} would take him. I knew colleagues who routinely engaged in activities such as "If I get in this lane, and follow it to its conclusion, where will I end up?" Some choices are deterministic ("right lane must turn right" or "left lane must turn left") and others random ("one lane splits into two, take the __ one"). They generally go until a destination is arrived at (typically a ''cul-de-sac'' or end of street (say, the base of a T intersection) or some other sink (a roundabout, for example) or after having gone farther than some maximum distance. -- [[User:IronyChef\|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef\|talk]]) 15:45, 9 March 2013 (UTC)		:Extrapolating beyond any facts in the strip, I could see this being one of Megan's impish pranks, taking some meaning-laden social ritual and standing it on its head. Cueball, the intended recipient of such expectations defied, instead sees it as an opportunity to see where a (literal) {{w\|Random walk}} would take him. I knew colleagues who routinely engaged in activities such as "If I get in this lane, and follow it to its conclusion, where will I end up?" Some choices are deterministic ("right lane must turn right" or "left lane must turn left") and others random ("one lane splits into two, take the __ one"). They generally go until a destination is arrived at (typically a ''cul-de-sac'' or end of street (say, the base of a T intersection) or some other sink (a roundabout, for example) or after having gone farther than some maximum distance. -- [[User:IronyChef\|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef\|talk]]) 15:45, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
	:(PS) ... The typical bouquet is 2 dozen, though 5 dozen are sometimes given. Five dozen rozes' petals plucked might begin to fill a box that size, but it could require considerably more. -- [[User:IronyChef\|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef\|talk]]) 15:59, 9 March 2013 (UTC)		:(PS) ... The typical bouquet is 2 dozen, though 5 dozen are sometimes given. Five dozen rozes' petals plucked might begin to fill a box that size, but it could require considerably more. -- [[User:IronyChef\|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef\|talk]]) 15:59, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
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		+	I sort of assumed the Roomba was having a fling with the computerized hamster ball, or the server, or one of the other weird pet-like devices around the house... am I wrong? [[Special:Contributions/174.239.192.61\|174.239.192.61]] 04:22, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

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 :: Ok, having skimmed the Wikipedia page on Roomba, the books were likely strategically placed to force it to turn, although it (presumably) could have also chosen to turn right instead of left as it did.  In regards to the curb to the street, Roomba does try to avoid falling down stairs, my guess is that the curb is treated like a stair and thus the Roomba will turn left or right.  Again, it probably could have chosen to turn the opposite direction when reaching the street (so yeah, probably the woman programmed its behavior, Schmammel).  Nor does this explain why it wouldn't try to backtrack and clean up the rose petals it just laid.  Also, isn't it totally possible that the woman would did this programmed to Roomba to lead Cueball to her at some other location?  Finally, I feel like Randall should have run this one on Valentine's Day (either the 13th or the 15th since 14th wasn't MWF this year). [[User:mattsinc|mattsinc]] ([[User talk:mattsinc|talk]]) 20:05, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
 :::No.  I think Randall timed it rather well: roughly equidistant twixt Valentine's Day and April Fools (first of April.) -- [[User:IronyChef|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef|talk]]) 15:59, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
 LOVELY evening with a vacuum-cleaner? What could go wrong?
 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15759810 {{unsigned|212.149.48.44}}

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	I'm wondering where everyone is getting the assumption that the "woman" was someone that he was trying to woo--given that the rose petals are left for him and not the other way around--and not someone (a woman?) pulling a practical joke. The title text makes sense in the context of "you tried to pull a joke on me, but it turns out the joke is on you". I'm curious as to how many roses it would take to produce that many petals (I have never actually seen roses). Those assuming that he's trying to woo a woman seem to presuppose that he sent the flowers. I'm wondering if the amount of flowers it would take are an amount typical of a bouquet. [[Special:Contributions/76.106.251.87\|76.106.251.87]] 23:20, 8 March 2013 (UTC)		I'm wondering where everyone is getting the assumption that the "woman" was someone that he was trying to woo--given that the rose petals are left for him and not the other way around--and not someone (a woman?) pulling a practical joke. The title text makes sense in the context of "you tried to pull a joke on me, but it turns out the joke is on you". I'm curious as to how many roses it would take to produce that many petals (I have never actually seen roses). Those assuming that he's trying to woo a woman seem to presuppose that he sent the flowers. I'm wondering if the amount of flowers it would take are an amount typical of a bouquet. [[Special:Contributions/76.106.251.87\|76.106.251.87]] 23:20, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
		+	:Extrapolating beyond any facts in the strip, I could see this being one of Megan's impish pranks, taking some meaning-laden social ritual and standing it on its head. Cueball, the intended recipient of such expectations defied, instead sees it as an opportunity to see where a (literal) {{w\|Random walk}} would take him. I knew colleagues who routinely engaged in activities such as "If I get in this lane, and follow it to its conclusion, where will I end up?" Some choices are deterministic ("right lane must turn right" or "left lane must turn left") and others random ("one lane splits into two, take the __ one"). They generally go until a destination is arrived at (typically a ''cul-de-sac'' or end of street (say, the base of a T intersection) or some other sink (a roundabout, for example) or after having gone farther than some maximum distance. -- [[User:IronyChef\|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef\|talk]]) 15:45, 9 March 2013 (UTC)