Talk:2795: Glass-Topped Table - Revision history

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172.70.162.62 at 09:18, 3 July 2023

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NiceGuy1 at 04:39, 2 July 2023

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NiceGuy1 at 04:26, 2 July 2023

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162.158.34.20 at 22:45, 30 June 2023

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162.158.90.24 at 21:48, 30 June 2023

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162.158.90.25 at 21:48, 30 June 2023

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172.70.214.9 at 21:38, 30 June 2023

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172.70.214.9 at 21:37, 30 June 2023

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 :For me, it'll give something like <code><nowiki>[[Special:Contributions/<<IP Address>>|<<IP Address>>]] <<Time>>, <<Date>>‎ (UTC)</nowiki></code>. For someone with a user account active, it'll be <code><nowiki>[[User:<<Username>>|<<Username>>]] ([[User talk:<<Username>>|talk]]) <<Time>>, <<Date>>‎ (UTC)</nowiki></code> ''unless'' you've messed with your personal profile settings.
 :It doesn't matter much. Best to still have Time and Date. And some form of your Username-related links...  But just FYI. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.162.171|172.70.162.171]] 19:44, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
 Am I the only one who interpreted the glass being part of the edge of the table to mean that there is not actually a bottom to the glass? The tooltip text seems to suggest otherwise, but it is a humorous interpretation. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.26.42|172.71.26.42]] 19:35, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

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 :It most definitely '''''is''''' a glass table, or at least has glass as a top. The diagonal lines on it denote the shine off of the glass. We don't see the leg to help make it evident there IS a top, that the tabletop isn't missing entirely. :) [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 04:26, 2 July 2023 (UTC)
-;True, I suppose that is also another possibility. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.2.191|162.158.2.191]] 04:25, 30 June 2023 (UTC)
+::True, I suppose that is also another possibility. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.2.191|162.158.2.191]] 04:25, 30 June 2023 (UTC)
 The caption states "glass top", so the pun on "table covered with a sheet of glass" and "table with a drinking glass on top" is explicit. Any [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_glass non-transparent] glass would satisfy the first condition (as would the case of a glass insert atop a non-glass surface, mentioned above), and spare Randall the effort of trying to draw in that fourth table leg. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.33.154|172.69.33.154]] 06:28, 30 June 2023 (UTC)
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 ::It is as well that a gentleman holding that attitude towards "accuracy of detail" went into fiction writing and not his original intended career: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle#Medical_career medicine]. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.90.24|162.158.90.24]] 21:48, 30 June 2023 (UTC)
 :::Sir Arthur was always {{w|File:Cottingley_Fairies,_page_463,_The_Strand_Magazine_-_1920_-_Vol.Jul-Dec.jpg|away with the fairies}}, anyway... [[Special:Contributions/162.158.34.20|162.158.34.20]] 22:45, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

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 :Actually, it just looks more like a glass-topped table (a table with [https://www.egw.co.uk/products/6mm-rectangle-toughened-glass-rattan-table-topper a glass pane on top of its wooden/whatever surface]; acting to be more wipe-clean/protective, as well as aesthetic) than a table with a glass top (a glass pane as [https://www.dunelm.com/product/milan-oak-glass-top-coffee-table-1000108238 the entire surface span], held inside the legs-and-edges frame). That, or it ''is'' the latter but the angle of view and background makes the reflection off the surfaces overwhelmingly more dominant than the refracted view through both surfaces and towards(/from) the underside. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.91.53|172.70.91.53]] 03:46, 30 June 2023 (UTC)
-:It most definitely '''''is''''' a glass table. The diagonal lines on it denote the shine off of the glass.[[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 04:26, 2 July 2023 (UTC)
+:It most definitely '''''is''''' a glass table, or at least has glass as a top. The diagonal lines on it denote the shine off of the glass. We don't see the leg to help make it evident there IS a top, that the tabletop isn't missing entirely. :) [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 04:26, 2 July 2023 (UTC)
 ;True, I suppose that is also another possibility. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.2.191|162.158.2.191]] 04:25, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

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 :::Pressurised water... If you have anything hose-like (or it's within range of one of those extensible tap-attachments) then gush water into it and anything not actually stuck to the glass (any really gloopy liquid - like a partly dried old smoothie left there too long that may need a bit of mechanical wiping too) gets diluted and pressured out. (...Onto the floor, unless you are prepared for that.)
 :::A quick rub with a dishcloth can wick up most of what doesn't jump straight back out (you need a quick shut-off to the water supply, ideally, so it doesn't dribble-fill so much, anyway) and if it was hot enough then the last bits of dampness 'self dry'. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.162.159|172.70.162.159]] 01:18, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
 Some of the unpopularity probably comes from it being halfway off of the table, giving you the ever-present feeling that it might fall. [[User:TheLittlePeace|TheLittlePeace]] ([[User talk:TheLittlePeace|talk]]) 19:50, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
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 :Actually, it just looks more like a glass-topped table (a table with [https://www.egw.co.uk/products/6mm-rectangle-toughened-glass-rattan-table-topper a glass pane on top of its wooden/whatever surface]; acting to be more wipe-clean/protective, as well as aesthetic) than a table with a glass top (a glass pane as [https://www.dunelm.com/product/milan-oak-glass-top-coffee-table-1000108238 the entire surface span], held inside the legs-and-edges frame). That, or it ''is'' the latter but the angle of view and background makes the reflection off the surfaces overwhelmingly more dominant than the refracted view through both surfaces and towards(/from) the underside. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.91.53|172.70.91.53]] 03:46, 30 June 2023 (UTC)
 ;True, I suppose that is also another possibility. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.2.191|162.158.2.191]] 04:25, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

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	::It is as well that a gentleman holding that attitude towards "accuracy of detail" went into fiction writing and not his original intended career: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle#Medical_career medicine]. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.90.24\|162.158.90.24]] 21:48, 30 June 2023 (UTC)		::It is as well that a gentleman holding that attitude towards "accuracy of detail" went into fiction writing and not his original intended career: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle#Medical_career medicine]. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.90.24\|162.158.90.24]] 21:48, 30 June 2023 (UTC)
		+	:::Sir Arthur was always {{w\|File:Cottingley_Fairies,_page_463,_The_Strand_Magazine_-_1920_-_Vol.Jul-Dec.jpg\|away with the fairies}}, anyway... [[Special:Contributions/162.158.34.20\|162.158.34.20]] 22:45, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

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	:This earnest discussion of the [https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/draftsmanship draftsmanship] of this cartoon calls to mind a [https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/How_I_Write_My_Books statement] by no less an authority than Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: "... so long as you produce your dramatic effect, accuracy of detail matters little. I have never striven for it and have made some bad mistakes in consequence. What matter If I can hold my readers?" [[Special:Contributions/172.70.214.9\|172.70.214.9]] 21:38, 30 June 2023 (UTC)		:This earnest discussion of the [https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/draftsmanship draftsmanship] of this cartoon calls to mind a [https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/How_I_Write_My_Books statement] by no less an authority than Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: "... so long as you produce your dramatic effect, accuracy of detail matters little. I have never striven for it and have made some bad mistakes in consequence. What matter If I can hold my readers?" [[Special:Contributions/172.70.214.9\|172.70.214.9]] 21:38, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

−	::It is as well that a gentleman holding that attitude towards "accuracy of detail" went into fiction writing and not his original intended career: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle#Medical_career medicine].	+	::It is as well that a gentleman holding that attitude towards "accuracy of detail" went into fiction writing and not his original intended career: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle#Medical_career medicine]. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.90.24\|162.158.90.24]] 21:48, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

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	:This earnest discussion of the [https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/draftsmanship draftsmanship] of this cartoon calls to mind a [https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/How_I_Write_My_Books statement] by no less an authority than Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: "... so long as you produce your dramatic effect, accuracy of detail matters little. I have never striven for it and have made some bad mistakes in consequence. What matter If I can hold my readers?" [[Special:Contributions/172.70.214.9\|172.70.214.9]] 21:38, 30 June 2023 (UTC)		:This earnest discussion of the [https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/draftsmanship draftsmanship] of this cartoon calls to mind a [https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/How_I_Write_My_Books statement] by no less an authority than Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: "... so long as you produce your dramatic effect, accuracy of detail matters little. I have never striven for it and have made some bad mistakes in consequence. What matter If I can hold my readers?" [[Special:Contributions/172.70.214.9\|172.70.214.9]] 21:38, 30 June 2023 (UTC)
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		+	::It is as well that a gentleman holding that attitude towards "accuracy of detail" went into fiction writing and not his original intended career: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle#Medical_career medicine].

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	:It's also clear (no pun intended... but I'll also happily claim it if nobody else wants it!) that we can see the thickness of the 'top' both at the front (where we're obliquely edge on) ''and'' at the rear (where we're seeing the internal 'edge-away'), indicating that it is certainly a transparent(-enough) pane of material of a number of millimetres thickness above whatever opaque material might lie immediately beneath. (And saving complexity of drawing not just thr upper rear bit of leg, but also the rear/second-side frame support and/or any attachment method that isn't just gravity+friction, or maybe adhesive, in action.) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.106\|172.70.90.106]] 07:58, 30 June 2023 (UTC) - PS: I am a little worried, though, that (by sight alone) the upwards trajectory of the mostly hidden leg seems to ''not'' project up to hit the corner of the table as you'd expect. Not much visible length, so might actually be some wriggle-room available to end up where it ought to by assuming a slight amount of skew away from the apparent direction due purely to drawing vaguenesss or an optical illusion, but it does seem that little bit off.		:It's also clear (no pun intended... but I'll also happily claim it if nobody else wants it!) that we can see the thickness of the 'top' both at the front (where we're obliquely edge on) ''and'' at the rear (where we're seeing the internal 'edge-away'), indicating that it is certainly a transparent(-enough) pane of material of a number of millimetres thickness above whatever opaque material might lie immediately beneath. (And saving complexity of drawing not just thr upper rear bit of leg, but also the rear/second-side frame support and/or any attachment method that isn't just gravity+friction, or maybe adhesive, in action.) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.106\|172.70.90.106]] 07:58, 30 June 2023 (UTC) - PS: I am a little worried, though, that (by sight alone) the upwards trajectory of the mostly hidden leg seems to ''not'' project up to hit the corner of the table as you'd expect. Not much visible length, so might actually be some wriggle-room available to end up where it ought to by assuming a slight amount of skew away from the apparent direction due purely to drawing vaguenesss or an optical illusion, but it does seem that little bit off.

−	:This earnest discussion of the [https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/draftsmanship draftsmanship] of this cartoon calls to mind a [https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/How_I_Write_My_Books statement] by no less an authority than Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: "... so long as you produce your dramatic effect, accuracy of detail matters little. I have never striven for it and have made some bad mistakes in consequence. What matter If I can hold my readers?"	+	:This earnest discussion of the [https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/draftsmanship draftsmanship] of this cartoon calls to mind a [https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/How_I_Write_My_Books statement] by no less an authority than Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: "... so long as you produce your dramatic effect, accuracy of detail matters little. I have never striven for it and have made some bad mistakes in consequence. What matter If I can hold my readers?" [[Special:Contributions/172.70.214.9\|172.70.214.9]] 21:38, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

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	The caption states "glass top", so the pun on "table covered with a sheet of glass" and "table with a drinking glass on top" is explicit. Any [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_glass non-transparent] glass would satisfy the first condition (as would the case of a glass insert atop a non-glass surface, mentioned above), and spare Randall the effort of trying to draw in that fourth table leg. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.33.154\|172.69.33.154]] 06:28, 30 June 2023 (UTC)		The caption states "glass top", so the pun on "table covered with a sheet of glass" and "table with a drinking glass on top" is explicit. Any [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_glass non-transparent] glass would satisfy the first condition (as would the case of a glass insert atop a non-glass surface, mentioned above), and spare Randall the effort of trying to draw in that fourth table leg. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.33.154\|172.69.33.154]] 06:28, 30 June 2023 (UTC)
	:It's also clear (no pun intended... but I'll also happily claim it if nobody else wants it!) that we can see the thickness of the 'top' both at the front (where we're obliquely edge on) ''and'' at the rear (where we're seeing the internal 'edge-away'), indicating that it is certainly a transparent(-enough) pane of material of a number of millimetres thickness above whatever opaque material might lie immediately beneath. (And saving complexity of drawing not just thr upper rear bit of leg, but also the rear/second-side frame support and/or any attachment method that isn't just gravity+friction, or maybe adhesive, in action.) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.106\|172.70.90.106]] 07:58, 30 June 2023 (UTC) - PS: I am a little worried, though, that (by sight alone) the upwards trajectory of the mostly hidden leg seems to ''not'' project up to hit the corner of the table as you'd expect. Not much visible length, so might actually be some wriggle-room available to end up where it ought to by assuming a slight amount of skew away from the apparent direction due purely to drawing vaguenesss or an optical illusion, but it does seem that little bit off.		:It's also clear (no pun intended... but I'll also happily claim it if nobody else wants it!) that we can see the thickness of the 'top' both at the front (where we're obliquely edge on) ''and'' at the rear (where we're seeing the internal 'edge-away'), indicating that it is certainly a transparent(-enough) pane of material of a number of millimetres thickness above whatever opaque material might lie immediately beneath. (And saving complexity of drawing not just thr upper rear bit of leg, but also the rear/second-side frame support and/or any attachment method that isn't just gravity+friction, or maybe adhesive, in action.) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.106\|172.70.90.106]] 07:58, 30 June 2023 (UTC) - PS: I am a little worried, though, that (by sight alone) the upwards trajectory of the mostly hidden leg seems to ''not'' project up to hit the corner of the table as you'd expect. Not much visible length, so might actually be some wriggle-room available to end up where it ought to by assuming a slight amount of skew away from the apparent direction due purely to drawing vaguenesss or an optical illusion, but it does seem that little bit off.
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		+	:This earnest discussion of the [https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/draftsmanship draftsmanship] of this cartoon calls to mind a [https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/How_I_Write_My_Books statement] by no less an authority than Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: "... so long as you produce your dramatic effect, accuracy of detail matters little. I have never striven for it and have made some bad mistakes in consequence. What matter If I can hold my readers?"

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	The caption states "glass top", so the pun on "table covered with a sheet of glass" and "table with a drinking glass on top" is explicit. Any [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_glass non-transparent] glass would satisfy the first condition (as would the case of a glass insert atop a non-glass surface, mentioned above), and spare Randall the effort of trying to draw in that fourth table leg. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.33.154\|172.69.33.154]] 06:28, 30 June 2023 (UTC)		The caption states "glass top", so the pun on "table covered with a sheet of glass" and "table with a drinking glass on top" is explicit. Any [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_glass non-transparent] glass would satisfy the first condition (as would the case of a glass insert atop a non-glass surface, mentioned above), and spare Randall the effort of trying to draw in that fourth table leg. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.33.154\|172.69.33.154]] 06:28, 30 June 2023 (UTC)
−	:It's also clear (no pun intended... but I'll also happily claim it if nobody else wants it!) that we can see the thickness of the 'top' both at the front (where we're obliquely edge on) ''and'' at the rear (where we're seeing the internal 'edge-away'), indicating that it is certainly a transparent(-enough) pane of material of a number of millimetres thickness above whatever opaque material might lie immediately beneath. (And saving complexity of drawing not just thr upper rear bit of leg, but also the rear/second-side frame support and/or any attachment method that isn't just gravity+friction, or maybe adhesive, in action.) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.106\|172.70.90.106]] 07:58, 30 June 2023 (UTC)	+	:It's also clear (no pun intended... but I'll also happily claim it if nobody else wants it!) that we can see the thickness of the 'top' both at the front (where we're obliquely edge on) ''and'' at the rear (where we're seeing the internal 'edge-away'), indicating that it is certainly a transparent(-enough) pane of material of a number of millimetres thickness above whatever opaque material might lie immediately beneath. (And saving complexity of drawing not just thr upper rear bit of leg, but also the rear/second-side frame support and/or any attachment method that isn't just gravity+friction, or maybe adhesive, in action.) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.106\|172.70.90.106]] 07:58, 30 June 2023 (UTC) - PS: I am a little worried, though, that (by sight alone) the upwards trajectory of the mostly hidden leg seems to ''not'' project up to hit the corner of the table as you'd expect. Not much visible length, so might actually be some wriggle-room available to end up where it ought to by assuming a slight amount of skew away from the apparent direction due purely to drawing vaguenesss or an optical illusion, but it does seem that little bit off.