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A square peg in a round hole, or a round peg in a square hole?
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Well...both.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1c7erl_qi-xl-h01-hodge-podge_fun[^] SFW, look at 24:25 secs onwards for what I mean.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Alas if I were to click on that I believe that this angry screen would pop up and my name would go on a list yet again. They're very sensitive here.
'Daily motion', am I the only one who thinks of bowel movements?
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Ah. And you'll be hauled off to the naughty step...
Take a cylinder, as tall as it is wide.
Cut two wedges off it, so it has a triangular profile, but a round bottom.
It will now fit through a round hole, a square hole, and a triangular hole, provided they all have the same "height".
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Well if you are going to bodge it and have a heavy enough hammer either?
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Square peg in round hole area ratio is:
2*r^2/pi*r^2 = 0.6366
Round peg in square hole area ratio is :
pi*r^2/4*r^2 = 0.78529
where r is radius circle.
Therefore I submit a round peg in square hole is better fit.
I can't speak from personal experience,
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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Nice. If this were Q&A your answer would be accepted.
Now, why did I need to know that?
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Rob Philpott wrote: If this were Q&A your answer would be accepted.
Are you sure.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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No, 3 other people would copy and paste the exact same answer in the hope that THEY would get the points... 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
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... except I think the area of the square peg in a round hole is half what you think:
diagonal of square = 2r
using Pythagoras:
side = √((2r)2/2) = √2r
area = √2r * √2r = 2r2
I think [missed final 2]
modified 4-Jun-14 5:58am.
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2r does not produce area.
Area of the square within circle is diagonal^2/2 == (2r)^2/2
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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I fixed my answer, still not 4r2
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: still not 4r2
Agree 4*r^2/2
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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I read this initially as "I can speak from personal experience."
I was about to ask you to expand on this and then realised that you used "Can't" and not can.
Quite frankly I feel a bit disappointed.
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
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As developers we recommends the square peg in the square peg (as well the round peg in the round hole). However you could obtain more interesting answers from project managers.
Veni, vidi, vici.
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CPallini wrote: As developers we recommends the square peg in the square peg
I don't. 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I know you already are on the Dilbert route. 
Veni, vidi, vici.
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Nah, I just thing pegs fit better in holes, that's all...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Peg to peg, peg to hole, hole to hole.
Whatever they decide is right for them is fine by me, I just want them to be happy.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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hole to peg.
They decided.
Veni, vidi, vici.
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Secret Service want a Sarcasm Detector to aid in threat detection
Clicky for El Reg[^]
Yeah, that will be really useful.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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They want to identify dimwit tweeters? Yeah, like that's going to work!
(Actually it's pretty easy: it's nearly all of them)
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Quote: (Actually it's pretty easy: it's nearly all of them)
They are not questioning your messages 
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I see what you did there! 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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There's an app[^] for that.
If first you don't succeed, hide all evidence you ever tried!
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