June 25, 2012 - A Penny for your Thoughts

CaliforniaMama · 06-25-2012, 11:44 AM

From Floor and Decor.

Here's another image showing it being laid out.

ToastyOhs · 06-25-2012, 12:02 PM

Find a penny pick it up...

This might take a while.

Sheldonrs · 06-25-2012, 12:51 PM

It's common cents.

CaliforniaMama · 06-26-2012, 09:23 AM

Oh, yeah: Thanks classicman.

I couldn't get your original image to copy as an image. It says it's a part of a video.

classicman · 06-26-2012, 09:33 AM

no prob.. here ya go.

classicman · 06-26-2012, 09:34 AM

Hey Kerosene - Does that father in the pic look like anyone you know?

Probably not to you, but I did a double-take when I first saw it on my news feed.

classicman · 06-26-2012, 09:36 AM

Another fun fact, math nerds please verify....
I read that the cost per sq ft. was $2.58 in pennies.
GO!

Lamplighter · 06-26-2012, 10:38 AM

The diameter of a US penny is 0.750 inches, so it's area is 0.4415 sq in.
A 1x1 ft square has an area of 144 sq in.

The pattern for maximum packing of US pennies in a 1x1 ft square
is left as a simple mind-exercise for the Reader...

Mathematics

Quote:

Is there a simple equation that can be used to show how many circles of radius (r)
can be packed into the rectangle (l x w), in the optimal way? So that no circles overlap.
(r is less than both l and w).

...And it seems the answer is "we don't really know"

BigV · 06-26-2012, 10:41 AM

I would ask why you insist on packing a square foot of pennies in a shape that is a square? To my mind, a square foot of pennies could be much more reasonably accommodated in a hexagon.

Lamplighter · 06-26-2012, 10:44 AM

because your parents were honeybees ?

BigV · 06-26-2012, 10:46 AM

because circles pack well in hexagons

infinite monkey · 06-26-2012, 10:47 AM

Maybe he grew up in Hex House.

BigV · 06-26-2012, 10:49 AM

Oh, bee hive!

infinite monkey · 06-26-2012, 10:53 AM

Squashing my buzz.

Perry Winkle · 06-26-2012, 10:54 AM

I want a DIY guide. How do you seal those down? We have wood laminate floors now, could you do it on top of that?

06-25-2012, 11:44 AM	#1
CaliforniaMama I wonder . . . Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Left Coast, a pretty good place to be. Posts: 1,278	June 25, 2012 - A Penny for your Thoughts From Floor and Decor. Here's another image showing it being laid out.

06-25-2012, 12:51 PM	#3
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	It's common cents. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

06-26-2012, 09:23 AM	#4
CaliforniaMama I wonder . . . Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Left Coast, a pretty good place to be. Posts: 1,278	Oh, yeah: Thanks classicman. I couldn't get your original image to copy as an image. It says it's a part of a video. __________________ Take time for silence. You never know what you might hear.

06-26-2012, 09:33 AM	#5
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	no prob.. here ya go. Attached Images __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

06-26-2012, 09:34 AM	#6
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Hey Kerosene - Does that father in the pic look like anyone you know? Probably not to you, but I did a double-take when I first saw it on my news feed. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

06-25-2012, 12:02 PM	#2
ToastyOhs Discontinued Breakfast Food Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Coastal Maine, USA Posts: 58	Find a penny pick it up... This might take a while.

06-26-2012, 09:36 AM	#7
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Another fun fact, math nerds please verify.... I read that the cost per sq ft. was $2.58 in pennies. GO! __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

06-26-2012, 10:41 AM	#9
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I would ask why you insist on packing a square foot of pennies in a shape that is a square? To my mind, a square foot of pennies could be much more reasonably accommodated in a hexagon. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

06-26-2012, 10:44 AM	#10
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	because your parents were honeybees ?

06-26-2012, 10:46 AM	#11
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	because circles pack well in hexagons __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

06-26-2012, 10:47 AM	#12
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Maybe he grew up in Hex House. Attached Images

06-26-2012, 10:49 AM	#13
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Oh, bee hive! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

06-26-2012, 10:53 AM	#14
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Squashing my buzz.

06-26-2012, 10:54 AM	#15
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	I want a DIY guide. How do you seal those down? We have wood laminate floors now, could you do it on top of that?

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