machine figure (re)

2008-07-23 Thread Jason mclaughlin
can't a machine always be seen where every part of the machine is one way, for another part to be one way? i mean... say you can take a bunch of parts and have it so each part has only one way to be. then parts can be together, where they fit the way that each part can only be one way for the way

Re: machine figure

2008-07-23 Thread Mark Mielke
Jason mclaughlin wrote: Say pieces on a board, make each a pair with another piece. like... |55|44|66| |44|66|55| so figure out how a piece can move. This is the second post I've seen like this - and no responses. What is the proposed value of this line of thinking? Is there some partic

machine figure

2008-07-23 Thread Jason mclaughlin
Say pieces on a board, make each a pair with another piece. like... |55|44|66| |44|66|55| so figure out how a piece can move. pick any piece, try to move it somewhere. when you move a piece you have to move it's pair at the same time. when you move to a piece it's pair has to move at the same t