Comments on: The Problem with Dollars http://origami.oschene.com/archives/2006/06/03/the-problem-with-dollars/ A Folder's Intermittent Weblog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:55:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: oschene http://origami.oschene.com/archives/2006/06/03/the-problem-with-dollars/comment-page-1/#comment-1109 oschene Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:26:58 +0000 http://origami.oschene.com/2006/06/03/the-problem-with-dollars/#comment-1109 Sure, come on by. I live in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Sure, come on by. I live in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

]]> By: tk http://origami.oschene.com/archives/2006/06/03/the-problem-with-dollars/comment-page-1/#comment-1108 tk Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:44:35 +0000 http://origami.oschene.com/2006/06/03/the-problem-with-dollars/#comment-1108 can u teach me step by step to do a donut plz can u teach me step by step to do a donut plz

]]> By: tk http://origami.oschene.com/archives/2006/06/03/the-problem-with-dollars/comment-page-1/#comment-1107 tk Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:43:50 +0000 http://origami.oschene.com/2006/06/03/the-problem-with-dollars/#comment-1107 can u teach me step by step to fo,d that can u teach me step by step to fo,d that

]]> By: Soren Werk http://origami.oschene.com/archives/2006/06/03/the-problem-with-dollars/comment-page-1/#comment-250 Soren Werk Thu, 03 Aug 2006 15:08:41 +0000 http://origami.oschene.com/2006/06/03/the-problem-with-dollars/#comment-250 "The bill is 10? inches by 4? inches (or 291.5 centiliters, for those of you using the système vichyssoise d'unités)" Inches x inches cannot be converted to liters - which is a measure of space - not area. Inches x inches convert to square centimeters. I get 10? inches by 4? inches to be 304.8 square centimeters. So maybe I should try folding a euro. “The bill is 10? inches by 4? inches (or 291.5 centiliters, for those of you using the système vichyssoise d’unités)”

Inches x inches cannot be converted to liters – which is a measure of space – not area. Inches x inches convert to square centimeters. I get 10? inches by 4? inches to be 304.8 square centimeters.

So maybe I should try folding a euro.

]]> By: oschene http://origami.oschene.com/archives/2006/06/03/the-problem-with-dollars/comment-page-1/#comment-251 oschene Thu, 03 Aug 2006 15:08:00 +0000 http://origami.oschene.com/2006/06/03/the-problem-with-dollars/#comment-251 The mockery of the French measurement system is a given on this blog, though sometimes the humor doesn't translate well. Not that that will stop me. Newtons, hectares...bah, humbug. The mockery of the French measurement system is a given on this blog, though sometimes the humor doesn’t translate well.

Not that that will stop me. Newtons, hectares…bah, humbug.

]]> By: oschene http://origami.oschene.com/archives/2006/06/03/the-problem-with-dollars/comment-page-1/#comment-249 oschene Thu, 03 Aug 2006 09:08:54 +0000 http://origami.oschene.com/2006/06/03/the-problem-with-dollars/#comment-249 Yes, it is - but I don't think you'd have enough room to make a chain of them. And a chain would be kind of cool. Need a new design for that. Yes, it is – but I don’t think you’d have enough room to make a chain of them. And a chain would be kind of cool. Need a new design for that.

]]> By: Mike http://origami.oschene.com/archives/2006/06/03/the-problem-with-dollars/comment-page-1/#comment-248 Mike Thu, 03 Aug 2006 02:08:30 +0000 http://origami.oschene.com/2006/06/03/the-problem-with-dollars/#comment-248 Would it be possible to fold two "Dollar Donuts" that are linked? Each of them passing right through the hole of the other? Would it be possible to fold two “Dollar Donuts” that are linked? Each of them passing right through the hole of the other?

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