The latest episode of Comedy Central's Futurama series, titled
"Lethal Inspection", should be especially amusing for members of
the 4D_Cubing Group. Rebroadcast times in next week: Monday
11:30PM, Tuesday 7:30PM, Thursday 8:30PM - all Central Daylight
Savings Times. (I also believe you can already find a torrent
for this program.) (The introductory Sith Invasion Recreation
segment does not bear on what I consider interesting about this
show.)
Hermes and Bender go to Hermes's cubicle at the Central
Bureaucracy. In the Cubicle Room, we find what could be regarded
as a 3D presentation an order-3 6-pile. I.e., a 3x3x3 x 3x3x3
pile of cubicles. More specifically, it is a 3x3x3 pile of 3x3x3
piles of cubicles. If we call the 3x3x3 piles of cubicles
"pods", then the 3x3 slices of pods in the pile of pods can be
twisted and the 3x3 slices of cubicles in any of the pods can
also be twisted. It is not entirely analogous to a 6D analogue
Rubik's Cube because the cubicles always retain their upwards
orientation. (The animation of the pod twists does not show this
quite correctly.) Furthermore, a twist in a pod is not applied
uniformly to all pods, as would be required for a faithful
analogy to the order-3 6-puzzle. Nevertheless, it is an
interesting animation to observe. One may wonder how the idea
was conceived.
The show also includes more amusing in-jokes than usual for us
techies.
Regards,
David V.
I don't have cable, but that's pretty cool. Anyways, I thought you were goi=
ng to say the entire thing was 4-d lolz
--- In 4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com, "David Vanderschel"
>
> The latest episode of Comedy Central's Futurama series, titled=20
> "Lethal Inspection", should be especially amusing for members of=20
> the 4D_Cubing Group. Rebroadcast times in next week: Monday=20
> 11:30PM, Tuesday 7:30PM, Thursday 8:30PM - all Central Daylight=20
> Savings Times. (I also believe you can already find a torrent=20
> for this program.) (The introductory Sith Invasion Recreation=20
> segment does not bear on what I consider interesting about this=20
> show.)
>=20
> Hermes and Bender go to Hermes's cubicle at the Central=20
> Bureaucracy. In the Cubicle Room, we find what could be regarded=20
> as a 3D presentation an order-3 6-pile. I.e., a 3x3x3 x 3x3x3=20
> pile of cubicles. More specifically, it is a 3x3x3 pile of 3x3x3=20
> piles of cubicles. If we call the 3x3x3 piles of cubicles=20
> "pods", then the 3x3 slices of pods in the pile of pods can be=20
> twisted and the 3x3 slices of cubicles in any of the pods can=20
> also be twisted. It is not entirely analogous to a 6D analogue=20
> Rubik's Cube because the cubicles always retain their upwards=20
> orientation. (The animation of the pod twists does not show this=20
> quite correctly.) Furthermore, a twist in a pod is not applied=20
> uniformly to all pods, as would be required for a faithful=20
> analogy to the order-3 6-puzzle. Nevertheless, it is an=20
> interesting animation to observe. One may wonder how the idea=20
> was conceived.
>=20
> The show also includes more amusing in-jokes than usual for us=20
> techies.
>=20
> Regards,
> David V.
>
I found the specific scene online: http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/ind=
ex.jhtml?videoId=3D342436&title=3Dcentral-bureaucracy . It does have some =
analogies to a 3^6 magic cube...the initial four twists being n-1 dimension=
al faces, and the last three are 2-d twists. Like you said (I think), it's=
not completely analogous to a 3^6 magic cube...whether you use the n-1 fac=
e definition of a twist or mine. i.e. some n-1 faces can't be twisted cert=
ain ways, and the 9x1x1 sections of cubicles can't be twisted...unless they=
made a lot more space. Nonetheless, very funny and interesting to watch.
Twist and shout,
Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: "deustfrr"
To: "4D Cubing" <4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 8:19:59 AM
Subject: [MC4D] Re: Recommended TV: new Futurama
I don't have cable, but that's pretty cool. Anyways, I thought you were goi=
ng to say the entire thing was 4-d lolz=20
--- In 4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com , "David Vanderschel"
>=20
> The latest episode of Comedy Central's Futurama series, titled=20
> "Lethal Inspection", should be especially amusing for members of=20
> the 4D_Cubing Group. Rebroadcast times in next week: Monday=20
> 11:30PM, Tuesday 7:30PM, Thursday 8:30PM - all Central Daylight=20
> Savings Times. (I also believe you can already find a torrent=20
> for this program.) (The introductory Sith Invasion Recreation=20
> segment does not bear on what I consider interesting about this=20
> show.)=20
>=20
> Hermes and Bender go to Hermes's cubicle at the Central=20
> Bureaucracy. In the Cubicle Room, we find what could be regarded=20
> as a 3D presentation an order-3 6-pile. I.e., a 3x3x3 x 3x3x3=20
> pile of cubicles. More specifically, it is a 3x3x3 pile of 3x3x3=20
> piles of cubicles. If we call the 3x3x3 piles of cubicles=20
> "pods", then the 3x3 slices of pods in the pile of pods can be=20
> twisted and the 3x3 slices of cubicles in any of the pods can=20
> also be twisted. It is not entirely analogous to a 6D analogue=20
> Rubik's Cube because the cubicles always retain their upwards=20
> orientation. (The animation of the pod twists does not show this=20
> quite correctly.) Furthermore, a twist in a pod is not applied=20
> uniformly to all pods, as would be required for a faithful=20
> analogy to the order-3 6-puzzle. Nevertheless, it is an=20
> interesting animation to observe. One may wonder how the idea=20
> was conceived.=20
>=20
> The show also includes more amusing in-jokes than usual for us=20
> techies.=20
>=20
> Regards,=20
> David V.=20
>=20
OK, that's just too much of a coincidence! I suspect that one of our
members is either Matt Groening or David X. Cohen and was inspired by
our discussions regarding fractal cubes a couple of months ago. If so,
please expose yourself so that we can worship you properly!
It's interesting to see how they solved the intersection problems by
expanding the puzzle prior to twisting. I also think it was funny that
the moves it chose were very inefficient for the purpose of making
Hermes' cubicle accessible. That makes sense because you wouldn't expect
the Central Bureaucracy to be very efficient at all.
Thanks for finding and sharing the exact clip, Andy!
-Melinda
Andrew James Gould wrote:
> I found the specific scene online: http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=342436&title=central-bureaucracy . It does have some analogies to a 3^6 magic cube...the initial four twists being n-1 dimensional faces, and the last three are 2-d twists. Like you said (I think), it's not completely analogous to a 3^6 magic cube...whether you use the n-1 face definition of a twist or mine. i.e. some n-1 faces can't be twisted certain ways, and the 9x1x1 sections of cubicles can't be twisted...unless they made a lot more space. Nonetheless, very funny and interesting to watch.
>
> Twist and shout,
> Andy
>