Comments on: Hex-nut-shaped ring is a six-sided die http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/hex-nut-shaped-ring-is-a-six-s.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 08:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/hex-nut-shaped-ring-is-a-six-s.html#comment-1453775 Antinous / Moderator Tue, 19 Jun 2012 21:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166711#comment-1453775 Die, please. Die, please.

]]> By: Chuk http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/hex-nut-shaped-ring-is-a-six-s.html#comment-1453751 Chuk Tue, 19 Jun 2012 21:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166711#comment-1453751 Can everyone please stop saying 'a dice'? It burnsss.... Can everyone please stop saying ‘a dice’? It burnsss….

]]> By: Chentzilla http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/hex-nut-shaped-ring-is-a-six-s.html#comment-1453227 Chentzilla Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166711#comment-1453227 Put on finger, cut the finger, roll the finger. Put on finger, cut the finger, roll the finger.

]]> By: dagfooyo http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/hex-nut-shaped-ring-is-a-six-s.html#comment-1452978 dagfooyo Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166711#comment-1452978 Nicely done.  Yours looks like it works a lot better than the one Cory linked to.  Mainly 'cause it's a lot thicker. Nicely done.  Yours looks like it works a lot better than the one Cory linked to.  Mainly ’cause it’s a lot thicker.

]]> By: Abraham Neddermann http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/hex-nut-shaped-ring-is-a-six-s.html#comment-1452929 Abraham Neddermann Mon, 18 Jun 2012 23:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166711#comment-1452929 Sorry to say that that is nothing new. Back in 2010 I made a 20 sided ring that works perfectly fine, as it self rights when thrown too (unless you drop it dead, of course) http://www.dicecreator.com/2010/08/06/larry-nivens-d20/ Sorry to say that that is nothing new. Back in 2010 I made a 20 sided ring that works perfectly fine, as it self rights when thrown too (unless you drop it dead, of course)

http://www.dicecreator.com/2010/08/06/larry-nivens-d20/

]]> By: Hanglyman http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/hex-nut-shaped-ring-is-a-six-s.html#comment-1452881 Hanglyman Mon, 18 Jun 2012 23:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166711#comment-1452881  Yeah, looks to me like you'll be rolling a zero most of the time.  Yeah, looks to me like you’ll be rolling a zero most of the time.

]]> By: jimh http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/hex-nut-shaped-ring-is-a-six-s.html#comment-1452870 jimh Mon, 18 Jun 2012 22:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166711#comment-1452870  Maybe just don't look at it, being careful not to "feel" the indents, and turn it a few times on your finger. Then look at the result?  Maybe just don’t look at it, being careful not to “feel” the indents, and turn it a few times on your finger. Then look at the result?

]]> By: Maclaine http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/hex-nut-shaped-ring-is-a-six-s.html#comment-1452851 Maclaine Mon, 18 Jun 2012 22:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166711#comment-1452851 You could easily convince me that the headline of this article was auto-created by some sort of Boing Boing Article Generator. It's the boingboingiest. You could easily convince me that the headline of this article was auto-created by some sort of Boing Boing Article Generator. It’s the boingboingiest.

]]> By: Sam Archer http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/hex-nut-shaped-ring-is-a-six-s.html#comment-1452816 Sam Archer Mon, 18 Jun 2012 22:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166711#comment-1452816 My first thought was that you could roll it and it MIGHT stay on its side, but it seems unlikely.  Tungsten rings are pretty awesome, I concur. My first thought was that you could roll it and it MIGHT stay on its side, but it seems unlikely.  Tungsten rings are pretty awesome, I concur.

]]> By: dragonfrog http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/hex-nut-shaped-ring-is-a-six-s.html#comment-1452784 dragonfrog Mon, 18 Jun 2012 21:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166711#comment-1452784 You could spin it around a pencil, and drop that. You could spin it around a pencil, and drop that.

]]> By: Nonentity http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/hex-nut-shaped-ring-is-a-six-s.html#comment-1452758 Nonentity Mon, 18 Jun 2012 21:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166711#comment-1452758  Maybe you pick a direction and use the number that's pointing the most in that direction when it falls? I'd imagine it would be possible to roll it without falling too, but the direction method might be a little less fiddly.  Maybe you pick a direction and use the number that’s pointing the most in that direction when it falls?

I’d imagine it would be possible to roll it without falling too, but the direction method might be a little less fiddly.

]]> By: winkybb http://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/hex-nut-shaped-ring-is-a-six-s.html#comment-1452749 winkybb Mon, 18 Jun 2012 21:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166711#comment-1452749 I can't imagine it would work as a dice. Wouldn't it just fall over? Looks good, though. But I still find it hard to beat my plain $30 Tungsten Carbide wedding ring. Flawless. And inexpensive. I can’t imagine it would work as a dice. Wouldn’t it just fall over? Looks good, though. But I still find it hard to beat my plain $30 Tungsten Carbide wedding ring. Flawless. And inexpensive.

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