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From: lab@qubix.UUCP (Q-Bick)
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Subject: Re: Polyhedral dice
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Date: Wed, 19-Sep-84 16:44:45 EDT
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> >Anyone know of any others?

> Check your friendly neighborhood soccer ball.  It is composed of a handfull of
> pentagons surrounded by hexagons.

> rick @ oliven

From a discussion I've had with Roger Noe:
If the pentagons and hexagons were flat, the ball would favor the
pentagons, because if on a pentagon face vs. a hexagon face:
1. The Center of Gravity is closer to the surface
2. The angular movement needed to upset the die is greater.

When the ball becomes a sphere, these differences are removed.
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