Comments on: Morris: Futurama – Prisoner of Benda http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2010/10/morris-futurama-prisoner-of-benda/ The Math Factor Podcast Site Fri, 08 Aug 2014 12:52:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.25 By: Dan http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2010/10/morris-futurama-prisoner-of-benda/comment-page-1/#comment-832 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:42:32 +0000 http://mathfactor.uark.edu/?p=1126#comment-832 Hi steven – I agree with your assessment.

]]> By: Stephen Morris http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2010/10/morris-futurama-prisoner-of-benda/comment-page-1/#comment-830 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 01:06:14 +0000 http://mathfactor.uark.edu/?p=1126#comment-830 Yup,  these cycles really are incredibly powerful, almost magical.  Your ‘key party’ puzzle would certainly get peoples’ minds back in two rounds.

You are quite right, it’s best we don’t continue the buttocks meme.  Two buttocks are a plentiful sufficiency (as my grandmother used to say about food).  Any more than two is likely to attract tutting.

That’s been my experience anyway.

]]> By: jyoak http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2010/10/morris-futurama-prisoner-of-benda/comment-page-1/#comment-829 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 00:31:03 +0000 http://mathfactor.uark.edu/?p=1126#comment-829 This is really cool.  I’m glad Futurama was involved as otherwise you might have been tempted to rig it as another extension to these:

http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2009/10/morris-living-with-crazy-buttocks/

http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2009/11/yoak-more-goings-on-at-the-crazy-buttocks-party/

:-)

The latter shows with no extra people and no rule about repeating bodies that you can get all minds properly back in two “rounds” regardless of how messed up they are.

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