Impossible Puzzle - South Park Guy

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The discussion revolves around the "impossible puzzle" featured in a video linked from Metacafe, which relates to a mathematical problem involving a planar graph. Participants highlight that the puzzle is provably impossible to solve without altering the medium, such as poking a hole in the paper. There is criticism of the video's presenter for using an overly complicated narrative involving houses and utilities instead of simplifying the explanation to basic shapes like boxes and circles. The conversation touches on the implications of mixing utilities, emphasizing the dangers of such scenarios, and expresses frustration over the unnecessary complexity introduced in the explanation. Additionally, there is a mention of the evolution of housing, noting that a significant portion of new homes are now fully electric.
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It's pretty easy to prove that the the graph is non-planar. If you , for example, poke a hole in the paper then it's doable.
 
physics's bad, m'kay.

http://images.southparkstudios.com/media/images/610/610_img_12.jpg

(I swear that's the last picture joke today)
 
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What these mathematicians are saying is that it is easily provable that the problem is truly impossible. (unless you poke a hole through the paper)
 
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I knew right away that it would be this puzzle. The guy in the video explains it so slowly and has some story of houses and utilities when all he needs to say is boxes and circles. ridiculous
 
You don't understand. If you somehow mixed the gas pipe with the electricity, the whole block would explode.

I hope you don't want to become an engineer.
 
Poop-Loops said:
You don't understand. If you somehow mixed the gas pipe with the electricity, the whole block would explode.

I hope you don't want to become an engineer.



I didn't even listen to his whole story so that is out of the question. I'm simply stating that it is pointless to add a stupid little story to this puzzle. And how slow and precisely he tries to teach it like were all a bunch of Neanderthals. Keeping it as circles and boxes and lines that don't touch simplifies everything just as an engineer would.
 
looks like poop-loops was just showed up.
 
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Here's a solution for the problem





gas-ele-water.jpg
 
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rewebster said:
Here's a solution for the problem





gas-ele-water.jpg

3 has no G
 
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I like how you have to assume that houses are two dimensional squares in order to do the puzzle.
 
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Moridin said:
3 has no G


It doesn't need it...




about one out of every three new houses are all electric now
 

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