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Ringing the changes, or 'change ringing' is where a set of bells is rung in every permutation.
So for (minimalist) example if you have three bells, A,B and C, they could be rung in the orders:
A,B,C
B,A,C
B,C,A
C,B,A
C,A,B
A,C,B
In each row, each bell is rung
once and only once; the only difference is their order.
Obviously, the number of permutations is n! (or n factorial), where n is the number of bells. This function grows quickly with increasing n.
I propose that convoys of people, on foot or in vehicles, could amuse themselves on long trips by reordering themselves in such a manner.
Where possible, horns should be sounded.
Change ringing
https://en.wikipedi...wiki/Change_ringing
Almost unbelievably exciting. [8th of 7, Jan 12 2016]
If you want to read it but not hear it
https://en.wikipedi...ki/The_Nine_Tailors
Dorothy Sayers' mystery novel brings a lot of changes to your mind's ear. [Toto Anders, Jan 12 2016]
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The Belgian Tourniquet will never feel the same. |
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I'd like to see columns of soldiers walking down the road, reordering themselves from column to column,
Towers-of-Hanoi-style, ordered by height or weight. |
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" Where possible, horns should be sounded " |
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[8th] Don't knock it until you have tried it. |
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Trying to control a 2 ton lump of bronze that you can't see, whirling at the end of a rather flimsy rope, with any 1/100 second misjudgement clearly audible to a few thousand bystanders, is not for wimps. |
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// Don't knock it until you have tried it. // |
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What makes you think we haven't ... ? Raising the bells, trying not to snap the backstay, getting a firm grip on ther sallie ... too much like hard work. |
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I never thought anything. |
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Would this help people avoid accidents on long trips ? |
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Or would it tend to cause them ? |
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The audio snippet in the link should be played in the Math Department to announce lunch time. |
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/ I never thought anything / |
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Just operating by instinct? Sort of the GW Bush "trust the gut" approach? It seems to be working out for you! |
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I used to trust my gut but then it turned on me. Turned huge. |
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//P.S. you missed A,C,B// |
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Hah. Can't count to 3!.
(Fixed) |
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// I still believe in gut reactions but its rare I am called upon to talk to peoples intestines. // |
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Hardly surprising, since you oratorial talents seem more suited to your own Lower Rear Orofice ... |
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/ But I do have some musical talent in that department. / |
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thanks hippo, i lol'd at "towers of hanoi" |
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