--- In [email protected], Tyson Mao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> I don't really have much of a problem with it.  It is a "spirit of 
the 
> law" but the letter of the law is also clear.  If you drop the 
cube on 
> the table or if you drop the cube and it falls onto your chest or 
foot, 
> you're not breaking the rule because you're not using the table or 
the 
> body to manipulate the cube.  Manipulate implies "making a turn" 
and so 
> if you are using the table to apply a force to the cube which 
turns a 
> side, then you're breaking the rule.  If you use your armpit to 
hold 
> the cube while your other hand turns the cube, that's not good 
either.
> 
> Tyson Mao
> MSC #631
> California Institute of Technology


I think that is the point here. Unless Anssi did not copy the entire 
section in question, the rule does not appear to have the 
word "manipulate" in it.  It states "touch" as being the culprit.

-Dave Campbell






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