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posted by [identity profile] alex-holden.livejournal.com at 12:16pm on 16/02/2007
What about the situation where one person puts their arms out for a hug and the other puts their hand out to shake hands, and the hugger walks into the shaker's outstretched hand?
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posted by [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com at 12:35pm on 16/02/2007
If you're the shaker, I guess you get to choose whether to smile and get crushed, or use your outstretched arm to fend off the hugger if you really don't want to get hugged. "I'm sorry - I appear to have impaled you with a signalling flag!"

It would be fascinating (if possible) to look at algorithms governing the decision-making process as two people meet for some sort of physical contact, incorporating the signals they use to convey intention and the way they identify and respond to the other signals. Are there inverse square laws? Are there delta function components? Can you track the initial trajectories and predict the outcome? Can you model the interaction of different base function types and propose optimum hug-approach behaviour for an encounter with no discontinuities? Do you see a hysteresis effect in repeated encounters?

Would this all work better or worse in zero gravity?
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posted by [personal profile] damienw at 01:02pm on 16/02/2007
Would this all work better or worse in zero gravity?
Worse fro hugging parties, better for "funny" video makers.

ps: fmz article! plokta obvious choice to send to...
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posted by [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com at 01:51pm on 16/02/2007
Zero gravity = less limb crushage.

Plokta publication = Sue Mason illos? They would be wonderful...
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