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Omen1989 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Right side up and upside down
What does it mean? Can anyone draw it for me? Or show any picture that shows that kind of position? Sorry, but I can visualise how thing can be simultaneously right side up and upside down. I would like just to add that the text concern boxes in the truck.
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It must refer to different boxes, then. Please supply more context.
- It must refer to different boxes, then.
- Please supply more context.
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It must refer to different boxes, then. Please supply more context.
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He [some man] thought the oddly-shaped boxes might pose a challenge for them [robots], but they didn't miss a step. The robots saw the way the boxes were stacked inside the truck, right side up and upside down, staggered to maximize space, and they replicated the exact pattern in the warehouse.
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Hello Omen1989,
I don't think it is possible for something to be right side up and upside down. It's either one or the other. I wish I could draw you a diagram, but I cannot. So, I'll try describing what I mean using words.
Imagine a flat-screen plasma TV that has been manufactured, packaged and is ready for shipment. It is extremely important that the TV be transported in the correct posi
I don't think it is possible for something to be right side up and upside down. It's either one or the other. I wish I could draw you a diagram, but I cannot. So, I'll try describing what I mean using words.
Imagine a flat-screen plasma TV that has been manufactured, packaged and is ready for shipment. It is extremely important that the TV be transported in the correct posi
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I have thought it is that way. I understand what you trying to say, but....
what about the text I quoted? It is taken from the serious short story.
Is it possible that the writer meant boxes put one next to the other, the every other in the upside down position? Or something like that?
what about the text I quoted? It is taken from the serious short story.
Is it possible that the writer meant boxes put one next to the other, the every other in the upside down position? Or something like that?
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Yes, something like that.
My analysis:
The robots saw the way the boxes were stacked inside the truck. They saw that the boxes were stacked both right side up and upside down. The boxes were stacked this way (staggered) to maximize space. When the robots removed the boxes from the truck, they replicated the exact same pattern in the warehouse.
What the robots did not
My analysis:
The robots saw the way the boxes were stacked inside the truck. They saw that the boxes were stacked both right side up and upside down. The boxes were stacked this way (staggered) to maximize space. When the robots removed the boxes from the truck, they replicated the exact same pattern in the warehouse.
What the robots did not
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