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Ozzy Osbourne

Hi, call me cynical if you like but I think it's pushing it a bit to cite a 17-year old source as to Ozzy's general religious beliefs and pre-show prayer practices. Are there no more up-to-date sources available, or can this be recontextualised to reflect its weight? Cheers. Rodhullandemu 20:23, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

I don't see any reason why Ozzy would be likely to have changed his religion since 1992. A more recent source would certainly be desirable, but I do think the question of what religious beliefs Ozzy holds is an important one demanding as much of an answer as available. (Until I discovered the NYT article, the only source I had was the lyrics of "After Forever".) NeonMerlin 20:32, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

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Two cubes that share three corners

Is it possible for two cubes of the same size to share exactly three corners? NeonMerlin 23:59, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Yes. Let the vertices of a cube be the eight points in {0, 1}. Consider the three points
(1, 0, 0)
(0, 1, 0)
(0, 0, 1)
Consider the plane in which they lie to be a mirror. The mirror-image of the cube described here is another cube that shares those same three vertices.
(I wrote a longer reply and it was destroyed by an edit conflict when someone put in the August 2nd heading.) Michael Hardy (talk) 00:11, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

OK, more long-windedly: The eight corners of one cube are these:

(0, 0, 0)
(1, 0, 0)
(0, 1, 0)
(0, 0, 1)
(1, 1, 0)
(1, 0, 1)
(0, 1, 1)
(1, 1, 1)

The eight corners of the other cube are these:

(2/3, 2/3, 2/3)
(1, 0, 0)
(0, 1, 0)
(0, 0, 1)
(2/3, 2/3, −1/3)
(2/3, −1/3, 2/3)
(−1/3, 2/3, 2/3)
(−1/3, −1/3, −1/3)

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