Glass half empty or full thing....finally settled.

[FDF12389]

Its neither half empty or half full, the glass is just currently twice as large as it needs to be.

 

[rh71]

man I haven't used a glass in ages.

 

[jonks]

but does that change how far into the woods you can travel?

 

[nerp]

Originally posted by: rh71
man I haven't used a glass in ages.

I take it you're liking that trough.

 

[lxskllr]

I'm a realist. It's 1/2 of a glass of water without judgment either way.

 

[oboeguy]

Originally posted by: FDF12389
Its neither half empty or half full, the glass is just currently twice as large as it needs to be.

Engineer's perspective FTW.

 

[Rebasxer]

What if you just saw the glass with no one around. It could be half drunk or it could be only half poured. Hense the expression

 

[GaryJohnson]

Originally posted by: FelixDeKat

Originally posted by: GaryJohnson

Originally posted by: FelixDeKat

Originally posted by: her209
Can a window be half-open?

Only if you see someone moving it one direction or the other. Windows dont open and close by themselves.

So if someone opens it half way, then walks away, it's not half open?

Only if they opened half way.

But if you didn't see wether the person that manipulated it was half opening it or half closing it, is it still half opened or half closed? You wouldn't say that it's open because it's not all the way open, and you wouldn't say it's closed because it's not all the way closed. So what would you call its current state of half openy closedness?

 

[AstroManLuca]

If it's a glass that gets wider at the top, it's probably a little less than half full if it appears to be half full. Because the top is wider than the bottom, the halfway point for volume is above the halfway point if you just measure the height of the glass with a ruler and cut it in half.