Timeline for Why do trees grow downward?
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| Dec 7, 2022 at 22:42 | comment | added | Eric Lippert | I'll note that different domains have different conventions. Abstract syntax trees are almost always drawn with operators higher on the page than operands; Bayesian network diagrams by convention make operators the children of operands and draw them lower on the page. | |
| Dec 7, 2022 at 18:03 | answer | added | Alex Shroyer | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 17, 2012 at 22:27 | comment | added | anon | @Job if you get the answer to that, ask: why does one park in a driveway, and drive in a parkway? | |
| May 17, 2012 at 21:56 | vote | accept | maxpolk | ||
| May 17, 2012 at 16:41 | answer | added | user7519 | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 17, 2012 at 14:37 | comment | added | user25446 | Because you live in Australia ? | |
| May 17, 2012 at 4:25 | comment | added | Kevin Hsu | Because the enemy's gate is down. | |
| May 17, 2012 at 4:02 | history | edited | yannis | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added 173 characters in body |
| May 17, 2012 at 0:11 | comment | added | ptyx | A lot of trees grow left to right. | |
| May 16, 2012 at 23:22 | comment | added | Edward Strange | No, it's so they roll!!! | |
| May 16, 2012 at 23:15 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackProgrammer/status/202900023804035072 | ||
| May 16, 2012 at 21:18 | comment | added | Jerry Coffin | @FrustratedWithFormsDesigner: Exactly! | |
| May 16, 2012 at 21:15 | comment | added | Gary | @JerryCoffin Lots more info on the subject of manhole cover design here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhole_cover (good call out though) | |
| May 16, 2012 at 21:12 | comment | added | FrustratedWithFormsDesigner | @JerryCoffin: So.... trees grow downward because round pipes are stronger than square ones? ;) | |
| May 16, 2012 at 21:10 | comment | added | Jerry Coffin | @GaryRowe: A widely propagated falsehood. Manhole covers are round primarily because they cover ends of pipes, and pipes are round. Pipes are round because 1) that distributes stress on them evenly, and 2) it maximizes the cross-section for a given perimeter. Overall, it maximizes the strength and capacity of the pipe you can get from a specific amount of material. | |
| May 16, 2012 at 20:58 | comment | added | Gary | @Job To prevent the manhole covers from falling in. FTFY. :-) | |
| May 16, 2012 at 20:57 | answer | added | Gary | timeline score: 17 | |
| May 16, 2012 at 20:45 | comment | added | CaffGeek | Trees grown in all directions in nature...upward, downward, etc | |
| May 16, 2012 at 20:39 | comment | added | Phil | Why do trees grow upward in nature? I mean, it's just a word, a 'name' that suggests some similarity between a new thing and an old thing we know. Don't get caught up in words :D | |
| May 16, 2012 at 20:18 | comment | added | Job | Why are manholes round? | |
| May 16, 2012 at 20:14 | answer | added | Caleb | timeline score: 14 | |
| May 16, 2012 at 20:11 | history | asked | maxpolk | CC BY-SA 3.0 |