Why Do We Draw Pointy Stars?

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Rixter Guru Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: About 4000 miles from the center of the earth (+/-100 mi) Posts: 9911 Good Answers: 1141	Why Do We Draw Pointy Stars? 08/27/2014 5:28 PM
	A nice minute physics video from mentalfloss... http://mentalfloss.com/article/58606/why-do-we-draw-pointy-stars And a paper... http://digital.csic.es/bitstream/10261/29954/1/BC81CCED-BF80-A7A1-52EBD4BA14E798AF_1697.pdf
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SolarEagle Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: by the beach in Florida Posts: 33392 Good Answers: 1817	#1 Re: Why do we draw pointy stars? 08/27/2014 10:34 PM
	__________________ All living things seek to control their own destiny....this is the purpose of life
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Rixter Guru Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: About 4000 miles from the center of the earth (+/-100 mi) Posts: 9911 Good Answers: 1141	#4 In reply to #1 Re: Why do we draw pointy stars? 08/28/2014 8:58 AM
	I believe van Gogh should have seen an Ophthalmologist!
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r&ddoc Guru Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina Posts: 1679 Good Answers: 33	#5 In reply to #4 Re: Why do we draw pointy stars? 08/28/2014 2:30 PM
	.... or have drunk less absinthium! __________________ the more I move, the deeper I get stuck !
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Mikerho Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Moses Lake, WA, USA, Thulcandra - The Silent Planet (C.S. Lewis) Posts: 4216 Good Answers: 194	#2 Re: Why do we draw pointy stars? 08/28/2014 5:22 AM
	Stylized conceptualism. More later... __________________ "Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone." - Ayn Rand
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ozzb Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Rosedale, Maryland USA Posts: 5197 Good Answers: 266	#3 Re: Why do we draw pointy stars? 08/28/2014 7:25 AM
	http://digital.csic.es/bitstream/10261/29954/1/BC81CCED-BF80-A7A1-52EBD4BA14E798AF_1697.pdf __________________ Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving in a pretty, pristine body but rather to come sliding in sideways, all used up and exclaiming, "Wow, what a ride!"
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Janissaries Guru Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tulare, CA Posts: 1783 Good Answers: 35	#6 Re: Why Do We Draw Pointy Stars? 08/29/2014 10:13 AM
	Symbolize solar flairs. That would be my guess. __________________ Why is there never enough time to do it right the first time but always enough time to do it over?
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adreasler Guru Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Illinois, 7 county region (The 'blue dot' that drags the rest of the 'red state' around during presidential elections.) Posts: 3683 Good Answers: 89	#7 Re: Why Do We Draw Pointy Stars? 08/29/2014 10:30 AM
	We draw them with points because they twinkle like tea trays. It's similar to why we give the Sun a Lisa Simpson afro. (Go on, ask me why a raven is like a writing desk, I dare you.) __________________ ( The opinions espressed in this post may not reflect the true opinions of the poster, and may not reflect commonly accepted versions of reality. ) (If you are wondering: yes, I DO hope to live to be as old as my jokes.)
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