Coincidence?

In technology

It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into 3 (disambiguation). (Discuss) Proposed since January 2013.

• The resin identification code used in recycling to identify polyvinyl chloride.
• On most telephone keypads, the "3" key is also associated with the letters "D", "E", and "F".

• The glyph "3" may be used as a substitute for yogh (Ȝ, ȝ) or Greek xi (Ξ, ξ) or ze (З, з) when those characters are not available.
• Three is the minimum odd number of voting components for simple easy redundancy checks by direct comparison.
• Three is approximately pi (actually closer to 3.14159) when doing rapid engineering guesses or estimates. The same is true if one wants a rough-and-ready estimate of e, which is actually approximately 2.7183.
• "3" is the DVD region code for many East Asian countries, except for Japan (which is Region 2) and China (which is Region 6).
• "3" is the trading name of mobile network operator Hutchison 3G.
• Channel 3 is the television channel traditionally associated with ITV in the UK, and, since 1990, the broadcaster's legal name.
• The television VHF channel most often used in North America for hooking up VCRs and/or video game systems. If it is otherwise occupied by a local broadcaster, then channel 4 is used instead.
• Some may use "3" as an alternate to the letter "E", often in jest or when using Leetspeak, to denote being experienced in certain technology related fields.
  See also: Numb3rs and Leetspeak
• In Resource Description Framework, subject-predicate-object expressions are referred to as triples, because they contain 3 values.

[edit]In music

• In music, the Roman numeral iii is the mediant scale degree, chord, or diatonic function, when distinguished III = major and iii = minor.
• Three is the number of performers in a trio.
• There are 3 notes in a triad, the basic form of any chord.
• The tritone, which divides the octave into 3 equally spaced notes (root, tritone, octave).
• In Indian classical music, three equal repetitions of a rhythmic pattern is a common device called tihai.
• 3 (song) is a single by Britney Spears.

[edit]In geography

Flag of Trinacria with a three-legged symbol.

• Several cities are known as Tripoli from Greek for "three cities".
• Sicilia was known as Trinacria for its triangle-shape.
• Three Mile Island is known for a nuclear accident.
• Several cities are also known as Triad Winston-Salem, High Point, and Greensboro NC

[edit]In filmography

• There is a 1977 film titled 3 Women.
• In both the film The Craft and the fantasy television series Charmed, the "power of three" has been used as part of wiccan incantations.

[edit]In sports

It has been suggested that this section be split into a new article titled 3 (sports). (Discuss) Proposed since January 2013.

• In association football:
  • The squad number 3 is assigned in most cases to the starting left defender or fullback.
  • In almost all leagues, and in the group phases of most international competitions, 3 competition points are awarded for a win.
• In bowling, 3 strikes in a row is called a turkey.
• In Gaelic football, hurling and camogie, a "goal", with a scoring value of 3, is awarded when the attacking team legally sends the ball into the opponent's goal.
• In ice hockey, a game consists of 3 periods of twenty minutes each.
• In rugby union, 3 is the jersey number of the starting tighthead prop. It is also the number of points received for a successful drop goal or penalty kick.
• In rugby league, 3 is the jersey number of the starting right centre threequarter (except in the European Super League, which uses static squad numbering).
• In baseball, 3 is the number of strikes before the batter is out and the number of outs per side per inning. It also represents the first baseman's position.
• In basketball:
  • A shot made from behind the three-point arc is worth 3 points (except in the 3x3 variant, in which it is worth 2 points).
  • 3 is used to represent the small forward position.
  • A potential "three-point play" exists when a player is fouled while successfully completing a two-point field goal, thus being awarded one additional free throw attempt.
  • On offense, the "3-second rule" states that an offensive player cannot remain in the opponent's free throw lane for more than 3 seconds while his team is in possession of the ball and the clock is running.
  • In the NBA only, the defensive 3-second violation, also known as "illegal defense", states that a defensive player cannot remain in his own free throw lane for more than 3 seconds unless he is actively guarding an offensive player.
• The number of the famous NASCAR stock car that Dale Earnhardt drove for nearly 20 years before his death in 2001. In IROC, Hélio Castroneves had his car number changed from his standard 3 (which he drives in the Indy Racing League) to number 03. In NASCAR's Nationwide Series, the #3 car is currently driven by Austin Dillon, grandson of Earnhardt's friend and former employer Richard Childress.
• A hat-trick in sports is associated with succeeding at anything three times in three consecutive attempts, as well as when any player in ice hockey or soccer scores three goals in one game (whether or not in succession). In cricket, if a bowler takes 3 wickets in a row it is called a hat trick.
• In volleyball, 3 is the number of sets needed to be won to win the whole match. The number is also important because of the "3-metre line", a line on either side of the court 3 metres from the net, which restricts certain attacking plays by back-row players.
• In both American football and Canadian football, the number of points received for a successful field goal. (An exception is in six-man football where the field goal is worth four points.)
• In Canadian football, the last down before a team loses possession on downs. Usually, a team faced with a third down will punt (if far from the opponent's goal line) or attempt a field goal (if relatively close).
• A triathlon consists of three events: swimming, bicycling, and running.
• The jersey number 3 has been retired by several North American sports teams in honor of past playing greats or other key figures:
  • In Major League Baseball:
    • The Atlanta Braves, for Dale Murphy.
    • The Chicago White Sox, for Harold Baines.
    • The Cleveland Indians, for Hall of Famer Earl Averill.
    • The Minnesota Twins, for Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew.
    • The New York Yankees, for Hall of Famer Babe Ruth.
    • The San Francisco Giants, for Hall of Famer Bill Terry, who played for the team when it was based in New York City.
  • In the NFL:
    • The Chicago Bears, for Hall of Famer Bronko Nagurski.
    • The Green Bay Packers, for Hall of Famer Tony Canadeo.
    • The Kansas City Chiefs, for Hall of Famer Jan Stenerud.
  • In the NBA:
    • The Boston Celtics, for Hall of Famer Dennis Johnson.
    • The New Jersey Nets, for Hall of Famer Dražen Petrović.
  • In the NHL:
    • The Boston Bruins, for Lionel Hitchman.
    • The Chicago Blackhawks, for Keith Magnuson and Hall of Famer Pierre Pilote.
    • The Edmonton Oilers, for Al Hamilton.
    • The Montreal Canadiens, for Hall of Famer Émile Bouchard.
    • The New Jersey Devils, for Ken Daneyko.
    • The New York Rangers, for Hall of Famer Harry Howell.
    • The St. Louis Blues, for Bob Gassoff.
    • The Quebec Nordiques retired the number for J. C. Tremblay. However, the team moved to Denver as the Colorado Avalanche after the 1994–95 season, and the Avalanche placed all of the Nordiques' retired numbers back into circulation.
• Five association football clubs are also known to have retired the number 3:
  • Al-Ahly of Egypt, for defender Mohamed Abdelwahab, who died in 2006 during a club training session.
  • A.C. Milan of Italy, for longtime defender Paolo Maldini. He stipulated that if either of his two sons ever makes Milan's first team, they can choose to wear the number.
  • Atlante of Mexico, for longtime goalkeeper Federico Vilar.
  • Internazionale of Italy, for longtime defender Giacinto Facchetti, who went on to serve as club president and died in that office.
  • Sturm Graz of Austria, for longtime defender Günther Neukirchner.
• In cricket, each wicket, located on each each of the pitch, is made of 3 stumps.

[edit]In games

International maritime signal flagfor 3 is known as atriband, a form of the tricolour.

• The game rock-paper-scissors involves three hand shapes. Rock, paper, and scissors.
• The number is notorious in the gaming community since developer Valve is yet to release a second sequel to any of their major games, with Half-Life 3being known as one of the industry's most famous cases of vaporware.^[6]

[edit]In literature

It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into 3 (disambiguation). (Discuss) Proposed since January 2013.

• It is a peculiarity of Semitic linguistics that a large majority of consonantal roots are triliterals.
• 3 is the number of witches in William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
• 3 is the number of words or phrases in a Tripartite motto.
• 3 is the number of novels or films in a trilogy and the number of interconnected works of art in a triptych.
• Thr3e is a 2003 suspense novel written by thriller author Ted Dekker.
• Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy has three parts each of thirty-three cantos (plus one introductory canto totaling 100). It was written in terza rima, a combination of tercets. All of this is an allusion to the Christian Trinity.
• The number three recurs several times in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and also in The Silmarillion. Three Rings of Power were given to the Elves. There are three Silmarils. The unions of the Eldar (Elves) and the Edain (Men) were three in number: Beren and Lúthien, Tuor and Idril, and Aragorn and Arwen.
• Three Blind Mice is a children's nursery rhyme and musical round.
• The Three Musketeers is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, and is part of a trilogy.
• Three Sisters is a play by Anton Chekhov.
• A recurring theme in Arthur C. Clarke's Rama series is the observation that "the Ramans do everything in threes."
• The Three Bears – children's classic literature
• The Three Little Pigs – children's classic literature.
• 3 is the number of wishes normally granted in most fairy tales and stories. Likewise, the protagonist in most stories faces 3 conflicts, whether mental or physical before his or her great triumph.^{[citation needed]}
• "Threes" is a poem by Carl Sandburg.
• In many Czech folktales, a great beast of some sort will, if bound in some manner, usually be bound by three chains, hooks, ropes, etc., and a menial task must be repeated three times to free it.
• The Day of the Triffids, 1951 by John Wyndham. Genetically modified plants with three legs take over the earth.
• The number three is a recurring theme in the Series of Unfortunate Events: there are three Baudelaire orphans, three Snicket orphans, three Quagmire orphans, etc.
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly centers around a theme of 3

[edit]Original scholarly articles/reviews about the three

Travelling in a troika (three-horse sled).

• "The Number Three in The American Culture". A selected chapter found in the book entitled Every Man His Way (1967–68) by Alan Dundes.
• "People in Threes Going Up in Smoke and Other Triplicities in Russian Literature and Culture" (Fall 2005, Rocky Mountain Review) by Lee B. Croft.
• "Buckland's Third Revolution" (1997–98) and "Three Wise Men" (1984–85) posters by Herb O. Buckland.

lol

Ummm - so - ahhh - when does the world end, exactly?

LOL, it is all very impressive what I have seen here. How far off topic can you go!

But could it be that the realization of VULPES_VULPES was not a coincidence but a justified true belief? Which off course, has no inner logic proving its truth, otherwise would it be called a true statement. Hence does the realization needs something else to make it become true, in this case our support. And the statement in question is 'is the mere fact that there are several hedgehogs in chess and a hedgehog in comics coincidental?'

I support that view. Will you too?

Not just one - three (or four, if I miscounted)!

Wow, that is very comical! I will still support you though!

A rook has 5 points. There are 5 o's in "oolong noodles". Oolong noodles are long. A rook's maximum range is long. Coincidence?

You are a penguin.

Penguins arrrre black and white like chess pieces.

Gaaaaasp-nyah another coincidence!!!

8 bits in a byte, and 8 bits in a dollar. Coincidence?

Garry Kasparov was born on the 13th of april, perceived 13 as his lucky number, won his first world title with the score 13-11 and became with that the 13th World Champion of Chess. No coincidence.

lol

The rook's maximum range is 7!  What if we take out an o from oolong noodles?  Olong noodles?  oolng noodles?  Maybe oolong nodles?

Taylor Swift was born in 13th of December and she too perceives 13 as her lucky number and has had similar lucky occurrences. She is born under Sagittarius sign like Magnus Carlsen. *ships the two*

Darn, did read that one throroughly.

THE QUEEN IS A CAT?!!!

Maybe...

The queen and pawn came from the big bang. "The big bang" has 10 letters. A queen plus a pawn is 10 points. Also, you can have up to 10 bishops on the board at the same time. Coincidence?

7 is the most common lucky number!

The phrase "red fox" (vulpes_vulpes) has two groups of three letters. One for the bishop, and one for the knight. The phrase "vulpes_vulpes" has two sets of six letters each. One for the two bishops, and the other for the two knights. So, red foxes have stuff in common with chess???

CHESS IS IN MY BLOOD

AND MY NAME

Vulpes_Vulpes is also equivelent to exchanging a rook and a pawn for 2 minor pieces.