Everything about Daisy-chain totally explained
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daisy chain, in the most elementary sense, is a
garland created from the
daisy flower, generally as a children's
game. The words "daisy chain", or "
daisy chaining" can also refer to various technical and social "
chains" (some given below), the names of which likely stemmed from this pursuit.
Flowers
One method of creating a daisy chain is as follows: Daisies are picked and a hole is made towards the base of the stem, generally by piercing with
fingernails. The stem of the next flower can be threaded through until stopped by the head of the flower. By repeating this with many daisies, it's possible to build up long chains and to form them into simple
bracelets and
necklaces.
There is another popular method which involves pressing the flower heads against each other, so that the final chain looks like a
caterpillar.
Electrical and electronic engineering
Information technology
Type of knot
In many applications of rope work (for example canoeing/boating), rope may be stored by tying it into what is referred to as a daisy chain. This is accomplished by the same process that backpackers use, only for a storage purpose instead of utility. A loop is pulled through the rope on the first link, then the process is repeated for the length of the rope. At the last link, a
half hitch is tied to stop the rope from coming undone. To undo the daisy chain, simply undo the half hitch and pull - the knot will slip apart.
Rock climbing
In rock climbing a daisy chain is a strap, several feet long and typically constructed from one-inch tubular nylon webbing of the same type used in lengthening straps between anchor-points and the main rope. The webbing is
bar-tacked (sewn) across at roughly two inch intervals (or, in the past, tied) to create a length of small loops for attachment. Unlike the use of similar devices in backpacking, daisy chains in technical rock climbing are expected to be of sufficient strength to be "load bearing," for example, capable of withstanding forces sustained by the anchor system in a fall.
Though daisy chains are sometimes used by free climbers as a type of chicken
sling (a quick attachment used from harness directly to a belay anchor), and for ad hoc purposes similar to those of the backpacker, the canonic use for a daisy chain is in
aid climbing, wherein the leader will typically attach one end to the harness, and the other to the top-most anchor placement (by
carabiner or
fifi hook), particularly after having ascended in
etriers as high as possible. This allows the leader to hang from the daisy chain while preparing the next anchor placement. The closely spaced loops allow fine-tuning the length from harness to anchor, thereby allowing the best possible reach for the next placement.
Daisy chains shouldn't be confused with etriers (aka aiders) which are short ladders made in the same way, but with larger loops, also used in aid climbing, nor with load-limiting devices often known as
screamers (from their first trade name) designed to simulate a dynamic
belay.
Backpacking
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daisy chain in backpacking is a small strip of
webbing stitched to the pack at regular intervals to form multiple
loops. This allows the backpacker to secure many different types of objects to the exterior of the pack.
Recreational fishing
A "daisy chain" is often used in recreational troll fishing. This is a "chain" of plastic lures, however they don't have hooks- their main purpose is to merely attract a school of fish closer to the lures with hooks.
Typically, the main line of the daisy chain is clear monofilament line with crimped on droppers that connect the lure to the main line. The last lure can be rigged with a hook or unrigged. The unrigged versions are used as teasers while the hooked versions are connected to a rod and reel. The lures used on a daisy chain are made from cedar plugs, plastic squids, jets, and other soft and/or hard plastic lures.
In some countries (for example New Zealand, Australia) daisy chains can sometimes refer to a rig which is used to catch baitfish in a similar arrangement to a 'flasher rig' or a 'sabiki rig'; a series of hooks with a small piece of colourful material/feather/plastic attached to each hook.
Military
A daisy chain is used in military terms to describe how individual units of exploding ordnance, (
Claymore mines,
C-4 explosives, and
IEDs), are linked together. These units are linked together in a pattern of any design in order to create a wider area of damage that would explode at generally the same time. It was also used by a group of paratroopers who exited an aircraft with only the last having his static line attached. All the other jumpers' static line were attached to the man behind him. Therefore, all the jumpers were in a freefall until the last man's static line was pulled.
Also used to describe the way oxygen hoods can be linked together to an oxygen source on a submarine during a drill, fire or something else where air supply is a problem.
Relationships
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daisy chain also refers to any series of complicated relationships in which, over time, people have had different partners who have themselves had other partners within the same group of people.
Human sexual relations
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daisy chain refers to sexual relations among three or more people, with each person both performing and receiving
oral sex simultaneously. Some sources consider only groups of five or more people to be a daisy chain. Though the practice is thought to be gaining popularity among teenagers, there are doubts about how widespread the phenomenon actually is.
Basic mathematical studies of this phenomena indicate that there must be an even number of participants with an equal division by gender for daisy chaining to remain entirely
heterosexual. An odd number of participants would result in one person having to connect "both ways" to complete the chain.
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