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Monday, July 31. 2006

Do I need to draw you a picture?

The second answer: place a one- mile circumference around the north pole. Start point - one mile south of that:

 

Posted by Bird Dog at 09:46 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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Doh! - Yes you did.

(There are still an infinite number of places one can be one-mile south of any point of your circle though! One could be one-mile south of your one-mile circumference (whatever latitude that is) and 80 deg East, or 50 deg West, or 151 degrees, 52 minutes and 38.35432543 seconds East… and so on.)

Still, I'll pay that. (And I might pinch it too.)

Also, one other problem - the ball you've used is incorrect. The Earth is a basket-ball. Everyone now knows that!
#1 Theo (Link) on 2006-07-31 10:23 (Reply)
correct - it isnt exactly a single location - it's a set of loci...still...
#2 bird dog on 2006-07-31 11:34 (Reply)
WRT my use of semantics to wiggle out of not getting it, I don't deny that the grapes I'm eating are somewhat sour. Vengeance shall be mine though. Next brainteaser I put up will be the biggest and baddest one ever…
#2.1 Theo (Link) on 2006-07-31 19:21 (Reply)
Man, maybe Al Gore is right about this whole global warming thing. The earth in your picture looks all yellowed out as if the the seas dried up or something.
#3 Scott (Link) on 2006-07-31 17:53 (Reply)

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