Wooooooooah there! Waddaya mean the earth is not flat! Obviously you have been misinformed: http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/flatearth.html It must be your scientist's "bias" toward experience, observation, deduction and reasoning that mislead you. You're forgiven.
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----- Original Message ----- From: Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 7:14 PM Subject: Re: speedo/odo error confusion
> It is obvious. The earth is not flat. The mile markers are in a straight > line, but your bus must traverse the surface of a sphere, aka The Earth. > The variance is because of valleys (high correlation) and hills (low > correlation). > > -Matthew > > Matthew Pollard "Racing with the wind and flirting with death > Dept. Of Chemistry So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath" > University of Idaho > www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356 > > > > > Here's what I recorded > > my trip odo I-70 milepost > > 77.8 0 > > 186.2 100 > > 292.0 200 > > 323.0 230 (Colorado state line) > > > |
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