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| Started by | Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> |
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| First post | 2014-04-28 12:00 -0400 |
| Last post | 2014-04-30 18:18 +0000 |
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Significant digits in a float? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-04-28 12:00 -0400
Re: Significant digits in a float? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-04-29 02:34 +0000
Re: Significant digits in a float? Ben Finney <ben@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-04-29 13:23 +1000
Re: Significant digits in a float? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-04-29 05:43 +0000
Re: Significant digits in a float? Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-04-29 20:33 -0400
Re: Significant digits in a float? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-04-29 20:42 -0400
Re: Significant digits in a float? Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-04-30 20:02 -0400
Re: Significant digits in a float? Mark H Harris <harrismh777@gmail.com> - 2014-04-30 22:54 -0500
Re: Significant digits in a float? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2014-04-30 20:56 -0700
Re: Significant digits in a float? Mark H Harris <harrismh777@gmail.com> - 2014-04-30 23:16 -0500
Re: Significant digits in a float? William Ray Wing <wrw@mac.com> - 2014-05-01 11:53 -0400
Re: Significant digits in a float? Mark H Harris <harrismh777@gmail.com> - 2014-05-06 11:29 -0500
Re: Significant digits in a float? Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-05-01 22:06 -0400
Re: Significant digits in a float? Mark H Harris <harrismh777@gmail.com> - 2014-05-06 09:51 -0500
Re: Significant digits in a float? alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-05-06 15:18 +0000
Re: Significant digits in a float? Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2014-05-06 12:14 -0400
Re: Significant digits in a float? Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-05-06 19:48 -0400
Re: Significant digits in a float? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-05-01 08:56 -0400
Re: Significant digits in a float? Larry Hudson <orgnut@yahoo.com> - 2014-05-01 12:51 -0700
Re: Significant digits in a float? Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> - 2014-05-01 22:05 +0100
Re: Significant digits in a float? Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-05-01 21:47 -0400
Re: Significant digits in a float? Mark H Harris <harrismh777@gmail.com> - 2014-05-06 09:59 -0500
[OT] Silde rules [was Re: Significant digits in a float?] Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-05-06 16:10 +0000
Re: [OT] Silde rules Ben Finney <ben@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-05-07 10:01 +1000
Re: Significant digits in a float? Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> - 2014-05-01 21:55 +0100
Re: Significant digits in a float? Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-05-01 22:26 -0400
Re: Significant digits in a float? Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> - 2014-05-08 20:58 +0100
Re: Significant digits in a float? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-04-29 09:38 -0400
Re: Significant digits in a float? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-04-30 02:30 +1000
Re: Significant digits in a float? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-04-29 19:53 -0400
Re: Significant digits in a float? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-04-30 10:13 +1000
Re: Significant digits in a float? Ben Finney <ben@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-04-30 10:13 +1000
Re: Significant digits in a float? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-04-30 10:17 +1000
Re: Significant digits in a float? Ben Finney <ben@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-04-30 10:20 +1000
Re: Significant digits in a float? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-04-30 18:19 +0000
Re: Significant digits in a float? Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2014-04-29 12:47 -0400
Re: Significant digits in a float? Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2014-04-30 09:45 +1200
Re: Significant digits in a float? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-04-30 02:59 +1000
Re: Significant digits in a float? Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> - 2014-04-29 21:16 +0100
Re: Significant digits in a float? Mark H Harris <harrismh777@gmail.com> - 2014-04-29 15:39 -0500
Re: Significant digits in a float? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-04-30 07:15 +1000
Re: Significant digits in a float? Ryan Hiebert <ryan@ryanhiebert.com> - 2014-04-29 15:42 -0500
Re: Significant digits in a float? emile <emile@fenx.com> - 2014-04-29 15:42 -0700
Re: Significant digits in a float? alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-04-30 09:03 +0000
Re: Significant digits in a float? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-04-30 18:21 +0000
Re: Significant digits in a float? emile <emile@fenx.com> - 2014-05-01 09:34 -0700
Re: Significant digits in a float? alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-05-01 17:13 +0000
Re: Significant digits in a float? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-04-30 08:51 +1000
Re: Significant digits in a float? Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2014-04-30 20:14 +1200
Re: Significant digits in a float? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-04-30 18:27 +1000
Re: Significant digits in a float? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-04-30 14:05 +0100
Re: Significant digits in a float? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-04-30 00:34 +0100
Re: Significant digits in a float? Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-04-29 20:37 -0400
Re: Significant digits in a float? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-04-29 20:45 -0400
Re: Significant digits in a float? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-04-30 10:45 +1000
Re: Significant digits in a float? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-04-29 20:48 -0400
Re: Significant digits in a float? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-04-29 19:31 -0700
Re: Significant digits in a float? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-04-30 02:59 +0000
Re: Significant digits in a float? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-04-29 23:30 -0400
Re: Significant digits in a float? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-04-30 13:40 +1000
Re: Significant digits in a float? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-04-30 13:03 +1000
Re: Significant digits in a float? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-04-30 08:01 -0400
Off-topic circumnavigating the earth in a mile or less [was Re: Significant digits in a float?] Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-04-30 06:14 -0700
Re: Off-topic circumnavigating the earth in a mile or less [was Re: Significant digits in a float?] Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-04-30 07:02 -0700
Re: Off-topic circumnavigating the earth in a mile or less Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> - 2014-05-01 21:52 +0100
Re: Off-topic circumnavigating the earth in a mile or less [was Re: Significant digits in a float?] Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-05-01 00:27 +1000
Re: Off-topic circumnavigating the earth in a mile or less [was Re: Significant digits in a float?] Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-05-01 05:10 +1000
Re: Off-topic circumnavigating the earth in a mile or less [was Re: Significant digits in a float?] Ryan Hiebert <ryan@ryanhiebert.com> - 2014-04-30 10:24 -0500
Re: Off-topic circumnavigating the earth in a mile or less [was Re: Significant digits in a float?] Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-04-30 17:46 -0600
Re: Off-topic circumnavigating the earth in a mile or less [was Re: Significant digits in a float?] Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-04-30 22:20 -0400
Re: Off-topic circumnavigating the earth in a mile or less [was Re: Significant digits in a float?] Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2014-05-01 18:16 +1200
Re: Off-topic circumnavigating the earth in a mile or less Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> - 2014-05-01 21:57 +0100
Re: Off-topic circumnavigating the earth in a mile or less Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-05-01 22:49 +0100
Re: Off-topic circumnavigating the earth in a mile or less alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-05-02 08:49 +0000
Re: Off-topic circumnavigating the earth in a mile or less [was Re: Significant digits in a float?] Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-05-01 11:57 +1000
Re: Off-topic circumnavigating the earth in a mile or less [was Re: Significant digits in a float?] Vlastimil Brom <vlastimil.brom@gmail.com> - 2014-05-01 09:49 +0200
Re: Significant digits in a float? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-04-30 02:50 +0000
Re: Significant digits in a float? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-04-30 18:18 +0000
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| From | Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2014-04-30 07:15 +1000 |
| Message-ID | <mailman.9585.1398806119.18130.python-list@python.org> |
| In reply to | #70730 |
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 6:39 AM, Mark H Harris <harrismh777@gmail.com> wrote: > On 4/29/14 3:16 PM, Adam Funk wrote: >> >> "A man pitches his tent, walks 1 km south, walks 1 km east, kills a >> bear, & walks 1 km north, where he's back at his tent. What color is >> the bear?" ;-) >> > > Who manufactured the tent? A man pitches his tent 1 km south and kills a bear with it. Clearly that wasn't a tent, it was a cricket ball. ChrisA
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| From | Ryan Hiebert <ryan@ryanhiebert.com> |
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| Date | 2014-04-29 15:42 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <mailman.9584.1398805988.18130.python-list@python.org> |
| In reply to | #70729 |
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On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 3:16 PM, Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> wrote: > > "A man pitches his tent, walks 1 km south, walks 1 km east, kills a > bear, & walks 1 km north, where he's back at his tent. What color is > the bear?" ;-) Skin or Fur?
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| From | emile <emile@fenx.com> |
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| Date | 2014-04-29 15:42 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <mailman.9586.1398811365.18130.python-list@python.org> |
| In reply to | #70729 |
On 04/29/2014 01:16 PM, Adam Funk wrote: > "A man pitches his tent, walks 1 km south, walks 1 km east, kills a > bear, & walks 1 km north, where he's back at his tent. What color is > the bear?" ;-) From how many locations on Earth can someone walk one mile south, one mile east, and one mile north and end up at their starting point? Emile
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| From | alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> |
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| Date | 2014-04-30 09:03 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <N%28v.113214$N05.45302@fx12.am4> |
| In reply to | #70735 |
On Tue, 29 Apr 2014 15:42:25 -0700, emile wrote: > On 04/29/2014 01:16 PM, Adam Funk wrote: > >> "A man pitches his tent, walks 1 km south, walks 1 km east, kills a >> bear, & walks 1 km north, where he's back at his tent. What color is >> the bear?" ;-) > > From how many locations on Earth can someone walk one mile south, one > mile east, and one mile north and end up at their starting point? > > Emile there are an infinite number of locations where this can happen (although only one where you will find a bear.) -- Gomme's Laws: (1) A backscratcher will always find new itches. (2) Time accelerates. (3) The weather at home improves as soon as you go away.
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| From | Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> |
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| Date | 2014-04-30 18:21 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <ljrevt$hte$3@reader1.panix.com> |
| In reply to | #70735 |
On 2014-04-29, emile <emile@fenx.com> wrote:
> On 04/29/2014 01:16 PM, Adam Funk wrote:
>
>> "A man pitches his tent, walks 1 km south, walks 1 km east, kills a
>> bear, & walks 1 km north, where he's back at his tent. What color is
>> the bear?" ;-)
>
> From how many locations on Earth can someone walk one mile south, one
> mile east, and one mile north and end up at their starting point?
I'm pretty sure there are places in London like that. At least that's
what it seemed like to somebody from the midwestern US where the
streets are layed out on a grid.
--
Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! It's a hole all the
at way to downtown Burbank!
gmail.com
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| From | emile <emile@fenx.com> |
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| Date | 2014-05-01 09:34 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <mailman.9630.1398962100.18130.python-list@python.org> |
| In reply to | #70787 |
On 04/30/2014 11:21 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2014-04-29, emile <emile@fenx.com> wrote: >> On 04/29/2014 01:16 PM, Adam Funk wrote: >> >>> "A man pitches his tent, walks 1 km south, walks 1 km east, kills a >>> bear, & walks 1 km north, where he's back at his tent. What color is >>> the bear?" ;-) >> >> From how many locations on Earth can someone walk one mile south, one >> mile east, and one mile north and end up at their starting point? > > I'm pretty sure there are places in London like that. At least that's > what it seemed like to somebody from the midwestern US where the > streets are layed out on a grid. I was going to bring up London, but as I recall from my brief visit there, I wasn't sure you could go one mile straight in any direction. :) Emile
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| From | alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> |
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| Date | 2014-05-01 17:13 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <jhv8v.132498$Xl1.52773@fx09.am4> |
| In reply to | #70815 |
On Thu, 01 May 2014 09:34:35 -0700, emile wrote: > On 04/30/2014 11:21 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: >> On 2014-04-29, emile <emile@fenx.com> wrote: >>> On 04/29/2014 01:16 PM, Adam Funk wrote: >>> >>>> "A man pitches his tent, walks 1 km south, walks 1 km east, kills a >>>> bear, & walks 1 km north, where he's back at his tent. What color is >>>> the bear?" ;-) >>> >>> From how many locations on Earth can someone walk one mile south, >>> one >>> mile east, and one mile north and end up at their starting point? >> >> I'm pretty sure there are places in London like that. At least that's >> what it seemed like to somebody from the midwestern US where the >> streets are layed out on a grid. > > I was going to bring up London, but as I recall from my brief visit > there, I wasn't sure you could go one mile straight in any direction. > > :) > > Emile 100 yds is pushing it -- "They told me I was gullible ... and I believed them!"
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| From | Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2014-04-30 08:51 +1000 |
| Message-ID | <mailman.9587.1398811896.18130.python-list@python.org> |
| In reply to | #70729 |
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 8:42 AM, emile <emile@fenx.com> wrote: > On 04/29/2014 01:16 PM, Adam Funk wrote: > >> "A man pitches his tent, walks 1 km south, walks 1 km east, kills a >> bear, & walks 1 km north, where he's back at his tent. What color is >> the bear?" ;-) > > > From how many locations on Earth can someone walk one mile south, one mile > east, and one mile north and end up at their starting point? Any point where the mile east takes you an exact number of times around the globe. So, anywhere exactly one mile north of that, which is a number of circles not far from the south pole. ChrisA
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| From | Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> |
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| Date | 2014-04-30 20:14 +1200 |
| Message-ID | <bsbpo2Fe0hdU1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #70736 |
Chris Angelico wrote: > Any point where the mile east takes you an exact number of times > around the globe. So, anywhere exactly one mile north of that, which > is a number of circles not far from the south pole. True, but there are no bears in Antarctica, so that rules out all the south-pole solutions. I think there are still multiple solutions, though. The bear may have been spray-painted by activists trying to protect it from polar trophy hunters. -- Greg
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| From | Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2014-04-30 18:27 +1000 |
| Message-ID | <mailman.9605.1398846453.18130.python-list@python.org> |
| In reply to | #70767 |
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 6:14 PM, Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> wrote: > Chris Angelico wrote: > >> Any point where the mile east takes you an exact number of times >> around the globe. So, anywhere exactly one mile north of that, which >> is a number of circles not far from the south pole. > > > True, but there are no bears in Antarctica, so that > rules out all the south-pole solutions. > > I think there are still multiple solutions, though. > The bear may have been spray-painted by activists > trying to protect it from polar trophy hunters. Well, I did suggest it might have been a black bear: http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130411125035/disney/images/8/88/Brave-brave-31312503-800-486.png But spray paint would work too... ChrisA
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| From | Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2014-04-30 14:05 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <mailman.9608.1398863135.18130.python-list@python.org> |
| In reply to | #70767 |
On 30/04/2014 09:14, Gregory Ewing wrote: > Chris Angelico wrote: > >> Any point where the mile east takes you an exact number of times >> around the globe. So, anywhere exactly one mile north of that, which >> is a number of circles not far from the south pole. > > True, but there are no bears in Antarctica, so that > rules out all the south-pole solutions. > > I think there are still multiple solutions, though. > The bear may have been spray-painted by activists > trying to protect it from polar trophy hunters. > Couldn't this kill the bear? My source is the book and film Goldfinger. -- My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask what you can do for our language. Mark Lawrence --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
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| From | Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2014-04-30 00:34 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <mailman.9589.1398814497.18130.python-list@python.org> |
| In reply to | #70729 |
On 29/04/2014 23:42, emile wrote: > On 04/29/2014 01:16 PM, Adam Funk wrote: > >> "A man pitches his tent, walks 1 km south, walks 1 km east, kills a >> bear, & walks 1 km north, where he's back at his tent. What color is >> the bear?" ;-) > > From how many locations on Earth can someone walk one mile south, one > mile east, and one mile north and end up at their starting point? > > Emile > Haven't you heard of The Triangular Earth Society? -- My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask what you can do for our language. Mark Lawrence --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
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| From | Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> |
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| Date | 2014-04-29 20:37 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <mailman.9595.1398818406.18130.python-list@python.org> |
| In reply to | #70729 |
On Wed, 30 Apr 2014 08:51:32 +1000, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
declaimed the following:
>
>Any point where the mile east takes you an exact number of times
>around the globe. So, anywhere exactly one mile north of that, which
>is a number of circles not far from the south pole.
>
Yeah, but he'd have had to bring his own bear...
Bears and Penguins don't mix. Seals, OTOH, are food to the bears, and
eat the penquins.
--
Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN
wlfraed@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/
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| From | Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> |
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| Date | 2014-04-29 20:45 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <roy-5A678E.20453029042014@news.panix.com> |
| In reply to | #70729 |
In article <8td53bxud5.ln2@news.ducksburg.com>, Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> wrote: > On 2014-04-29, Roy Smith wrote: > > > Another possibility is that they're latitude/longitude coordinates, some > > of which are given to the whole degree, some of which are given to > > greater precision, all the way down to the ten-thousandth of a degree. > > That makes sense. 1° of longitude is about 111 km at the equator, > 78 km at 45°N or S, & 0 km at the poles. > > > "A man pitches his tent, walks 1 km south, walks 1 km east, kills a > bear, & walks 1 km north, where he's back at his tent. What color is > the bear?" ;-) Assuming he shot the bear, red.
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| From | Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2014-04-30 10:45 +1000 |
| Message-ID | <mailman.9596.1398818760.18130.python-list@python.org> |
| In reply to | #70729 |
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > On Wed, 30 Apr 2014 08:51:32 +1000, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> > declaimed the following: > >> >>Any point where the mile east takes you an exact number of times >>around the globe. So, anywhere exactly one mile north of that, which >>is a number of circles not far from the south pole. >> > Yeah, but he'd have had to bring his own bear... > > Bears and Penguins don't mix. Seals, OTOH, are food to the bears, and > eat the penquins. Maybe the bear was an antarctic researcher who ate Merida's cake? That'd change anyone's fate... ChrisA
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| From | Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> |
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| Date | 2014-04-29 20:48 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <roy-036F30.20482829042014@news.panix.com> |
| In reply to | #70748 |
In article <mailman.9596.1398818760.18130.python-list@python.org>, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Dennis Lee Bieber > <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > > On Wed, 30 Apr 2014 08:51:32 +1000, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> > > declaimed the following: > > > >> > >>Any point where the mile east takes you an exact number of times > >>around the globe. So, anywhere exactly one mile north of that, which > >>is a number of circles not far from the south pole. > >> > > Yeah, but he'd have had to bring his own bear... > > > > Bears and Penguins don't mix. Seals, OTOH, are food to the bears, > > and > > eat the penquins. > > Maybe the bear was an antarctic researcher who ate Merida's cake? > That'd change anyone's fate... > > ChrisA The cake is a lie.
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| From | Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> |
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| Date | 2014-04-29 19:31 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <mailman.9602.1398826582.18130.python-list@python.org> |
| In reply to | #70729 |
On 04/29/2014 03:51 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 8:42 AM, emile <emile@fenx.com> wrote: >> On 04/29/2014 01:16 PM, Adam Funk wrote: >> >>> "A man pitches his tent, walks 1 km south, walks 1 km east, kills a >>> bear, & walks 1 km north, where he's back at his tent. What color is >>> the bear?" ;-) >> >> >> From how many locations on Earth can someone walk one mile south, one mile >> east, and one mile north and end up at their starting point? > > Any point where the mile east takes you an exact number of times > around the globe. So, anywhere exactly one mile north of that, which > is a number of circles not far from the south pole. Perhaps my geography is rusty, but I was under the impression that one cannot travel south if one is at the South Pole (axial, not magnetic). -- ~Ethan~
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| From | Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> |
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| Date | 2014-04-30 02:59 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <5360672e$0$29965$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> |
| In reply to | #70757 |
On Tue, 29 Apr 2014 19:31:31 -0700, Ethan Furman wrote: > Perhaps my geography is rusty, but I was under the impression that one > cannot travel south if one is at the South Pole (axial, not magnetic). Possibly with a rocket aimed straight up. -- Steven D'Aprano http://import-that.dreamwidth.org/
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| From | Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> |
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| Date | 2014-04-29 23:30 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <roy-8577B7.23303129042014@news.panix.com> |
| In reply to | #70758 |
In article <5360672e$0$29965$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com>, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote: > On Tue, 29 Apr 2014 19:31:31 -0700, Ethan Furman wrote: > > > Perhaps my geography is rusty, but I was under the impression that one > > cannot travel south if one is at the South Pole (axial, not magnetic). > > Possibly with a rocket aimed straight up. No, with a rocket aimed straight up, you go north. To go south, you need a rocket aimed straight down.
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| From | Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2014-04-30 13:40 +1000 |
| Message-ID | <mailman.9604.1398833574.18130.python-list@python.org> |
| In reply to | #70759 |
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 1:30 PM, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote: > In article <5360672e$0$29965$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com>, > Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote: > >> On Tue, 29 Apr 2014 19:31:31 -0700, Ethan Furman wrote: >> >> > Perhaps my geography is rusty, but I was under the impression that one >> > cannot travel south if one is at the South Pole (axial, not magnetic). >> >> Possibly with a rocket aimed straight up. > > No, with a rocket aimed straight up, you go north. To go south, you > need a rocket aimed straight down. If I ever go travelling with you guys, I am NOT letting you navigate. ChrisA
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