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Re: GNU

From Pancho <Pancho.Jones@protonmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc, alt.usage.english
Subject Re: GNU
Date 2026-03-24 10:17 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <10ptobk$uctj$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References (20 earlier) <10pptc8$3mise$3@dont-email.me> <1rsf3c4.1muk5iqj5v8myN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <10pr7co$376p$1@dont-email.me> <1rsfeiy.i8olhe8zi81gN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <10ptkmn$t2gt$2@dont-email.me>

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On 3/24/26 09:15, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:55:29 +0100, J. J. Lodder wrote:
> 
>>> They would have been better off to take measurements at sunrise and
>>> sunset, and take the average. (With a correction to account for the
>>> distance travelled between the two measurements.)
>>
>> You are forgetting about atmospheric refraction,
> 
> That would have been in opposite directions at sunrise and sunset, and
> therefore cancel out.

I've not thought about it much, but my guess is that the math is much 
more complex for sunrise/sunset.

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                Re: GNU Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-22 23:18 +0000
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