re: Just remember, the Earth is not a sphere!

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LJK — 7/13/2006 7:08:11 PM (archived)

I thought Vanguard 2 determined that Earth is pear-shaped?

Sir Bedevere: ...and that, my liege, is how we know the Earth to be banana shaped.

King Arthur: This new learning amazes me, Sir Bedevere. Explain again how sheep's bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes.

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Before there was GPS--technonostalgia - ER - 7/12/2006 1:32:32 PM
- A primer on piloting. - ER - 7/14/2006 3:20:18 PM
  - Doing Dead Reckoning - ER - 7/14/2006 3:46:07 PM
    - A Star to Steer her by - ER - 7/14/2006 7:28:07 PM
- re: Before there was Loran? - SDG - 7/12/2006 11:56:30 PM
  - Thanks for the interest, Steve... - ER - 7/13/2006 1:20:28 PM
    - Just remember, the Earth is not a sphere! - nick hoffman - 7/13/2006 3:02:52 PM
      - re: Just remember, the Earth is not a sphere! - LJK - 7/13/2006 7:08:11 PM
        
        Close enough for government work. - ER - 7/13/2006 9:00:50 PM
      - Puleeeeeze! - ER - 7/13/2006 3:29:46 PM
    - curiosity - SDG - 7/13/2006 2:49:05 PM
      - Try orienteering... - ER - 7/13/2006 3:20:14 PM
        
        orienteering and winter camping - SDG - 7/13/2006 6:21:17 PM
        
        ...desperate midnight battles with flogging sails... - ER - 7/13/2006 6:43:33 PM
  - ...There was CelNav - ER - 7/13/2006 12:47:47 PM
    - re: ...There was CelNav - ER - 7/13/2006 12:57:18 PM

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