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Article #4298Re: The Flat Earth? - Conclusion
From: Joseph Bret Wood
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 00:00
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 00:00
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In article <3sntvr$p4h@terminus.cc.gatech.edu>, L. Drew Davis <drewd@cc.gatech.edu> wrote: >gene.preston@access.texas.gov (Gene Preston) writes: > >>~All you need do is place a large pendulum anywhere >>~on the planet (except at or near the equator) and you may observe the >>~earth rotate beneath it. > >>Ha ha ha ha Dave you got him on this one...good work. > > Hey, we never said the flat Earth didn't rotate, or that it wasn't >round, either. Just flat. > But, the fact that the pendulum will rotate at most latitudes, but WON'T rotate at the equator proves that the earth isn't a rotating disk. So, since we know it rotates, and we know it isn't a rotating disk, it can't be flat. -Bret Wood -bretwood@cs.uoregon.edu PS -- A more formal geometrical proof in ASCII is available upon request... NOT!!!!!! :)
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f66d0,bd5c6f53c27c37d X-Google-Attributes: gidf66d0,public X-Google-Thread: f44bc,bd5c6f53c27c37d X-Google-Attributes: gidf44bc,public X-Google-Thread: fc158,bd5c6f53c27c37d X-Google-Attributes: gidfc158,public X-Google-Thread: 10f18e,bd5c6f53c27c37d X-Google-Attributes: gid10f18e,public X-Google-Thread: f74ae,bd5c6f53c27c37d X-Google-Attributes: gidf74ae,public X-Google-Thread: 1038c2,bd5c6f53c27c37d X-Google-Attributes: gid1038c2,public X-Google-Thread: 10b363,bd5c6f53c27c37d X-Google-Attributes: gid10b363,public From: bretwood@cs.uoregon.edu (Joseph Bret Wood) Subject: Re: The Flat Earth? - Conclusion Date: 1995/06/27 Message-ID: <3soems$de7@ix.cs.uoregon.edu> X-Deja-AN: 105161819 references: <O1iblelgYjV9079yn@calvados.apna.org.au> <3sao8d$nts@dingo.cc.uq.oz.au> <3sha3j$7cj@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> <3sntvr$p4h@terminus.cc.gatech.edu> organization: University of Oregon Computer and Information Sciences Dept. newsgroups: sci.astro,talk.origins,sci.anthropology,alt.sci.physics.new-theories,sci.skeptic,aus.religion,alt.religion.christian