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Re: Sun-Centered? (was: The Flat Earth?)

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From: Clive D.W. Feather
Date: Thu, 18 May 1995 00:00
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In article <3p6kb9$k3j@manuel.anu.edu.au>,
Andrew Christy <christy@rschp2.anu.edu.au> wrote:
> Doesn't work either here (Canberra, Australia) or in Cambrige, UK. In both
> cities, streets that are intuitively parallel turn out not to be
> (as a rule in Canberra, they are 45-60 degrees out). In Cambridge, two of
> them even meet at a right angle (by the Round Church).

> I can only conclude that space shows a very strong local positive curvature
> in these cities.

Huh ? Didn't you *know* that there's a Tardis Effect somewhere on
Christ's Pieces (in Cambridge). It's well known here.

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Clive D.W. Feather     | If you lie to the compiler, it will get its revenge.
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From: clive@stdc.demon.co.uk (Clive D.W. Feather)
Subject: Re: Sun-Centered? (was: The Flat Earth?)
Date: 1995/05/18
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