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Re: How much global warming(GW) is our local mascon good for?

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From: Odysseus
Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 07:36
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In article <0hhvg4-bej.ln1@sirius.tg00suus7038.net>,
 The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@sirius.tg00suus7038.net> wrote:

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> [*] if one has a sphere of a certain radius r, and a disc with the same
> radius, the area of the disc is pi * r^2, and the surface area of the
> sphere is 4 * pi * r^2, by elementary geometry.

Shouldn't you be comparing the disc with a hemisphere instead of a 
sphere, for a ratio of 1/2 instead of 1/4?

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Odysseus
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From: Odysseus <odysseus1479-at@yahoo-dot.com>
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Subject: Re: How much global warming(GW) is our local mascon good for?
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