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Article #3358Re: How do you draw a straight line?
From: John C. Baez
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1992 02:22
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1992 02:22
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In article <Bvpr2n.F9@news.larc.nasa.gov> mark@uab15.larc.nasa.gov (Mark Flanagan) writes: >How about making the string parallel to the local gravitational gradient? Yes, here we are, using the marvelous global communication facilities of the net to reinvent, yes, the PLUMB BOB! :-) By the way, the "plumb" comes from plumbum, lead (Pb), and the straightness of the plumb bob led to expressions such as "I's plumb tuckered out." (Unlike my bogus etymology of "nitpicking," this is for real as far as I know.)
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Newsgroups: sci.physics Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!galois!riesz!jbaez From: jbaez@riesz.mit.edu (John C. Baez) Subject: Re: How do you draw a straight line? Message-ID: <1992Oct7.022209.29359@galois.mit.edu> Sender: news@galois.mit.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: riesz Organization: MIT Department of Mathematics, Cambridge, MA References: <12950087@hpspdla.spd.HP.COM> <1asiu6INNf5k@agate.berkeley.edu> <Bvpr2n.F9@news.larc.nasa.gov> Date: Wed, 7 Oct 92 02:22:09 GMT Lines: 9