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Article #4754Re: How do you draw a straight line?
From: John Hagerman
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 21:19
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 21:19
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In article <1992Oct5.154211.21663@ecrc.de> micha@ecrc.de (Micha Meier) writes: > > This is something I've been wondering about since a long time. > Although we can make a circle as precise as we want, I think we > cannot make a really precise straight line - every straight line is > made from another one or from a tool that has been made using some > older straight lines - so it all comes down to copying a line that > has been made thousands years ago. Although we have precise > instruments and tools, we can only make better and better lines (so > that eventually the error is less than an atom, and we are there), > but IMHO there is no process to create a straight line directly. Or > is it? How about laser milling? (Then you *really* get a straight line :-). - John -- hagerman@ece.cmu.edu
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Newsgroups: sci.physics Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!fs7.ece.cmu.edu!hagerman From: hagerman@ece.cmu.edu (John Hagerman) Subject: Re: How do you draw a straight line? In-Reply-To: micha@ecrc.de's message of Mon, 5 Oct 1992 15:42:11 GMT Message-ID: <HAGERMAN.92Oct5161957@rx7.ece.cmu.edu> Sender: news@fs7.ece.cmu.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Carnegie Mellon University References: <1992Oct2.224220.24242@access.usask.ca> <1992Oct5.154211.21663@ecrc.de> Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 21:19:57 GMT Lines: 20