On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:21:40 -0800 (PST), wrote:

* *If I string a line around the equator (disregarding natural
obstacles) and then decide I want that line 1 foot above the equator all
the way around, how much longer must that line be? Call the earth's
diameter an even 8000 miles.
*

Goofball_star_dot_etal wrote:
44/7 ft.

Did we ask for an answer in the metric system?!

DSK

(44/7) * 12 * (2.54/100) m.

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On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:48:47 +0000, Gordon wrote:

This is from the Brian Toss rigging book so if you want to cheat, you
can look it up.

If I string a line around the equator (disregarding natural
obstacles) and then decide I want that line 1 foot above the equator all
the way around, how much longer must that line be? Call the earth's
diameter an even 8000 miles.
G

3.14 ft

No, you have forgotten that it is 1' higher all round so the diameter has
increased by 2' not 1'

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This is from the Brian Toss rigging book so if you want to cheat, you
can look it up.

If I string a line around the equator (disregarding natural
obstacles) and then decide I want that line 1 foot above the equator
all the way around, how much longer must that line be? Call the earth's
diameter an even 8000 miles.
G

8000 miles? I take it this is a miniature Earth?


Oh, never mind. I was thinking circumference.

I looked it up. I was waayyyyy off. lol


Ha ha! A classic example why women make lousy sailors. Women never evolved a
brain that understands physical size and geographical and spatial
relationships. That's one reason women tend to get lost all the time and
seem so proud and happy that it be known they need to ask directions.

Men who evolved as hunters and explorers roamed the globe widely and
developed advanced spatial relationship skills. Over the thousands of years
men's brains evolved to understand distances and relationship between points
on a globe. Women who stayed close to the cave or camp and took care of the
brats and did some nearby gathering of fire wood, berries, roots, herbs,
etc. never developed the areas of the brain that handle spatial relationship
problems.

I hope this helps.

Wilbur Hubbard

On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:48:47 +0000, Gordon wrote:

This is from the Brian Toss rigging book so if you want to cheat, you
can look it up.

If I string a line around the equator (disregarding natural
obstacles) and then decide I want that line 1 foot above the equator all
the way around, how much longer must that line be? Call the earth's
diameter an even 8000 miles.
G

A bit over six feet. Two Pi actually.

Casady

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This is from the Brian Toss rigging book so if you want to cheat, you
can look it up.

If I string a line around the equator (disregarding natural
obstacles) and then decide I want that line 1 foot above the equator
all the way around, how much longer must that line be? Call the
earth's diameter an even 8000 miles.
G

8000 miles? I take it this is a miniature Earth?


Oh, never mind. I was thinking circumference.

I looked it up. I was waayyyyy off. lol


Ha ha! A classic example why women make lousy sailors. Women never evolved
a brain that understands physical size and geographical and spatial
relationships. That's one reason women tend to get lost all the time and
seem so proud and happy that it be known they need to ask directions.

Men who evolved as hunters and explorers roamed the globe widely and
developed advanced spatial relationship skills. Over the thousands of
years men's brains evolved to understand distances and relationship
between points on a globe. Women who stayed close to the cave or camp and
took care of the brats and did some nearby gathering of fire wood,
berries, roots, herbs, etc. never developed the areas of the brain that
handle spatial relationship problems.

I hope this helps.

Wilbur Hubbard


Men are to blame for constantly telling us that something is 8 inches when
it's really 4.

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This is from the Brian Toss rigging book so if you want to cheat,
you can look it up.

If I string a line around the equator (disregarding natural
obstacles) and then decide I want that line 1 foot above the equator
all the way around, how much longer must that line be? Call the
earth's diameter an even 8000 miles.
G

8000 miles? I take it this is a miniature Earth?


Oh, never mind. I was thinking circumference.

I looked it up. I was waayyyyy off. lol


Ha ha! A classic example why women make lousy sailors. Women never
evolved a brain that understands physical size and geographical and
spatial relationships. That's one reason women tend to get lost all the
time and seem so proud and happy that it be known they need to ask
directions.

Men who evolved as hunters and explorers roamed the globe widely and
developed advanced spatial relationship skills. Over the thousands of
years men's brains evolved to understand distances and relationship
between points on a globe. Women who stayed close to the cave or camp and
took care of the brats and did some nearby gathering of fire wood,
berries, roots, herbs, etc. never developed the areas of the brain that
handle spatial relationship problems.

I hope this helps.

Wilbur Hubbard


Men are to blame for constantly telling us that something is 8 inches when
it's really 4.


If some women were more attractive perhaps it WOULD really be 8 inches.

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Gregory Hall

On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:46:14 +0100, "Edgar"
wrote:

No, you have forgotten that it is 1' higher all round so the diameter has
increased by 2' not 1'

Yes, good point, should have used the radius formula, 2 pi R.