ST Alpha - "but there is still an absolute upper limit on the distance from your starting point, as opposed to "distance travelled", in either direction. -- nm" (Reading a Post)

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Login
Create Account

Search Dr. S. Talk
TT/ST Wiki
How Well Do You Know ...

RSS Feed

Hosting by DigitalOcean

Support ST on Ko-Fi

Down to Post

Backboards:

Posts: 160

In response to "It's just interesting that north/south are absolute constructs, but east/west are relative constructs. -- nm" by Dano

but there is still an absolute upper limit on the distance from your starting point, as opposed to "distance travelled", in either direction. -- nm

Posted by znufrii Dec 9 '09, 07:45

(No message)

Responses:

There is no room for interpretation on the question of north/south, but you need more information to answer the question of east/west. - Dano Dec 9, 07:52 4
- [deleted] 3
  - Math is philosophy. What is zero? -- nm - Dano Dec 9, 08:00 1
    - [deleted]
  - That's like saying that the mobius strip is unremarkable. :P -- nm - Beryllium Dec 9, 08:00

Post a message top

Replies are disabled on threads older than 7 days.