Re: The Flat Earth?

(davidwss@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca)
2 May 1995 03:24:01 GMT

Jarrod J. Williamson (jarrod@breeze.seas.ucla.edu) wrote:

: Hmmm . . . ever wonder why those photos from the shuttle only can show
: one side at a time? The illusion, from space, that the earth is round come from
: the little recognized fact that, while truely flat, the earth is dish-shaped!

Golly! And here I thought the illusion of roundness in the photos was
just the normal distortion from using fisheye lenses! The things you can
learn from Usenet!

: Thou fool! How is it that thou seest but canst believe. Surely they shall hear
: and see the truth, but shall not perceive!!

: jarrod (tongue in cheek)

--
David Wasserman (davidwss@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca)
Curmudgeon-At-Large (DWasserman@edc.gov.ab.ca)
"The older I get, the more value I place on experience."

(tongue hanging out, tail wagging)