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MisterE
Social climber
Bouncy Tiggerville
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Werner, there is no right answer, it's for contemplation, so whatev's
wait - did I just get trolled
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hooblie
climber
from where the anecdotes roam
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 2, 2011 - 07:53am PT
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it's a grin to read the replies. in the spirit of the mathematical, i find intriguing a little teaser
involving the length of the british coastline.
a rough calculation might be reached by way of a several sided polygon connecting the capes. in search of greater accuracy,
one might adhere with increasing fidelity to the various rugosities of whatever scale.
thus any answer can be justified beyond a certain minimum inclosure
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aren't we a bunch of questors ... the ones that went over the wall while our littermates mewed in an angsty heap?
we push out during periods of expansion into the territory, and then comes a conceptual knitting, an effort
to wrap what we've taken in a package, which is settling, to form a cohesive subset of the whole.
what moon pulls that reversing tide but repose?
and maybe the compulsion of sense
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Captain...or Skully
climber
leading the away team, but not in a red shirt!
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How else could the infinite be framed, but gently?
Gently....
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
SoCal
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Infinity - Lay down your mass and let go. Cut communication with all energy. Perceive by permeation. On the other side you'll pick up the mass you want, generate the energy you want, and all is creation. Smile.
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jogill
climber
Colorado
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any answer can be justified beyond a certain minimum inclosure
Technically, not quite - not every curve with an infinite number of wrinkles can be thought of as infinitely long. But, somehow, I think I'm missing the poetry here . . .
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Trad climber
Will know soon
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I'd like to think the infinite is gently framed. It feels good when you say that. However, I believe it has a harsh/hardness and a depth that balances the quiet gentleness.
But what do I know of the infinite ? To me it's part of the invisible world that makes up reality in the truest sense.
Now we have a New Year to explore the infinite yet again. Peace, lynne
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d-know
Trad climber
electric lady land
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words are turds
that fall from
the as#@&%e
of mind.
an honest act
becomes a fact
that ripples
thru time.
prefer to frame
all in curves
other than angles
and repose
awaits
just the
same.
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TomCochrane
Trad climber
Santa Cruz Mountains and Monterey Bay
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i find intriguing a little teaser
involving the length of the british coastline.
a rough calculation might be reached by way of a several sided polygon connecting the capes. in search of greater accuracy,
one might adhere with increasing fidelity to the various rugosities of whatever scale.
The level-of-detail is critical for computer mapping (i.e. GIS) or virtual reality representations (VR/CAD)
one day i walked/rock climbed the entire coast line of Anahoe Island in Pyramid Lake, NV with a Trimble survey GPS system on my back
then went to my office the next day and geo-referenced the survey line to the USGS sectionals to calculate the coast line and acreage
then flew over the island hanging out the door taking pictures
then geo-referenced the pictures to map out all the pelican and cormorant nest sites on the island
then walked the hill tops with binoculars to designate which nest sites were active during nesting season
you can take in the entire scene at a glance from an airplane
or you can spend a lifetime understanding everything happening there
it is very easy to mess up a balanced ecology
it is very challenging and full of unexpected surprises to try to repair it
the universe is like that
i had 80 gb of CAD data for ISS on my computer. we eliminated all the nuts and bolts and washers and kept cutting down the LOD until we could represent VR for all construction phases in 600 mb
the main thing we have learned on the space station is that we don't know how to make a life support system work
that is also the main thing we have learned on planet earth
we had best learn quickly
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