QUICK!

Trilby · 05-07-2007, 01:50 PM

...What's the radius of the Earth?

No fair figuring it out based on other stuff, or googling it or otherwise looking the value up somewhere. I want people who 'just know'--the way I know the fastest route to the local bowling alley.

For those of you who just know (and I know you're out there, King of the Geeks [Nay, Queen of the Geeks, obviously]) of what POSSIBLE use is this factoid to you?

Happy Monkey · 05-07-2007, 01:53 PM

The average distance from the center to the surface!

Trilby · 05-07-2007, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

The average distance from the center to the surface!

Nice try. It has to be an actual value.

Trilby · 05-07-2007, 01:55 PM

Oh, but don't worry HM. I've always felt that you were a MASSIVE black hole of a geek! and your rhapsodizing about calculus only seals the deal.

Pie · 05-07-2007, 01:56 PM

6378km, equatorial. Why do you ask?
(Full disclosure: I use this value at work.)

Trilby · 05-07-2007, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Pie

6378km, equatorial. Why do you ask?
(Full disclosure: I use this value at work.)

I knew the Geek Overlord would turn out to be a Geek Goddess! Well, good for you, Pie. Now---second half of the Q---HOW is this knowledge useful to you in your work?

Pie · 05-07-2007, 02:35 PM

I'm a Rocket Scientist.

Spexxvet · 05-07-2007, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Pie

I'm a Rocket Scientist.

Looks and brains. What a woman!

Happy Monkey · 05-07-2007, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

Oh, but don't worry HM. I've always felt that you were a MASSIVE black hole of a geek! and your rhapsodizing about calculus only seals the deal.

Guilty as charged, but alas, numbers are my blind spot. As I mentioned in the calculus thread...

BigV · 05-07-2007, 02:57 PM

25000 miles = 2*3.14*r ~=
12500 miles = 3.14*r ~=
6000 miles ~= r

sorry, I almost always do the math. I don't keep the radius stored next to the route to the bowling alley because I use it much more infrequently than I do the circumference, and I remember the calculation because it has a permanently reserved spot in my memory as a tool.

Sorry I don't rate Geek Overlord. That's probably because I'm half Nerd on my Father's side.

Pie:

1 -- Congratulations.

2 -- Quick (like a bunny), what point on the earth's surface is furthest from the center of the earth? **spoiler** Chimborazo in the Andes

Trilby · 05-07-2007, 03:18 PM

The highest mountain? Everest?

Pie · 05-07-2007, 03:48 PM

I'm with Bri. Though I'm thinking it's something more complicated...

Maybe Voyager 1? Wasn't there some dirt on her?

Trilby · 05-07-2007, 03:55 PM

Another QUICK!

if you saw a child being dragged by an adult, the child screaming, "NO! You are not my (mother)/father"/whatever and you are on a busy street with loads of people who are ignoring the childe---what would you do?

Quick now.

Trilby · 05-07-2007, 03:58 PM

reason I ask--so many witnesses to a child abduction say, "well, I DID see a little girl struggling against a man...screaming 'help'. I just thought it was a form of play." or similar.

HungLikeJesus · 05-07-2007, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV

25000 miles = 2*3.14*r ~=
12500 miles = 3.14*r ~=
6000 miles ~= r

I think there is a typo in that last calculation.

05-07-2007, 01:50 PM	#1
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	QUICK! ...What's the radius of the Earth? No fair figuring it out based on other stuff, or googling it or otherwise looking the value up somewhere. I want people who 'just know'--the way I know the fastest route to the local bowling alley. For those of you who just know (and I know you're out there, King of the Geeks [Nay, Queen of the Geeks, obviously]) of what POSSIBLE use is this factoid to you? __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

05-07-2007, 01:53 PM	#2
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	The average distance from the center to the surface! __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

05-07-2007, 01:55 PM	#4
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Oh, but don't worry HM. I've always felt that you were a MASSIVE black hole of a geek! and your rhapsodizing about calculus only seals the deal. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

05-07-2007, 01:56 PM	#5
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	6378km, equatorial. Why do you ask? (Full disclosure: I use this value at work.) __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

05-07-2007, 02:35 PM	#7
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	I'm a Rocket Scientist. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

05-07-2007, 02:57 PM	#10
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	25000 miles = 23.14r ~= 12500 miles = 3.14r ~= 6000 miles ~= r sorry, I almost always do the math. I don't keep the radius stored next to the route to the bowling alley because I use it much more infrequently than I do the circumference, and I remember the calculation because it has a permanently reserved spot in my memory as a tool. Sorry I don't rate Geek Overlord. That's probably because I'm half Nerd on my Father's side. Pie: 1 -- Congratulations. 2 -- Quick (like a bunny), what point on the earth's surface is furthest from the center of the earth? spoiler* Chimborazo in the Andes __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

05-07-2007, 03:18 PM	#11
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	The highest mountain? Everest? __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

05-07-2007, 03:48 PM	#12
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	I'm with Bri. Though I'm thinking it's something more complicated... Maybe Voyager 1? Wasn't there some dirt on her? __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

05-07-2007, 03:55 PM	#13
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Another QUICK! if you saw a child being dragged by an adult, the child screaming, "NO! You are not my (mother)/father"/whatever and you are on a busy street with loads of people who are ignoring the childe---what would you do? Quick now. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

05-07-2007, 03:58 PM	#14
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	reason I ask--so many witnesses to a child abduction say, "well, I DID see a little girl struggling against a man...screaming 'help'. I just thought it was a form of play." or similar. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

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