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Old 05-07-2007, 01:50 PM   #1
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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?
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Old 05-07-2007, 01:53 PM   #2
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The average distance from the center to the surface!
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Old 05-07-2007, 01:54 PM   #3
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The average distance from the center to the surface!
Nice try. It has to be an actual value.
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Old 05-07-2007, 01:55 PM   #4
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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.
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Old 05-07-2007, 01:56 PM   #5
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6378km, equatorial. Why do you ask?
(Full disclosure: I use this value at work.)
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Old 05-07-2007, 02:02 PM   #6
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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?
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Old 05-07-2007, 02:35 PM   #7
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I'm a Rocket Scientist.
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Old 05-07-2007, 02:44 PM   #8
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Old 05-07-2007, 02:46 PM   #9
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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...
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Old 05-07-2007, 02:57 PM   #10
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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.

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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
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Old 05-07-2007, 03:18 PM   #11
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The highest mountain? Everest?
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Old 05-07-2007, 03:48 PM   #12
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I'm with Bri. Though I'm thinking it's something more complicated...

Maybe Voyager 1? Wasn't there some dirt on her?
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Old 05-07-2007, 03:55 PM   #13
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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.
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Old 05-07-2007, 03:58 PM   #14
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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.
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Old 05-07-2007, 04:39 PM   #15
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25000 miles = 2*3.14*r ~=
12500 miles = 3.14*r ~=
6000 miles ~= r
I think there is a typo in that last calculation.
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