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From: Chris Lawrence on 20 Apr 2008 13:04 On Thu, 17 Apr 2008, Steve Firth wrote: > baggy1963 <stephenb91(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Firth said, falsely accusing me of lying, > > > > "No it didn't, not to 14 decimal places." > > > > Where did I get the co-ordinates from then? > > I have no idea, but you didn't get them from Google Earth. > > Would you like to explain how you got coordinates accurate to 14 decimal > places from Google Earth? Explain exactly how you did it step by step so > that someone else can reproduce it. What kind of distance does 14dp equate to on the ground anyway? A fraction of a millimeter? -- Chris
From: Brimstone on 20 Apr 2008 13:34 Chris Lawrence wrote: > On Thu, 17 Apr 2008, Steve Firth wrote: > >> baggy1963 <stephenb91(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Firth said, falsely accusing me of lying, >>> >>> "No it didn't, not to 14 decimal places." >>> >>> Where did I get the co-ordinates from then? >> >> I have no idea, but you didn't get them from Google Earth. >> >> Would you like to explain how you got coordinates accurate to 14 >> decimal places from Google Earth? Explain exactly how you did it >> step by step so that someone else can reproduce it. > > What kind of distance does 14dp equate to on the ground anyway? A > fraction of a millimeter? ish ;-)
From: Steve Firth on 20 Apr 2008 14:14 Chris Lawrence <news03(a)holosys.co.uk.invalid> wrote: > What kind of distance does 14dp equate to on the ground anyway? A > fraction of a millimeter? No, a fraction of a micrometre, approximately 0.1um as far as makes no difference. Putting that in context, Intel are getting very excited about their 0.45um processors, which have a gate length of 0.45um. IBM has produced some experimental chips with 0.1um gate length but to do so required electron beam lithography. It's an impressive display of fuckwittery from "baggy" that he considers it worthwhile to quote distances to an accuracy that implies no more than 1000 atomic diameters.
From: baggy1963 on 20 Apr 2008 14:42 I believe I have now given the correct co-ordinates of the sign and as I said I'm sure even Mr Firth would have difficulty seeing it in the dark given that it possibly his responsibilty too.
From: Steve Firth on 20 Apr 2008 15:08
baggy1963 <stephenb91(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > I believe Although it's Sunday, you're not in a place of worship. Affirmation of belief is worth squat. > I have now given the correct co-ordinates of the sign and as I said I'm > sure even Mr Firth would have difficulty seeing it in the dark given that > it possibly his responsibilty too. Seek psychiatric help, soon. |