Re: Worldmap mercator projection - Latitude to Y calculation. - last try

"J. P. Gilliver" <[email protected]> Tue, 27 Jan 2026 18:14:00 +0000
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-xp,alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On 2026/1/27 9:19:47, Daniel70 wrote:
> On 26/01/2026 11:44 pm, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
>> On 2026/1/26 11:11:11, Daniel70 wrote:
>>> On 25/01/2026 10:02 pm, R.Wieser wrote:
>>>> John,
>>>>
>>>>> English?
>>>>> One of them is a formula; two or more, though pronounced
>>>>> form-you-lee, are formulae
>>>>
>>>> Are you sure about that ?
>>>>
>>>> https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/formule
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Rudy Wieser
>>>>
>>> Dictionarys .... What would THEY know??
>>
>> More than you could possibly imagine [(C) Marvin]
>>
> Hmm!! "Marvin" .... is that Marvin as in THHGTTG??

It would indeed; the true inheritor of Eeyore (or, Eeyore was the
ur-Marvin).

Yes, at some point in THHGTTG some vapid character (probably Zaphod)
said "Hey, d'you know what?", or something similar, and Marvin, in his
default doleful voice, replied "More than you can possibly imagine".

-- 
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()ALIS-Ch++(p)Ar++T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Intelligence isn't complete without the full picture and the full
picture is all about doubt. Otherwise, you go the way of George Bush.
- baroness Eliza Manningham-Buller (former head of MI5),
Radio Times 3-9 September 2011.