Re: New shuttle
rsetzer <[email protected]>
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Ugggg, fire good. Ian Moes wrote: > Bah, go further back! Betya the cromagnum man didn't > think the earth was round !!! > > > > --- Michael Cuffaro <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >>A round earth was pretty much common knowledge back >>in ancient times.. people tend to forget that >>mankind was reasonably well advanced back then... we >>lost a lot of knowledge in the Dark Ages and >>it was only in the 17th/18th centuries that we >>really got back to where we were then. And even at >>that there were some things that only got >>rediscovered in the 19th century. >> >>-Mike >> >>--- Ian Moes <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>>Yeah, but noone believed him :-p >>> >>> >>>--- Michael Cuffaro <[email protected]> >>>wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the >>>>earth to be 252,000 stadia, to be exact. And he >>>>was only off by a very little bit. >>>> >>>>--- rsetzer <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>I seem to recall that the ancient Greeks had >>>> >>>>calculated the diamater of >>>> >>>>>the planet way back when. Don't ask me where I >>>> >>>>heard this, or why I >>>> >>>>>remember it. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>[email protected] wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>>The world was not supposed to be round. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Actually, the complaint of the British was >> >>not >> >>>>that the world was flat, it was that it was >>>> >>>>>bigger around than Columbus had calculated. >> >>They >> >>>>were right. His calculations were whack. >>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>There was not supposed to be a land route to >>>> >>>>China. >>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Say what? The Silk Road was around for a >> >>while. >> >>>> The problem with the purely land route to >>>> >>>>>China was mainly A) It was expensive and B) It >> >>ran >> >>>>through several plague breeding grounds. >>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>The Soz were not supposed to ever win >> >>another >> >>>>series. >>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>The Soz? >>>>>> >>>>>>-Sloth >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Community email addresses: >>>>>> Post message: [email protected] >>>>>> Subscribe: >>>> >>>>[email protected] >>>> >>>>>> Unsubscribe: >>>> >>>>[email protected] >>>> >>>>>> List owner: >>>> >>>>[email protected] >>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Yahoo! Groups Links >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Community email addresses: >>>>> Post message: [email protected] >>>>> Subscribe: >>>> >>>>[email protected] >>>> >>>>> Unsubscribe: >>>> >>>>[email protected] >>>> >>>>> List owner: >> >>[email protected] >> >>>>> >>>>>Yahoo! Groups Links >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>Man can now fly in the air like a bird, swim >> >>under >> >>>>the ocean like a fish, he can burrow into the >> >>ground >> >>>>like a mole. Now if only he could walk the earth >>>>like a man, this would be paradise. >>>> -Tommy Douglas >>>> >>>> >> >>__________________________________________________ >> >>>>Do You Yahoo!? >>>>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam >>>>protection around >>>>http://mail.yahoo.com >>>> >>>> >>>>Community email addresses: >>>> Post message: [email protected] >>>> Subscribe: >>>>[email protected] >>>> Unsubscribe: >>>>[email protected] >>>> List owner: >> >>[email protected] >> >>>> >>>>Yahoo! Groups Links >>>> >>>> >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > ___________________________________________________________ > >>>Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC >> >>calling worldwide with voicemail >> >>>http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com >>> >>> >>>Community email addresses: >>> Post message: [email protected] >>> Subscribe: >> >>[email protected] >> >>> Unsubscribe: >> >>[email protected] >> >>> List owner: [email protected] >>> >>>Yahoo! Groups Links >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>Man can now fly in the air like a bird, swim under >>the ocean like a fish, he can burrow into the ground >>like a mole. Now if only he could walk the earth >>like a man, this would be paradise. >> -Tommy Douglas >> >> >> >>____________________________________________________ >>Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page >>http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs >> >> >> >>Community email addresses: >> Post message: [email protected] >> Subscribe: >>[email protected] >> Unsubscribe: >>[email protected] >> List owner: [email protected] >> >>Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> > > === message truncated === > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com > > > Community email addresses: > Post message: [email protected] > Subscribe: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: [email protected] > List owner: [email protected] > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > >