question-of-the-day answered
Irene Mogol
bn890 at scn.org
Thu Oct 7 15:26:44 PDT 1999
I still think my original idea is the best --
Carefully lay out 51-1/2 strands of spagetti across the top being careful
not to let the ball roll away, sprinkle with garlic, oil and cheese and
Mangia!
On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Doug Hathaway wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Kurt Cockrum wrote:
>
> > Rich said:
> > >Solution needed.
> > >
> > >If I have a styrofoam ball one foot in diameter, how can I find the
> > >precise location of the opposing poles?
> (snip)
> If you don't mind paint on the ball, I bet this would work:
> You need paint, a thin brush, and a trashbag or tarp, laid flat on
> the ground.
> Paint a thin line of paint on the tarp. Roll the ball along it.
> The ball will have a circle painted on it.
> Now paint another line (or use the same one, if paint's still
> wet). Roll the ball along the line again, but this time start it out so
> that the second circle is not painted right over the first.
> You will have 2 circles painted around the ball. They would be
> called "Great Circles" on a globe, because they are the circumference of
> the ball at its widest diameter (eg, the Equator, all the longitude
> lines). The 2 points where the circles cross will be 180 degrees from
> each other, regardless of the angle between the circles.
> If you use white paint, no one will notice once it dries.
>
> --Doug
>
>
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