Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 21:36:33 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/astro/xearth/files freebsd.committers.markers Message-ID: <20050926213633.12b1b9c8@Magellan.Leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <20050926003308.GF29567@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <200509252339.j8PNdj7c030486@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050926002701.GA73355@xor.obsecurity.org> <20050926003308.GF29567@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:03:08 +0930
"Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> On Sunday, 25 September 2005 at 20:27:01 -0400, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > On Sun, Sep 25, 2005 at 11:39:45PM +0000, Greg Lehey wrote:
> >> grog 2005-09-25 23:39:45 UTC
> >> Log:
> >> Specify location accurately enough for Google Maps.
> >>
> >> This appears to require 5 digits after the decimal point. Specifying
> >> 6 would pinpoint the location to about 11 cm in a north/south
> >> direction and about 8 in east/wast, which is too specific for moving
> >> beings.
> >
> > What about beings who rarely move from behind their monitor, like
> > many hackers? :)
>
> I had thought of that. But we're talking about distances shorter than
> the height of a keyboard here. You'd have to be completely paralyzed
> and communicate with the outside world via a touch pad.
The *height* of your keyboard is 8cm or more? Are we talking about the
same direction in the 3D space? I'm talking about the negative
direction the gravity force typically has here on earth.
Bye,
Alexander.
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