cvs commit: ports/astro/xearth/files freebsd.committers.markers

[Alexander Leidinger]

Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog at FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> On Monday, 26 September 2005 at 21:36:33 +0200, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
>> On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:03:08 +0930
>> "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog at 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
        ^^^^^^
I' was talking about this one.

>>> and communicate with the outside world via a touch pad.
>>
>> The *height* of your keyboard is 8cm or more?
>
> I didn't mention the height.  But for reference, at the back it's
> about 6.5 cm.

You mentioned 8 and 11 cm and compared them against the height of a keyboard.

>> I'm talking about the negative direction the gravity force typically
>> has here on earth.
>
> This is irrelevant in the current situation.

Yes, it is. But I wondered about it because of your above statements and I
was curious and tried to make sure we talk about the same thing.

Bye,
Alexander.

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