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(...) Well... yes, I guess... assuming you knew X, though, you could easily calculate the diameter of the circle even without knowing the distance apart the two points were... Then the diameter of the circle would simply be: (...) (24 years ago, 2-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, John Gramley writes: **snip of some rather helpful stuff** How about this: Suppose the two points are vertices of an inscribed octagon whose sides are each of length X. Would that help? Dave! (24 years ago, 2-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) The process depends on whether you want a numerical process or a construction process. I'm going to assume that you want a numerical process and that you know the coordinates of the three points. If you want a construction process to be able (...) (24 years ago, 2-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Anyway, I'm assuming you know BOTH the distance between the two points (D), AND the distance along the circumference (L)... I just did it again to be totally geeky, without assuming knowledge of x1,y1 and x2,y2: In the equasion: (...) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) note (...) Well, I'm assuming that we know the coordinates of the two points-- in which case, you'll get slightly different results on the baseball and the basketball... Using the 1 inch string on the basketball will create two points which (...) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) if (...) Ok, I was more bored than I thought (assuming degrees, not radians): F(x,y)=90*pi*(sqrt((...2)^2))/2)/ (sqrt((x1-x)^2+(y1-y)^2))) SO, using the formula L = (all that garbage) and the equasion I got before: (...) you can solve for both (...) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) note (...) I think he means if you know *both* the distance on the circumfrence *and* the straight line. Or maybe he just missed that. But if you know both, then yes, you can. -Shiri (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) You sure about that? Let's say I have a basketball and a baseball. I use a bit of string to make two dots one inch apart on both of them. Are the two balls now the same size? (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Hmm... That was my first instinct reaction, however, the thought occurred that perhaps what is known about the two points is their distance apart as measured along the circumfrence of the circle? (assuming closest distance, but furthest would (...) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yeah, I was afraid of that. Believe it or not, almost immediately after I posted I was sitting at a circular table with a can of Coke, and I realized that the same 1 1/2 inch that defines the diameter of the can only describes a tiny portion (...) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) [x-post and f.u.t. to off-topic.geek since this could get complicated] Well, I have a B.A. in math, but I think this should be a simple enough answer: you can't. The main explanation is that it generally takes three distinct points to (...) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Ok, I need some serious help here. I just tried both out NT terminal server and our Linux box. The NT terminal server is running NS 4.05, the Linux box is running NS 4.72. Both get the same results: I can look at a vendor's listing, I can add (...) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yea, I accept it, but I'll still complain every once in a while (another pet peeve here is that brickshelf uses Javascript to do a redirect when you use a menmonic URL instead of the folder/picture number URL, no reason why it can't do the (...) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) android:~$ whois legomovies.com Registrant: Platinumonium Productions (LEGOMOVIES-DOM) 301 W 21st St. #5 Sioux Falls, SD 57105 US Domain Name: LEGOMOVIES.COM Administrative Contact, Billing Contact: Wigg, Gavin (GWY121) plat99@YAHOO.COM (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I wonder who reserved it......... www.legomovies.com (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) That's not Netscape's fault entirely -- in HTML, CR is whitespace. (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Oh, just ignore me please :) I didn't notice that I have a CR between the IMG tag and the /TD tag - so since they weren't exactly one after the other, netscape was trying to be (too) helpful... :) Dan (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Hey geeks, help me out here. Anyone know how to make Netscape not put a few pixels of space between rows that contain imagemaps? See here: (URL) thin line between the rows will just not go away... It works fine in Mozilla, but is there in Netscape (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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On Tue, 18 Jul 2000 23:10:46 -0600, Tim Courtney wrote (in message <FxxIDy.7wF@lugnet.com>): (snip!) (...) Some folks can get *really* defensive of their favorite OS. That's all. (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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On Wed, 19 Jul 2000 2:09:01 -0600, Selçuk Göre wrote (in message <3975621D.DD740346@s...ine.com>): (...) I'd agree there. WinME (Millenium Edition) is more of an evolution than a revolution. Win2000 is the bomb IMHO. (He said, typing on his G4 Mac. (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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