Looking at the comment again, I don't think it was a "correction" they made as much as it is a statement of fact about the difference between the distance between the top of the ends and the bottom of the ends. This would be due to a combination of the height and the length, rather than just the length alone. (Exaggerated picture of what I mean:)
\ / \ / ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 4:14 PM Subject: Re: Correction: (Was: RE: New York City) > On Fri, Dec 27, 2002 at 03:25:10PM -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: > > The Verrazano Narrows is the 6th largest in the world. (Never trust the > > MTA). :) > > Like you, I also wonder about that bizarre earth curvature compensation > comment. Build each towers straight up (from the center of the earth, > i.e., normal building), measure the distance between them, hang the > cable. Where's the compensation? Do they really mean that if they > measured between the bottoms, that it wouldn't have worked because their > cable would be 2 inches too short? Weird. > > > -- > "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
