On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 1:21 AM, Robin Becker <ro...@reportlab.com> wrote: >> Falling is not the same as flying unless you accidentally miss the ground. >> > well in English an arrow flies as well as time, the whale was very > interested in the approaching ground and perhaps forgot to conjure up > virtual wings or rockets. In any case satellites miss the ground, but even > their motion cannot be classed as flying with wings so I think this > discussion has become irrelevant.
I just asked my father, and he believes that a satellite DOES fly, on the basis that it is perpetually falling and forever missing the ground. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
