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16 Dec 04
16 Dec 04
http://www.new7wonders.com/index.php
Read about it in a newspaper.The site says the (chinese) great wall is 3000 kilometers long,the newspaper said,it is between 2000 and 10000 kilometers long,depending on the source.Must be a misprint.Or is this true?Surely the exact lentgh must be known,no?
16 Dec 04
Originally posted by salamandaincorrect, you cant see the great wall of china from the moon! even with no cloud cover it is impossible. i cant remember exactly why this is, i think it has something to do with its width...as from space you would only see an ariel view of it which would be about 7 meters wide. icidently i went there when i was around 8 and it was brilliant.
You can see the chinese wall from the moon, so next time you're there you can measure it!
fred
17 Dec 04
newspaper.The site says the (chinese) great wall is 3000 kilometers long,the newspaper said,it is between 2000 and 10000 kilometers long,depending on the source.Must be a misprint.Or is this true?Surely the exact lentgh must be known,no?[/b]it depends on how you measure it. do you measure damaged and destroed parts. do you measure the parts that over lap. do you count the space short spaces inbetween sections of wall so your measuing how far apart it is. this is probably why the have different numbers.
17 Dec 04
Originally posted by milfryder4lifeoh,I see.Thanks 🙂
it depends on how you measure it. do you measure damaged and destroed parts. do you measure the parts that over lap. do you count the space short spaces inbetween sections of wall so your measuing how far apart it is. this is probably why the have different numbers.
17 Dec 04
Originally posted by SirLoseALotLength isn't everything Son, 😉.
LOL It's not a quiz,you can actually vote for your prefered new wonder.
The question was mine,I just fail to understand how they can not know the exact length 😕
There's also the question of how thick this wall is. It was meant to keep a lot of people out, wasn't it? It should be big then. A little wall is no use to anyone, no matter what design trickery you may wish to employ. Mind you, the makers of these so called "small walls" would probably tell you differently. Good luck to them.