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Einstein said it was a straight line. What does everyone think?

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A geodesic ?


Edit: Then again, it could be a wormhole.

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Originally posted by Palynka
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Would a distance of zero between two points make them just one point?


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Originally posted by ashaman
Einstein said it was a straight line. What does everyone think?
A sailer would tell you it's a great circle route.

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Originally posted by Doctor Rat
Would a distance of zero between two points make them just one point?


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0,99999(9)...=1

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Originally posted by Phlabibit
A sailer would tell you it's a great circle route.

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Really? I think sailors might disagree with that.

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Originally posted by ashaman
Einstein said it was a straight line. What does everyone think?
Einstein was a hack!

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Originally posted by Daemon Sin
Really? I think sailors might disagree with that.
He was talking about sailers, not sailors.

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Are there truly any straight lines or are they all flawed?

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Originally posted by Nordlys
He was talking about sailers, not sailors.
Well, he was talking about "a sailer".

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Originally posted by Daemon Sin
Well, he was talking about "a sailer".
Pepeye?

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Originally posted by Daemon Sin
Well, he was talking about "a sailer".
Damn, am I the only one who chats with inanimate objects?

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Originally posted by ashaman
Einstein said it was a straight line. What does everyone think?
Einstein wasn't a taxi driver then 😛

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Originally posted by Daemon Sin
Really? I think sailors might disagree with that.
Any aviator or sailor could tell you that on a globe a great circle route is the shortest distance between two points, when you talk about long distances. It's a curved line arc on a flat two dimensional chart.