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    Default True / False, or maybe?

    I just thought this might be fun.

    No goggle...that's cheating and no fun.

    Here's the first True False or maybe question.

    "The shortest distance between two points IS a straight line".

    Feel free to post your True/false or maybe "?".
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. P View Post
    I just thought this might be fun.

    No goggle...that's cheating and no fun.

    Here's the first True False or maybe question.

    "The shortest distance between two points IS a straight line".

    Feel free to post your True/false or maybe "?".
    maybe. the shortest distance between two points on the globe is a great circle, which is technically not a straight line at all, and if you sail it, you are continually changing course to maintain your track.

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    Damn WHAT happened to the rest of the posts???
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    Quote Originally Posted by manfrommaine View Post
    maybe. the shortest distance between two points on the globe is a great circle, which is technically not a straight line at all, and if you sail it, you are continually changing course to maintain your track.
    Not correct. Technically the shortest distance from here to Beijing would be to bore through the earth in a straight line and arrive in Beijing. Now, that would not be the fastest way there, but distance-wise it would be much shorter.

    The fact that it would be impossible to do such a thing, at least with today's technology, does not change the fact that it is still the shortest route.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Immanuel View Post
    Not correct. Technically the shortest distance from here to Beijing would be to bore through the earth in a straight line and arrive in Beijing. Now, that would not be the fastest way there, but distance-wise it would be much shorter.

    The fact that it would be impossible to do such a thing, at least with today's technology, does not change the fact that it is still the shortest route.

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    It's always some smart ass that gums up the works..

    Good answer though..cept as you say it's impossible. So is time travel.
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    Quote Originally Posted by manfrommaine View Post
    maybe. the shortest distance between two points on the globe is a great circle, which is technically not a straight line at all, and if you sail it, you are continually changing course to maintain your track.
    surly it is true, what is to stop this line going through the globe to connect the two points? That would be he shortest line and it would be stright line, so it would depend if this line had to obey physics or not, as the question does not mention this I will assume it does not.
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    true
    "A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself."
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    Quote Originally Posted by stephanie View Post
    true
    not always

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    MFM is correct..NOT ALWAYS.

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    I bet he cheated....

    I just took a guess. good one mfm
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    True or False

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    Quote Originally Posted by stephanie View Post
    I bet he cheated....

    I just took a guess. good one mfm
    A guess, opinion or fact is what will make this fun...how about something in Alaska you know about Steph?

    I sort of look at this as fun but learning new stuff.
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