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Why am I still up? Well, I was putting some of my magazines away and started sifting through a couple of issues of Omni that I picked up ten years ago. One had "The best of Omni games" and I found some of the puzzles quite interesting. One that caught my eye (which I'm still working on) is the following:
LOOKING BACK. How far from Earth would you have to be to see one third of the surface?
Sounds like a simple math problem right?
Found this a while ago and figured I might as well put it up here before I lose it.
Let's see if this works..
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I still can't figure out why I keep waking up earlier and earlier despite going to bed later and later. *scratches head* In any case, there were some things I had to do. Now all I have to do is remember what they were..
Oh yeah, I can't figure out why accessing my page is so slow from my location despite the lack of network activity at some points in the night. More specifically, why the scripts are slow as sin. It might have to do with the load on Scienide.. *goes and checks*
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It's not the load, it's only hovering around five. There's plenty of power to go around. *wonders* Well, I'll have to check it out at some other time then.
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I've been meaning to do this for some time now, but I keep forgetting about it. I should head to the Bay and see what I can pick up..
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I've been searching around for any new information on the Toronto broomball league, but it seems as if there's nothing new on the net (and my information's nearly three years old!). Hmm, I hope there's still something there..
I'll be going to play roller hockey later on today. I've only played.. twice, so I suck. I also don't have all of the proper equipment so I'll be playing with fear. Finally, my foot still hasn't healed completely so I'll be somewhat lame. Great, so why am I going again?
Oh yeah! I have to go pick up that wedding gift. It's a little early, but I figure I should get it out of the way before I forget (again).
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Saturday, September 09, 2000 at 06:23:09 (UTC)
The answer is one radius.
The solution involves some simple trig, if I'm right. You shouldn't need any formulas, just some triangle knowledge.
Stephen Hwanking
Saturday, September 09, 2000 at 14:18:32 (UTC)
Using simple trig, I get the same answer as Hwanking for a circle. Assuming that it can be projected to a sphere, the answer should be a radius.
Unfortunately the answer isn't a radius. *goes back to drawing board*
QYV
Saturday, September 09, 2000 at 18:34:28 (UTC)
Is the answer, by any chance, 3.25 radii? If not, then don't forget to post a solution.
Hwanking
Saturday, September 09, 2000 at 19:23:52 (UTC)
The answer, in fact, is not 3.25 radii. I know what the answer is, but there was no solution attached to it, so I don't have a solution to post. But as a hint, your first guess was too low, and your second one was too high.
<- still trying to come up with a solution.
QYV