On Mon, 8 Nov 2010, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > Just remember that depends on Euclidean Geometry. In other geometries (say > very large circles on the surface of the earth) the ratio is different. There aren't terribly many useful non-Euclidean geometries for which there is a "the ratio". Spherical geometry is not one of them. -- Michael hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "Pessimist: The glass is half empty. Optimist: The glass is half full. Engineer: The glass is twice as big as it needs to be." -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines