Because of the simple fact that nobody ever updates the subject line, that
can justr as easily be accomplished by filtering out the specific subject.
On Sat, 25 Jan 2025, cz via cctalk wrote:
Whelp, it's time to mute cctalk for a few weeks. See you all in Feb!
Whelp, it's time to mute cctalk for a few weeks. See you all in Feb!
On 1/23/2025 5:11 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
On Jan 23, 2025, at 10:44 AM, ben via cctalk wrote:
On 2025-01-23 8:15 a.m., Alexander Schreiber wrote:
On Tue, Jan 21, 2025 at 12:52:49PM -0700, ben via cctalk wrote:
On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 08:44:29AM -0700, ben via cctalk wrote:
> On 2025-01-23 8:15 a.m., Alexander Schreiber wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 21, 2025 at 12:52:49PM -0700, ben via cctalk wrote:
> > > On 2025-01-21 10:54 a.m., Paul Koning wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Uh, what? How would the earth surface
On 1/25/25 12:41, dwight via cctalk wrote:
>
>> A simple home experiment:
>>
>> Find two points, such a hill/mountain-tops that are visible from each
>> other, but 10 or 20 miles, at least apart east/west..
>>
> This is not sufficient to prove the earth is spherical. This method was used
> to cal
> A simple home experiment:
>
> Find two points, such a hill/mountain-tops that are visible from each
> other, but 10 or 20 miles, at least apart east/west..
>
This is not sufficient to prove the earth is spherical. This method was used to
calculate the diameter of the earth, already knowing tha
He [Columbus[ did not prove that the earth is round; that would have to
wait for Magellan.
On Sat, 25 Jan 2025, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
That was never his intention.
No argument.
I was merely putting in a dig at the education system in USA, where
"Columbus proved the earth was roun
On 1/25/2025 1:04 AM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
On Fri, 24 Jan 2025, Frank Leonhardt via cctalk wrote:
The theory that the earth is flat is clearly disproven. Aristotle
worked it it was basically spherical, yet crackpots believe it's flat
to this day - often because their scripture said o
On 2025-01-24 11:04 p.m., Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
And, it would was close enough to make it obvious that if you want to
sail west from europe to the indies, you are going to run out of
supplies long before you get there! Unless you are dumb lucky, and
happen to bump into some land on the
Can this stop already?
Sellam
On Fri, Jan 24, 2025, 9:33 PM Frank Leonhardt via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> On 23/01/2025 23:00, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
> > On Jan 23, 2025, at 5:37 PM, Robert Feldman via cctalk
> > wrote:
> >> ...
> >>
> >> The answer to your question is one
