From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/27330 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rob Browning Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Flying terminator (was: Re: Cups) Date: 30 Nov 1999 01:49:12 -0600 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: <87ogccl8qv.fsf@raven.localnet> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035164373 23977 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 01:39:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 01:39:33 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: from bart.math.uh.edu (bart.math.uh.edu [129.7.128.48]) by sclp3.sclp.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA26318 for ; Tue, 30 Nov 1999 02:52:00 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu (lists@Sina.HPC.UH.EDU [129.7.3.5]) by bart.math.uh.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id BAB31093; Tue, 30 Nov 1999 01:51:36 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Tue, 30 Nov 1999 01:51:17 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (root@sclp3.sclp.com [204.252.123.139]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id BAA25118 for ; Tue, 30 Nov 1999 01:51:06 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from omen.dhis.org (mail@cs2868-22.austin.rr.com [24.28.68.22]) by sclp3.sclp.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA26304 for ; Tue, 30 Nov 1999 02:49:19 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from raven.localnet ([192.168.1.7] ident=mail) by omen.dhis.org with esmtp (Exim 3.03 #1 (Debian)) id 11si2C-0003TJ-00 for ; Tue, 30 Nov 1999 01:49:12 -0600 Original-Received: from rlb by raven.localnet with local (Exim 3.03 #1 (Debian)) id 11si2C-0003Yv-00 for ; Tue, 30 Nov 1999 01:49:12 -0600 Original-To: ding@gnus.org In-Reply-To: Jeff Senn's message of "23 Nov 1999 15:12:54 -0500" Original-Lines: 13 User-Agent: Gnus/5.070098 (Pterodactyl Gnus v0.98) Emacs/20.4 Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:27330 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:27330 Jeff Senn writes: > Darn it -- always something! I missed altitude: > > (1666.67 + (km_of_altitude_above_sea_level/12)) * cos(abs(lat)) KPH > > ...assuming no wind :-) That's not all you missed; the cos() in there makes me think you're suggesting that the earth is actually a sphere :> -- Rob Browning PGP=E80E0D04F521A094 532B97F5D64E3930