What is the conventional way to do it?
just guessing: record pressure at bottom of building, record at top, whip out a table and find the height. I think this is how they used to determine the elevation of mountains.
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#12What is the conventional way to do it?
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#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think there's a degree of deception involved when you try to pin stories like these to actual people. If you leave out the last line, yes, the story has value. But the fabricated link makes one more likely to dismiss the story as junk.
and the misspelled name doesn't help either.
And neither does the incorrect substitution of "tact" for "tack".
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#14What is the conventional way to do it?
just guessing: record pressure at bottom of building, record at top, whip out a table and find the height. I think this is how they used to determine the elevation of mountains.
" I think this is how they used to determine the elevation of mountains."
And also by years and years of meticulous surveying,
The Great Arc by John Keay tells the story of how the height of the world's tallest peak was measured.
Hint: You start from zero and work your way up :-)
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#15Does anyone else remember this from the pilot episode of "Head of the Class"?
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
This story maintains its value whether fact or fiction.
I think there's a degree of deception involved when you try to pin stories like these to actual people. If you leave out the last line, yes, the story has value. But the fabricated link makes one more likely to dismiss the story as junk.
Сказка ложь да в ней намек
Добрым молодцам урок.
Tale of sense, if not of truth!
Food for thought to honest youth.
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#17this story rocks and if you disagree you're probably a tedious person.
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How is a story of someone cheating on a test inspiring?
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#20Whenever someone exhorts you to "think outside the box", they usually, for your convenience, point out exactly where "outside the box" is located. Isn't it funny how nonconformists all dress the same...
- http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/10/outside-the-box.html