The radius of the Earth doesn't matter...

...the original circumference is 2*pi*R and the new circumference is 2*pi*(R+1) which is exactly 2*pi bigger than the old circumference, regardless of the value of R.

Lovely old counterintuition :-)

Posted By: Old Man on August 6th 2013 at 13:07:41

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Pitch size, just read the Holt interview on the BBC site about the Charity Shield game (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Aug 6, 12:46:23
- by leaving NCFC (General Chat) - Henclrikus, Aug 6, 13:52:35
  - Yea, not bad for a fat diving cheat (as called on twtd) (n/m) (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Aug 6, 14:59:11
- Pretty sure the old Wembley pitch was bigger (n/m) (General Chat) - duke of york, Aug 6, 13:01:36
- well, if you shrink the earth down to the size of a bowling ball (General Chat) - Tombs, Aug 6, 12:50:18
  - Imagine a ribbon round the equator. (General Chat) - Old Man, Aug 6, 12:54:35
    - what colour is the ribbon? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Aug 6, 12:55:40
      - yellow and green, of course (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Aug 6, 12:55:59
        
        good (General Chat) - Tombs, Aug 6, 12:59:34
        
        ...and the answer is... (General Chat) - Old Man, Aug 6, 12:57:09
        
        fuck (General Chat) - Tombs, Aug 6, 13:03:49
        
        The radius of the Earth doesn't matter... (General Chat) - Old Man, Aug 6, 13:07:41
        
        it does matter when the earth is a blown up bowling ball though (General Chat) - Tombs, Aug 6, 13:14:10
        
        Blimey. Lucky it's really a blown-up football then really. (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Aug 6, 13:16:13
        
        Interestingly... (General Chat) - Old Man, Aug 6, 12:58:52

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