>-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Nearly everything we believe is second hand. For example, less than 500 >people have seen the Earth from space, yet the majority of >people believe it is round (or an oblate sphere for the pedants). >
Perhaps. But this is not why we believe it to be round. We know it is a sphere from observations we make on the surface. For instance, ships sailing away from port disappear from the bottom up (Columbus knew that). The main evidence comes from the fact that the angle of elevation of astronomical bodies sighted at the same time in different places varies in a way that can only be explained if we are on the surface of a sphere. In any case, billions of people have seen at first-hand photos of the Earth from space. Are we to assume all photos are always faked? Rgds, Owen Boyle PS I liked your one about Alexander Graham Bell :-) This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender urgently and then immediately delete the message and any copies of it from your system. Please also immediately destroy any hardcopies of the message. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. The sender's company reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through their networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorised to state them to be the views of the sender's company. ______________________________________________________________________ Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
