"Alphax" <alphasigmax(a)gmail.com> wrote
It should also be noted that the sphericity of the
Earth only applies on
a macroscopic scale; the hills and valleys don't seem to spherical to me
;)
That's because you're working on a relatively tiny scale. If you were to
scale up a billiard ball (which is smooth enough to be a clichéd comparator)
to the size of the Earth, guess which would end up being smoother?
It could be worse. We could be living on the surface of a golf ball. :-)
Ec