tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post485779197086103133..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Simple GeometryAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-71848484543664931122022-03-28T12:37:27.098-04:002022-03-28T12:37:27.098-04:00Yes, I thought of that. I will be there for a wee...Yes, I thought of that. I will be there for a week and can split it up and also try in both directions. As it will be something around 6,000 steps each time, I might borrow my wife's fitbit for that instead, so I can just listen to a podcast. Though I mind counting much less than other people. Counting was a calming OCD habit of mine for years and I have gone over 10,000 several times. I get irritated later because I feel I didn't get anything done in those hours, but at the time I don't mind it at all. Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-65438831539700885382022-03-28T12:26:04.107-04:002022-03-28T12:26:04.107-04:00I don't know about you, but by the end of 5 mi...I don't know about you, but by the end of 5 miles my pace might be an inch or so different from when I started.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-63034687006198620962022-03-28T10:56:35.462-04:002022-03-28T10:56:35.462-04:00I'll be back in the summer and will personally...I'll be back in the summer and will personally pace it off on the inside track and the outside track.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-90034225768655306112022-03-28T09:18:44.359-04:002022-03-28T09:18:44.359-04:00Be a good do-be and tell the camp director how wro...Be a good do-be and tell the camp director how wrong he is!Sponge-headed ScienceManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12914014641719908195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-38278259857601341922022-03-28T07:27:19.286-04:002022-03-28T07:27:19.286-04:00Leave it up as a reminder that math is always a di...Leave it up as a reminder that math is always a disappointment GraniteDadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04851407860883846133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-63273743474970030802022-03-28T07:22:29.180-04:002022-03-28T07:22:29.180-04:00Confirmed. What's the thought here? Should I...Confirmed. What's the thought here? Should I take the whole post down or leave it up as a bad example and a warning to others?Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-23280717203570735422022-03-27T23:43:02.690-04:002022-03-27T23:43:02.690-04:00A typical two-lane road is ~24' wide. It might...A typical two-lane road is ~24' wide. It might be wider, but in remote areas, it's more likely to be a little bit narrower.<br /><br />If the road is a perfect circle, the outside diameter is 48' larger than the inside diameter, making the outside perimeter just under 151'longer than the inside, regardless of the size of the inner circle.<br /><br />James is right - unless there's something very surprising about the shape of the lake, this road would have to be impossibly wide in order to have the difference in lengths reported.Thos.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09562836622083001506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-14485329803106271122022-03-27T22:27:41.727-04:002022-03-27T22:27:41.727-04:00I believe youI believe youAssistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-62198173152215030102022-03-27T21:48:06.392-04:002022-03-27T21:48:06.392-04:00Widely separated lanes? Maybe my modeling is miss...Widely separated lanes? Maybe my modeling is missing something, but I figure the road has three classes of local shape: straight (outer length = inner), convex (outer length >inner), and concave (outer length < inner). I'd figure the concave and convex sections would mostly cancel out, except for the overall circling of the lake. Approximate by a circle, and delta-C = 2Pi delta-R, which gives a distance between inner and outer edges of a bit over 130 feet.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-22434798817671672192022-03-27T21:36:13.020-04:002022-03-27T21:36:13.020-04:00Two lanes. I would have to estimateTwo lanes. I would have to estimateAssistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-15277568400108622652022-03-27T21:26:23.412-04:002022-03-27T21:26:23.412-04:00How wide is that road?How wide is that road?jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.com