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by mjb - Wed 19th Oct 2005, 3:51pm
jpd said: Where else could I be? OK, so I rushed the previous one a bit. How aboot the centre of the earth, or is East undefined there as well. In which case, go out far enough such that your 1 mile East will take you back to where you started the Eastward leg.

by jpd - Wed 19th Oct 2005, 3:41pm
Rich said: At a position one mile north of the place where walking east around the south pole brings you in a full circle 1 mile in circumference, back to the same point. Is the right answer. If we assume the small area around the South pole is flat, our start point would be any point on the circle which is 1 + 1 / (2 * pi) miles North of the South pole. Where else could I be?

by Rich - Wed 19th Oct 2005, 3:38pm
jpd said: Also wrong. Aw, come on! You start "on the equator", you finish "on the equator"!! At a position one mile north of the place where walking east around the south pole brings you in a full circle 1 mile in circumference, back to the same point.

by jpd - Wed 19th Oct 2005, 3:36pm
Rich, using semantics said: On the equator? Also wrong.

by Rich, using semantics - Wed 19th Oct 2005, 3:35pm
jpd said: Good. Where else could you be? On the equator?