Re: QA question

"John R. Carroll" <jcarroll@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:qYrhf.20541$7h7.20476@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

> Dan,
> All you really need is a short pole, a length of string, a dark room
> and a lamp.
> Don't laugh. Well, OK go ahead and laugh but by measuring the shadow
> cast with the part ten feet or so from a wall in a dark room you could
> accurately compute the angle. Just measure it with the string at the
> top and bottom and do the math.
>
> I think this was the preferred method when Cliff was a student :>)
> ROTFL

LOL. I wonder if he still has his abacus?

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Dan

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