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|    zvilutis@griddynamics.com to OhioGuy    |
|    Re: Arthur C. Clarke's "The Wall of Dark    |
|    02 Oct 17 14:30:53    |
      On Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 6:55:52 PM UTC-8, OhioGuy wrote:              > Their world evidently had an inhospitably hot north, a temperate        > middle, and an extremely cold south. The south is barren, except for an        > insurmountable wall that stretches across the world at a point so far        > south that people can barely reach it during the summer, when things        > warm up.                     > Then he and an old man go over the idea that their world is like a        > piece of paper. You can cut off a ~1" piece from a side, and roll it        > into a tube, with distinct inner and outer surfaces. However, if you        > roll one end 180 degrees, you'll end up with a twisted tube where the        > same surface is both on the outside and the inside.              I've got confused between these 2.              If it really is twisted - then there's no way that they share the same North &       South; meaning N & S should be twisted as well and "walking along the North"       you end up getting to the South & back. AND also it should be at least dual       sided, because you'd        get to the "other side" after a twist...              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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