POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Back to the future : Re: Back to the future [~200KBbu] Server Time
10 Oct 2024 11:18:55 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Back to the future [~200KBbu]  
From: Jim Henderson
Date: 8 Aug 2008 13:42:16
Message: <489c8578$1@news.povray.org>
On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:26:16 -0400, Warp wrote:

>   Why do they always use "round" to mean "spherical" in this context,
> given that the meaning of the word is not very exact?

Because it reinforces the idea that we've always thought of the Earth as 
spherical.

Jim


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