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Warp wrote:
> A disc is "round". A torus is "round". A ring is "round". A cylinder is
> "round".
>
> Why do they always use "round" to mean "spherical" in this context,
> given that the meaning of the word is not very exact?
Because nobody really believes the earth is a torus or a ring or a
cylinder? They're trying to distinguish "round" from "flat", not "round"
from "every other possible shape". :-)
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Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
Ever notice how people in a zombie movie never already know how to
kill zombies? Ask 100 random people in America how to kill someone
who has reanimated from the dead in a secret viral weapons lab,
and how many do you think already know you need a head-shot?
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