[WikiEN-l] Re: Re: Example vs. Original research

Wed Jul 27 12:48:43 UTC 2005

On Jul 27, 2005, at 5:08 AM, Phil Boswell wrote:

> That's because you're working on a relatively tiny scale. If you  
> were to
> scale up a billiard ball (which is smooth enough to be a clichéd  
> comparator)
> to the size of the Earth, guess which would end up being smoother?

A billiard ball the size of the Earth would have mountains 50 miles  
high.

Fred