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Originally posted by afoolbyanyothername
reply to post by Blaine91555
Interesting observation ... so how would you use a length of rope and some "pivot points" to create a simple crop circle design based on a scalene triangle (3 unequal length sides) with angles of EXACTLY say 48 degrees; 75 degrees and 57 degrees ?
Doesn't come much simpler than that ... so could YOU do it ?
Oh i could do that blindfolded on one leg while reciting Sumerian text in Eskimo.
Originally posted by afoolbyanyothername
Interesting observation ... so how would you use a length of rope and some "pivot points" to create a simple crop circle design based on a scalene triangle (3 unequal length sides) with angles of EXACTLY say 48 degrees; 75 degrees and 57 degrees ?
Doesn't come much simpler than that ... so could YOU do it ?
Two ropes, fixed at the same point, will give you any angle you like.
Originally posted by afoolbyanyothername
reply to post by watchZEITGEISTnow
Oh i could do that blindfolded on one leg while reciting Sumerian text in Eskimo.
So by the above I assume that you're saying that YOU couldn't do it easily ?
Well to be honest - maybe - with the right amount of preparation, and time - lots of time - but that's a huge maybe.
Well to be honest - maybe - with the right amount of preparation, and time - lots of time - but that's a huge maybe.
Originally posted by afoolbyanyothername
reply to post by vox2442
Two ropes, fixed at the same point, will give you any angle you like.
So again, youre saying it would be simple to create ANY angle required with nothing more than a few lengths of rope ? Perhaps 45, 90, 180 degrees shouldn't be a problem but a design with multiple angles that are NOT derivates of 45 or 90 degrees I would tend to think would NOT be trivial to create ... especially in the dark and on scales of 100's of meters.
Perhaps I'm wrong and it really is simple ... so how would YOU go about creating an exact required angle of say 58 degrees in a wheat field?
Wow did you ever take geometry at all? Anything you can draw on paper can be scaled up if you know where 45 degree angle is and a 90 degree angle you can figure out anything in between with a tape measure come on how do you think they build houses! Are you really being serious here god i hope not if so this explains alot about people who believe that humans cant do this.Just because you cant do it doesn't mean that other people out there that cant do basic geometry. At this point i would suggest you stop checking out crop circle websites and go read a math book!
Originally posted by grapesofraft
reply to post by nightmare_david
You are a strange little man. Your words mean nothing. You just say stuff that has no relevence. Take a side. You cant prove there are aliens visiting earth so you wiggle your way out.
Originally posted by afoolbyanyothername
reply to post by ignorant_ape
I think you've missed my point completely.
Of course you can preplan the design using software or even the old fashioned way by hand and work it out on paper so to speak.
But all I'm asking is for you to pretend you're in a huge field full of chest high wheat obscuring your view of the ground ... it's pitch dark (ok, I'll give you a flashlight ) and you have a very limited time to create the entire massive and complex design. But lets make it simple, shall we ... i just want you to explain HOW you would transfer your paper design of a 58 degree angle EXACTLY (not 55 or 57 or 60 degrees) onto the ground and lay two UNWAVERING lines of say 73 meters extending away from that angle using rope and your tape measure.
Originally posted by dragonridr
reply to post by afoolbyanyothername
If you can figure out a 45 and a 90 degree angle from point A.You create a point B and C along those lines at anthere called triangles then measure between those two point. For simplicity sake will say its 45 feet. Now you know 1 degree equals 1 foot think you can firgure out the rest yourself at this point. To make it even quicker you could pre mark a rope if you start with a diagram which they do by the way. Obviosly i dont have to assume your level of geometry your proving it.