Any thoughts on where to find "true level"?

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

You could draw a level line around the earth and it would be circular

 

[brightspark]

Your not standing on a tall enough ladder

I thought the earth was flat water cant go round corners

 

[Parm]

You could draw a level line around the earth and it would be circular

Be a b I t c h if your putting up shelves

 

[ajlelectronics]

I’d like it but need to understand it first.

Second time today I didn’t get it

Accurate, a Curate.

 

[Parm]

I thought the earth was flat water cant go round corners

Don’t sailors use flat earth sea maps?

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

Be a b I t c h if your putting up shelves

Only if the shelves are flat not curved

 

[Parm]

Accurate, a Curate.

Ahhhh

Think today has been one of those days

 

[Shox Dr]

You could draw a level line around the earth and it would be circular

Would that be flat

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

Would that be flat

It would in 1 plane.

Which reminds me....how many sides does a circle have?

 

[Parm]

Would that be flat

Need to check it for level first

 

[Parm]

It would in 1 plane.

Which reminds me....how many sides does a circle have?

It depends on what your definition of a side is

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

^^^ According to the mathematical genius I met down the pub in my youth....a circle has 2 sides....an inside and an outside

 

[Gareth0123]

How many forum members does it take to calibrate a level

Some of you lot would never manage to sort a lightbulb

How many did it take to screw in the light bulb?

Just the one, but it took a full A&E team with two additional nurses and health care assistant to remove it!

 

[Screwdriver]

It would in 1 plane.

Which reminds me....how many sides does a circle have?

A line does not have a plane therefore it is not flat.

Similarly a circle does not have any sides using the word as a geometric term. Your “genius” was making a geek joke.

 

[More Amps]

A line connects two points - but not always by the shortest route. A circle describes a disk, and hence has a plane. (But it still has an inside and outside when it's a circle; but not when it's a disk)

 

[Climber]

I remember having an argument with my art teacher at school when he announced to the class that a line is the only one dimensional shape. He claimed a line only had a 'size' in one dimension. I pointed out that my pencil said it was half a mill wide, and it kind of spiralled from there.

 

[ajlelectronics]

I remember having an argument with my art teacher at school when he announced to the class that a line is the only one dimensional shape. He claimed a line only had a 'size' in one dimension. I pointed out that my pencil said it was half a mill wide, and it kind of spiralled from there.

A pencil line has a width of course, it also has to have a thickness, else it wouldn't be there. So dimension wise, it is no different to a piece of 4x 2 wood.

 

[Screwdriver]

A line connects two points - but not always by the shortest route. A circle describes a disk, and hence has a plane. (But it still has an inside and outside when it's a circle; but not when it's a disk)

The OP refers to "a <level> line around the Earth..." A line is a one dimensional object, it does not have a side, sides do not exist in one dimension.

A circle described in 2 dimensions, on a plane, does not have "sides" as defined by the meaning of that word when used to describe geometric objects: "the line segment that joins two vertices in a shape or two-dimensional figure." Like I said the "mathematical genius" (which itself might be irony) is making a pun by conflating "sides" with "inside" and "outside" which are two totally different words and meanings.

Regarding "not always by the shortest route" should have reminded you that in non Euclidean geometry, one dimensional objects can in fact be curved without creating a "flat" plane. I would enjoy a discussion on the difference between "non-Euclidean" and "not Euclidean" but I wonder if that's of interest to anyone else. Meantime, we need to be careful not to jump between dimensions willy nilly or ignore the specific meaning of geometric terms.

 

[Climber]

A pencil line has a width of course, it also has to have a thickness, else it wouldn't be there. So dimension wise, it is no different to a piece of 4x 2 wood.

That was exactly my argument. Essentially, everything has to be three dimensional. Even if the pencil left a single atom of 'lead', it would still have 3 dimensions. Any more in depth than that and we are into quantum physics, which is a bit above an art teachers pay grade.

 

[ajlelectronics]

I would enjoy a discussion on the difference between "non-Euclidean" and "not Euclidean" but I wonder if that's of interest to anyone else.

I wouldn't mind a brief synopsis.