Ansible Interview

James Wynn · 25 Jan 2009, 03:50 · from 2009-January.txt.gz

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From: crushtv at gmail.com (James Wynn)
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 21:50:12 -0600
Subject: (urth) Ansible Interview
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>Matthew Groves wrote:
>>> But the point regarding shadows is that it's always
>>> noon under the long sun, and so there wouldn't be any "valleys filled
>>> with shadow."

>> I wrote
>> Unless they are always filled with shadow, right?
>> I'm just north of the 30th parallel. If it were noon on the summer 
>> solstice right now, I would cast a shadow.

> Jeff Wilson
> You're outside of a planet, not inside a spinning asteroid.
>
So? Same difference. If the ground slopes non-perpendicular to the central 
light, object perpendicular to the ground will cast shadows. If a mountain 
is not perpendicular to the central light (remember that these mountains 
were not shaped by rain and geology) it could constantly overshadow an 
adjacent valley.

J

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