Why can't we have square trees?

bigshea13

feed me seymour! feed me!

wulkowicz

OK. How's this?


Equatorial Circumference = 40,075 km

If I had a rope laying flat that went l all the way around the world. Then I had to raise it up another meter, all the way around the world; how much more rope would I need?

Eric Frei

The answer may vary as the Earth is NOT ROUND, that's right, they thought it was flat but were wrong, then they thought it was round but were wrong and now they know it's elliptical.

Also the moons gravity can distort the oceans, tides vary and as rope floats, 2/3's of the circumference is water it makes a big difference.

However in your question you dont mention any of that criteria and therefore one could assume it to be cylindrical and the answer the same.

But I think there's ample rope to hang yourself.

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Steve Tipton

I heard the Japanese developed square eggs for easier packing and transport.
The trouble was the chickens boycotted them, they thought the idea was a pain in the arse!

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newguy18

I think it would be actually more hassle than it would be worth to have square trees,no directional felling and just think how much trickier felling might become.You would have a harder time climbing and for guys like me who natural crotch rig it would be near impossible.difficult at best.Take it elsewhere.

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RandyMac

Square logs would be a pain in the butt to drag, too much surface area, corners would catch on things.


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TreeDimensional

RandyMac is right there would be a lot of surface area, but on the other hand, you wouldn't have to worry about 'em rolling down the side of the mountian.

Newguy18, for directional felling, it doesn't matter whether they are round or square. The same principles would still apply. You would just need to REALLY consentrate on your depth of notch. Haven't you ever felled a flat sided tree?

newguy18

Can't say i have td.When you put it like that it makes sense.

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wulkowicz

Square trees would also mean no more log rolling contests... And square eggs would require square chickens.

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Back to my question:

The answer is 6.28 meters. It is exactly the same for any circle of any size expanding an extra unit in diameter on all sides. It doesn't matter what the unit might be; feet, meters inches, or the thickness of a cambial cell. It doesn't matter if the circle is a sapling or the sun; the law of circles needs 6.28 additional units in the circumference.

From now on, I'll simply call it the Law of 6. ? 2008

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The trees in my illustration use it, the rope around the ocean scales it up a few dozen magnitudes, and you can find it all in a teacher's site: http://www.abc.net.au/science/surfin...onundrum17.pdf apparently as a product of Australian news. (Perhaps bigshea would like to go rag at them.)

We don't have square trees because trees don't like them. But I hear Monsanto is working on it.


PS: I wrote the arborist satire about 15 years ago; and you'll find in the humor sections on other sites--go figure.


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Eric Frei

Oh, I miss understood your original question. I thought you were going to move the rope up as in north or south of the equater not move it up as in on sticks so it was 1m above the surface.

As you know commen language suggests up is north. I'm moving up to Brisbane from Sydney.

I'm moving down from Darwin to Adelaide.

I'm moving up from Mexico to California etc.

Please be a little more specific in future.

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TreeDimensional

Ekka, thats NQR on the direction terminology!

It is: Out West/Back East/Up North/ Down South!!!!

At least in my part of the northern hemisphere. LOL

newguy18

Hows the snow and cold up your way?

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Jeff Darby

LOL...It's the same where I live in Sydney, Except for back East....and Sydney is refered to as "In Town".

And if your going to Melbourne it's Mexico...LOL...

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Flamin half them Mexicans are up here!

Especially in winter, they're all the albinos.

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