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Re:Finding the longest straight line you could sail without ... by evanb on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @09:49AM (#16966988)
"I have cubed the earth, with 4 simultaneous _corner_ days in 1 rotation of Earth!"

-- Dr. Gene Ray, Cubic and Wisest Human.

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Re:Finding the longest straight line you could sail without ... by dgritsko on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @10:15AM (#16967174)
How can you quote him and not link to Time Cube? http://timecube.2enp.com/
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Re:Finding the longest straight line you could sail without ... by evanb on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @03:57PM (#16970875)
It was from memory. I thought his website had gone...
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Re:Finding the longest straight line you could sail without ... by romwell on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @09:02PM (#16973229)
Gone it has, but the true disciples took care to maintain mirrors eternal.
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Re:Finding the longest straight line you could sail without ... by Anarch157a on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @09:58PM (#16973480)
It is. Gene died in 2015 and the original domain expired the same year. The link posted above is a mirror/tribute.
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Re:Finding the longest straight line you could sail without ... by dgritsko on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @10:53AM (#16977430)
TIL. Couldn't remember the original domain.
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Re:Finding the longest straight line you could sail without ... by yay_cloud2 on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @06:28PM (#16972325)
Brings back many memories. Back in around 2000/01, the website had complete contact information for Gene Ray including phone number. So I called him up and he rambled at me for about 20 minutes before he had to go because his grandkids were coming over.
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Re:Finding the longest straight line you could sail without ... by taneq on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @09:05PM (#16973249)
Wow, he's a real person? I just assumed the whole thing was a parody, but I was never quite sure...
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