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0|0|0|||||The impossible Compass|Mattman|1|16:09:14|06/02/2007|When I was googling for stuff%2C it took me to the impossible things homepage%2C intro thing.  There%2C there was a sentence that stated you can%27t draw a straight line with a compass%2C obiviously%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AWell it is very possible %3B%29  But it has to use a drafting compass%2C or one that has a wheel in the center to spread and contract the legs.%0D%0A%0D%0AIf held steadily%2C you can place the need down%2C and the lead tip down lightly.  Use that wheel to draw the lead to the tip.  It doesn%27t have to be a huge line%2C but hey%2C it did just make a straight line.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AThink about it %3B%29%0D%0AMatt
1|1|0|||||RE%3A The impossible Compass|alexb||11:41:17|06/09/2007|%0D%0A%3EThink about it %3B%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AI did. But what if one%27s hands are not quite steady%3F And what if you need to draw a line %28as Euclid has stipulated long time ago%29 between two points farther away than the openning of your compass%3F