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Originally posted by mydragonfido
ok beat my dead to death with this one.. but i think im right..
on a globe or sphereical surface.. the quickest way from point A to point B is a curved line right..
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I think you guys probably just had trouble communicating on this one. The SHORTEST distance would be a straight line, but like you said, you would have to go through the object so that might not be the FASTEST. Fastest way would most likely be the curved line because although its long you wouldn’t have to move any thing.
Keep in mind the answer to the fastest path could depend on many different things. For example when you take that curved path you are in contact with the sphere the whole time, maybe friction slows this down and it would actually be faster to leave the surface of there sphere from point A, go to a new point in space (point C) and return to the sphere ant point B, forming a triangle.
I realize I just made that really complicated but the point is, without knowing everything involved you cant really say what is the "fastest path"
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Originally posted by mydragonfido
a straight is near impossible due to having to move material to get that straight line. moving say straight up and waiting is pointless cuz your letting the sphere move for you.. if its in motion to begin with and that is counting if the sphere is moving towards you.
am i right in this thinking..
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This part I didn’t quite follow so...no comment
