Re: [asa] The Challenge (was Advice for conversing with YECs)

Don,

The matter of rounding to the nearest millimetre is a feature of the
declared standard (interestingly, ISO 216) thus making 297 x 210 the
nominal dimensions of the A4 sheet. Thus, He who brought all this to pass
was simply following the rules of the game!

And what of the related Genesis Formulae? Are they also concidences?

Vernon

----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Nield" <d.nield@auckland.ac.nz>
To: "Vernon Jenkins" <vernon.jenkins@virgin.net>
Cc: "Michael Roberts" <michael.andrea.r@ukonline.co.uk>; <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 1:04 AM
Subject: Re: [asa] The Challenge (was Advice for conversing with YECs)

> This is ludricrous. An A4 sheet measures 210 mm by 297 mm. Vernon has just
> observed that 6 x 210 = 1260 and 6 x 210 - 2 x 297 = 666.
> But why does an A4 sheet measure 210 mm by 297 mm ? The answer is it is
> because of round-off error. An A4 sheet was designed to have sides in the
> ratio of sqrt(2) to 1, and to have an area (1/2)^4 square metres. These
> requirement imply that the sides have lengths 2^(-9/4) m = 0.210 224... m
> and 2^(-7/4) m = 0. 297 301 ... m, respectively. To three decimal places
> these are 0.210 and 0.297 metres. Thus the fact that 1260 and 666 appear
> in this connection is mere coincidence.
> Don
>
>
> Vernon Jenkins wrote:
>> Michael,
>>
>> I thought you might appreciate the following additional challenge:
>>
>> (1) Take 8 x A4 sheets of paper.
>> (2) Lay 6 of them side by side - and in close contact - on a flat surface
>> so as to form a long rectangle.
>> (3) Place the remaining 2 sheets lengthwise below this rectangle - again
>> in close contact, one each side - so that their outer edges align with
>> the outer edges of the block of 6.
>> (4) Taking a ruler graduated in millimetres, record, (a) the total length
>> of the top edge of this symmetrical arrangement and, (b) the width of the
>> gap between the lower sheets.
>> (5) Thus, confirm the outcomes, 1260 and 666 - two numbers which are
>> found to occur in close proximity in the Book of Revelation (see vv 12:6,
>> 12:14, 13:5 and 13:18).
>>
>> Surely, a profound mystery, Michael !?
>>
>> Of course, you'd get the same results by plugging the trios of values [pi
>> = 12, qi = ri = 0] and [pi = 12, qi = - 6, ri = 0], respectively, into
>> the Genesis 1:1+ formula, Gi = 105pi + 99qi + ri
>>
>> But observe: 'foolscap' fails to deliver such wonders!
>>
>> Vernon
>>
>> Suggested additional reading: www.whatabeginning.com/ObDec.htm,
>> www.whatabeginning.com/A4/Origami/P.htm
>>
>> V
>>
>>
>
>

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