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- From: robert@slipknot.rain.com (Robert Reed)
- Subject: Re: Shortest distance between two line _segments_
- Message-ID: <By2z4D.How@slipknot.rain.com>
- Reply-To: robert@slipknot.rain.com.UUCP (Robert Reed)
- Organization: Home Animation Ltd.
- References: <1992Nov21.000527.21786@zip.eecs.umich.edu>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 19:21:48 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov21.000527.21786@zip.eecs.umich.edu> katkere@engin.umich.edu writes:
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- |The problem I am trying to solve is whether two swept spheres intersect.
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- Two spheres intersect if the sum of their radii is greater than or equal to the
- distance between their centers. I don't know if this relates to your concept
- of swept line segments and their intersection, but that sounds to me like a
- blind alley.
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- Mars is somewhat the same distance from the sun, which is very important. We
- have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is
- water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe.
- --Dan Quayle, interview with CNN, November 1989
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