Re: nonsensical rule about pivot and in and out of bounds (warning: math geek post)

"Bob Koca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Shouldn't that have been "(warning: math idiot post)"?
> >
> > If you catch the pull and are out of bounds, you put it into play at the
> > nearest point, of course there is a nearest point.  ...
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>    I should have clarified that I was referring specifically to the
> case where the pull is caught out of bounds.
>    I am sorry but your statement "of course there is a nearest point"
> is just wrong. By your smarter than thou attitude I doubt you will
> take my word for it.
> Ask someone with an advanced degree in mathematics (make sure to
> explain that the sideline is not part of the playing field).
>

The presence or absence of a sideline has nothing to do with it, it simply
defines an area outside the limits of the field and really makes no
difference to the equation.  I would have thought someone with an advanced
degree in mathmatics would realise this (doh, there goes the attitude
again).  The nearest point is the point on the boundary of the field
perpendicular to the edge (or back) of the field from where the disc was
caught, unless of course you caught the disc off one of the corners of the
field in which case it is the intersection of the side edge of the field and
the back edge of the field, commonly known as the back corner.

Let's finish with a wee math geek riddle for you.

Q. Why did Bob cross the Ultimate field?
A1. He couldn't, because he had to cross all the points between one side and
the other first.

Ultimate is a game played in the real world, time you got back in it.

Dave

PS Sincere apologies, I really don't mean to have this bad an attitude...