[layman]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ ... -data.html

I sometimes wonder if ten year olds work there.

I am convinced they troll the public though. There was one about a kitten being eaten by lions yesterday. They usually show cute pics in the thumbnails so they were probably trying to catch people out

[JRS1]

Lamest DM online article yet?

I take it that you have never read the Liz Jones column?

[layman]

I take it that you have never read the Liz Jones column?

Yes and again she is DM troll.

They are all laughing their asses off I am convinced.

[GandalfTheGrey]

Why is it lame?

[layman]

er .. this is something you learn in 2nd year senior school. They are basically reminding us the world is round.

[GandalfTheGrey]

er .. this is something you learn in 2nd year senior school. They are basically reminding us the world is round.

The Mercator projection yes, but thats only a very small part of the article. It gives a very interesting history of the attempts to fix the distortion. Betcha didn't learn that in 2nd year senior school.