Andy Kunz wrote:

> If I still had a TV it would definitely be on the "must watch" list.
>  Along with "The Simpsons."

  The Simpsons?  I would have thought that a bit sacreligious for you,
Andy?

Wagner Lipnharski wrote:

> I wonder what would happens to this effect if the planet was a
> spinning cylinder, not a sphere, when all the curved surface would be
> at the same rotational speed...  at least we would have a better map.

  The map may be better, though it would be in three parts ;-)

  The Coriolis effect would however be the same.  Can you see why?
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  Cheers,
        Paul B.
  {Just working my way through Don Stoner's book "A New Look at an Old
Earth" which debunks Creation (Pseudo-)Science.}