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Step 1: Acquire small beachfront property Step 2: Put property on the market, listed as having a mile of beach Step 3: ??? Step 4: Profit There's no way thi

Step 1: Acquire small beachfront property Step 2: Put property on the market, listed as having a mile of beach Step 3: ??? Step 4: Profit There's no way this could backfire, unless the buyer asks how big your ruler is. But a true gentleman never questions the size of another's ruler, so you should be in the clear.

dmoy 3y ago
> There's no way this could backfire, unless the buyer asks how big your ruler is. Or it goes through a real world court system where judges take very dim views to that level of pedantry...
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- __blockcipher__ 3y ago
  Yes, the GP was clearly serious in their advice to exploit the coastline paradox in order to mislead would-be buyers! (/s)
thih9 3y ago
Listings already have these and worse things. E.g.: properties are routinely described as “X minutes away from beach”, where in reality it’s impossible without teleportation.
- em-bee 3y ago
  as the crow flies at the speed of a bullet
  - Aachen 3y ago
    Do bullets fly for minutes? (Edit: to be clear, that's a genuine question. I would imagine they drop to the ground before the "three minutes from the beach" have passed no matter the firing angle, but I don't know.)
    - rootusrootus 3y ago
      > Do bullets fly for minutes? Effectively no. MythBusters said a 30-06 shot straight up could hit 10K feet and would take just under 1 minute to hit the ground. I'd be comfortable asserting that a 30-06 is about the largest 'normal' cartridge. Bigger ones definitely exist, but they're a niche. Handgun rounds are generally a lot slower and lighter than a 30-06, so they'll all be even quicker to reach the ground. Plus, to hit the beach, you'd shoot at about a 45 degree angle instead of straight up, which would reduce the height reached.
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    - m4rtink 3y ago
      Depends on gravity of the body and its atmospheric pressure and related variables (wind speed, temperature, composition - lead bullet could meld on Venus, etc.). Low gravity & no atmosphere- bullet reaches escape velocity and wanders off to space. Very high atmosphere & fired high up above ground (if any - eq. gas giant) and bullet might take quite a while to fall.
    - ClassyJacket 3y ago
      Bullets take the same amount of time to fall as if you dropped it!
      - defrost 3y ago
        Not exactly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_effect#In_external_ballistics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_effect#In_external_ball... can make ULR bullets drop faster or slower depending on crosswind direction and strength.
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throwbabyaway 3y ago
Where I'm from realtors solve this problem by declaring the length of the sea-opening (not sure of the English word, not a native speaker), the length of the straight line between two ends of the coast access. Well, this could be a problem, of course, if you are selling an island.
- rdlw 3y ago
  Especially if you're selling the whole island except for the place where a two-meter-wide footbridge connects to it. The sea-opening would be two meters no matter the size of the island
- dmonitor 3y ago
  would be especially misleading if it’s a cove a U shaped beach would be listed with half its effective beach area
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dmoy 3y ago

> There's no way this could backfire, unless the buyer asks how big your ruler is. Or it goes through a real world court system where judges take very dim views to that level of pedantry...

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__blockcipher__ 3y ago
Yes, the GP was clearly serious in their advice to exploit the coastline paradox in order to mislead would-be buyers! (/s)

thih9 3y ago

Listings already have these and worse things. E.g.: properties are routinely described as “X minutes away from beach”, where in reality it’s impossible without teleportation.

em-bee 3y ago
as the crow flies at the speed of a bullet
- Aachen 3y ago
  Do bullets fly for minutes? (Edit: to be clear, that's a genuine question. I would imagine they drop to the ground before the "three minutes from the beach" have passed no matter the firing angle, but I don't know.)
  - rootusrootus 3y ago
    > Do bullets fly for minutes? Effectively no. MythBusters said a 30-06 shot straight up could hit 10K feet and would take just under 1 minute to hit the ground. I'd be comfortable asserting that a 30-06 is about the largest 'normal' cartridge. Bigger ones definitely exist, but they're a niche. Handgun rounds are generally a lot slower and lighter than a 30-06, so they'll all be even quicker to reach the ground. Plus, to hit the beach, you'd shoot at about a 45 degree angle instead of straight up, which would reduce the height reached.
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  - m4rtink 3y ago
    Depends on gravity of the body and its atmospheric pressure and related variables (wind speed, temperature, composition - lead bullet could meld on Venus, etc.). Low gravity & no atmosphere- bullet reaches escape velocity and wanders off to space. Very high atmosphere & fired high up above ground (if any - eq. gas giant) and bullet might take quite a while to fall.
  - ClassyJacket 3y ago
    Bullets take the same amount of time to fall as if you dropped it!
    - defrost 3y ago
      Not exactly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_effect#In_external_ballistics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_effect#In_external_ball... can make ULR bullets drop faster or slower depending on crosswind direction and strength.

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throwbabyaway 3y ago

Where I'm from realtors solve this problem by declaring the length of the sea-opening (not sure of the English word, not a native speaker), the length of the straight line between two ends of the coast access. Well, this could be a problem, of course, if you are selling an island.

rdlw 3y ago
Especially if you're selling the whole island except for the place where a two-meter-wide footbridge connects to it. The sea-opening would be two meters no matter the size of the island
dmonitor 3y ago
would be especially misleading if it’s a cove a U shaped beach would be listed with half its effective beach area

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