Chinahand Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 22 hours ago, Chinahand said: Now the question is do you have to move a different distance to lower the angle up to Polaris by one degree compared to raising the angle up to the sun by one degree when you travel South? Any thoughts Paul? The northern sky has two prominent ways to consistently measure where you are - the midday sun and the Pole Star, Polaris. One is directly over the North Pole. The other moves between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer. We've looked at how the distance you have to move to change the angle up to the sun by 1 degree is different between a flat earth and the globe. When you add in Polaris you get an even more different picture: If the Earth was flat the distance you'd have to travel to change the angle up to the midday sun, or Polaris would vary and be totally different between the two (apart from one point equidistant between the pole and the sub-solar point). This is nothing at all like reality and what you get if you actually measure how the angles of the stars and the sun change as you move on the surface of the earth. A line of latitude means something - it fixes the position of the Pole star and the Sun (once you account for declination) and if you move to another line of latitude the angle to both Polaris and the midday sun will change by change in latitude - ie both Polaris and the sun are on a straight horizontal line on the graphs, just as predicted by Eratosthenes. Surprise, surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbie Bobster Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 5 hours ago, Bobbie Bobster said: Crazies on teh interwebs does not a worldwide phenomenon make. 1 hour ago, paul's got wright said: Agreed. Its the science that gets people so excited bob x Glad we've got that sorted at last! You also have to remember that onanistic FE frippery isn't science. It's just a bit stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul's got wright Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 1 minute ago, Bobbie Bobster said: Glad we've got that sorted at last! You also have to remember that onanistic FE frippery isn't science. It's just a bit stupid. You too have caught the vocabulary bug blobzie! There is no obligation to remember any type of emotinal fantasy blobz. You cannot force people to remember fantasy mate x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul's got wright Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul's got wright Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 Its news x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbie Bobster Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 1 hour ago, paul's got wright said: Its news x It's not, it's just a bit stupid. But I guess at this stage I'm in danger of falling into the paul trap and keeping on banging on about something that everyone knows - to a level that is simulataneously tiresome annd somewhat disturbing. So I'll just leave it at that. Point made. No need for further repition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.K. Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 3 hours ago, paul's got wright said: Holding conferences that the national news report on, is not muttering to yourself in any way shape or form. Again, you are a reality denier china A theory believer of the sternest faith, in that which you cannot examine scientifically. A delluded zealot x The news report on it for a specific reason. Can you guess what that reason is? Clue : Usually the news is such gloom and doom that every now and then you should try and give everyone a good laugh.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Paul, when did you last hear someone talking about Pokemon Go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Or a Rubik's Cube? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Willing to accept these things are ... of niche interest shall we say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 8 hours ago, Bobbie Bobster said: It's not, it's just a bit stupid. But I guess at this stage I'm in danger of falling into the paul trap and keeping on banging on about something that everyone knows - to a level that is simulataneously tiresome annd somewhat disturbing. So I'll just leave it at that. Point made. No need for further repition. What was your point again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul's got wright Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 8 hours ago, Bobbie Bobster said: It's not, it's just a bit stupid. But I guess at this stage I'm in danger of falling into the paul trap and keeping on banging on about something that everyone knows - to a level that is simulataneously tiresome annd somewhat disturbing. So I'll just leave it at that. Point made. No need for further repition. Its on the international media outlets blobz! stop denying reality. Its news x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul's got wright Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 12 minutes ago, Chinahand said: Paul, when did you last hear someone talking about Pokemon Go? 14th november i think china x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul's got wright Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 8 minutes ago, Chinahand said: Or a Rubik's Cube? Yesterday i was watching the default algorithm, always a rubik floatin roung in this house china. When did you last pour water on a spinning ball and all the tides and oceans stuck to it china? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul's got wright Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 7 hours ago, P.K. said: The news report on it for a specific reason. Can you guess what that reason is? Clue : Usually the news is such gloom and doom that every now and then you should try and give everyone a good laugh.... No need for guessing in the science thread peekay! Just provide the specific reason as verified by the news. Or are you just fantasizing again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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