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This must win some sort of prize for twittery. I just hope nobody is stupid enough to actually donate cash:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-41399164
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-41399164
del mar said:
Where do these people suggest the edge is ?
Surely it would be cheaper to sail / travel around the equator ? If he lives then it is a sphere if he dies then he was right !
Ahh, but what about all those NASA guards apparently stationed around the edge? I'm guessing they have the world's best surveillance operation & hundreds of thousands of staff in order to police 'The Edge'. The circumference must be thousands of miles. Oh, & wouldn't the Russians/Chinese/Mossad/et al have to be involved in this sinister plot?Surely it would be cheaper to sail / travel around the equator ? If he lives then it is a sphere if he dies then he was right !
If it is indeed a disc, would not all the sea water cascade over the edge in a giant waterfall??
A weather balloon a smart phone a decent camera and some hand warmers would be enough to get a picture of the "curve"
http://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/how-to/a656...
http://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/how-to/a656...
Biker 1 said:
Ahh, but what about all those NASA guards apparently stationed around the edge? I'm guessing they have the world's best surveillance operation & hundreds of thousands of staff in order to police 'The Edge'. The circumference must be thousands of miles. Oh, & wouldn't the Russians/Chinese/Mossad/et al have to be involved in this sinister plot?
If it is indeed a disc, would not all the sea water cascade over the edge in a giant waterfall??
No, the water doesn't spill over the edge of course, there's a splashback to make sure of that. They stop too much escaping by making sure you wait an hour after you have eaten before you go swimming in the sea, If it is indeed a disc, would not all the sea water cascade over the edge in a giant waterfall??
superlightr said:
if the earth is spinning why when say when a helicopter hovers does the earth not spin away from it? not even a little bit spin under it?
The helicopter takes off with the same spin as the earth, the air is also travelling at the same speed. As long ago as WW1, the Germans were having to take account of the spin of the earth when aiming the "paris cannon" which put the first man-made objects into space. Actual physical demonstration of the fact, 100 years ago.
del mar said:
Where do these people suggest the edge is ?
Surely it would be cheaper to sail / travel around the equator ? If he lives then it is a sphere if he dies then he was right !
They believe that Antartica is actually just a huge wall of ice and that the treaty to 'not go there' was signed as part of the conspiracy. See also the apparent lack of direct flights between places south of the equator - apparently because the actual distance between Cape Town and Melbourne is too far to fly. So the planes go via what is actually a straight line across places like Dubai. They do take it very seriously.Surely it would be cheaper to sail / travel around the equator ? If he lives then it is a sphere if he dies then he was right !
TTwiggy said:
del mar said:
Where do these people suggest the edge is ?
Surely it would be cheaper to sail / travel around the equator ? If he lives then it is a sphere if he dies then he was right !
They believe that Antartica is actually just a huge wall of ice and that the treaty to 'not go there' was signed as part of the conspiracy. See also the apparent lack of direct flights between places south of the equator - apparently because the actual distance between Cape Town and Melbourne is too far to fly. So the planes go via what is actually a straight line across places like Dubai. They do take it very seriously.Surely it would be cheaper to sail / travel around the equator ? If he lives then it is a sphere if he dies then he was right !
Digga said:
This is just one instance in a long line of stupid as far as much of rap music goes.
Except of course this has absolutely nothing to do with rap music whatsoever. Using your, err, logic, this is just another instance in a long line of stupid as far as people that wear clothes go, because he is wearing clothes in that photo.How stupid.
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