JoshC. Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 Some points there I'd totally disagree with, but the whole concept and debate is one I'm interested in. (In fact, I remembering arguing this very point some time last year on this very forum to much controversy and disbelief ).Very interesting indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidders Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 How do they explain the fact that, when you watch a ship set sail, it disappears below the horizon line before it vanishes out of sight because of distance? OMG! Don't tell me the ship's fallen off the Earth! Oh no this theory is trueee! :oOr it could be the curvature of the Earth? Cornflakes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 Q: "Why doesn't water run off the Earth?"A: There is a vast "ice wall" that keeps the water where it is. This explains why you can find a vast plane of ice as you travel southward. The wall is roughly 150ft high. In the McIntyre model, however, the height of the wall increases further as one moves toward the edge of the world.Genius! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 Q: "What about satellites? How do they orbit the Earth?"A: Since sustained spaceflight is not possible, satellites cannot orbit the Earth. The signals we supposedly receive from them are either broadcast from towers or any number of possible pseudolites. However, temporary space-flight is possible.NASA/Russia/Everyone who has a space program might have something to say about that.Why no go the whole hog and say that we're flying through space on the back of 4 elephants who themselves sit on top of a giant turtle?Just as reasonable.Plus we don't have gravity. Apparently. I'm all for people having beliefs but sometimes people just need to realise how thick they are sounding, especially against a long wall of evidence that can be produced against this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkySkream Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 ^ Pretty much every thing above:This is actually very random. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 As I said earlier, I don't agree with a fair few of the points they raise, however I still feel that the idea is one that can have some meat to it.I don't know how many people would agree with me, but I'd say that science never provides us with facts - but only with theories which have the most worth and justification to them. I'll ignore using the example of how a few centuries ago, the general consensus was the Earth was indeed flat. Instead, I'll use (possibly an even more controversial) example of light. According to Einstein, basically, nothing can go faster than the speed of light - however, a recent experiment may have actually disproven this. If this turns out to be the case, this would be a brilliant example of how there is really no hardcore 'facts' in science, but instead just very good theories. I will now state here that I do indeed think that the Earth is NOT flat, but instead a shape that is more-or-less spherical. Why? Simply because that is what we have the most worth and justification to believe. It does not, however, mean that I think outright that it is the case - if there is more worthy evidence that would, in turn, suggest that the Earth is flat, then, well, the rational thing to do would be to believe that it is the case. I'll have a good read through everything later, when I have more time on my hands, but I'd be very interested to see just how much worth is in some of the claims that are given. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidders Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 My badly-carved pumpkin:It seemed to work; we only got one visit Mer, Sheepie, SkySkream and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkySkream Posted November 2, 2011 Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 My badly-carved pumpkin:It seemed to work; we only got one visit Jack Skellington Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holtjammy16 Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 Type in 'do a barrel roll' on Google JackR and pluk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkySkream Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 Type in 'do a barrel roll' on GoogleWhats meant to happen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laelda_95 Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 Do it and you'll find out.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smidget Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 Type in 'do a barrel roll' on GoogleOmg that is so cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkySkream Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 I done it and then the page went blank with a horizontal scroll bar, then went back to normal : / Uh wut? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 SkySkream 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 I passed my driving test yesterday! First attempt and only two minors after less than 5 months. Win. JoshC., Fred, Luke_A and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 Congratulations!Now get out mah life, I'm so Jelly Ellie.My aim is to be a good driver though, not just pass my test as quickly as possible. (If that makes sense), so I shouldn't be so jel. XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkySkream Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 School can go do one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornflakes Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 School can go do one.Everyone needs an education. Sidders 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkySkream Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 I know, its just not a good education when you get the wrong grades put on your report now is it?I got a 6A and she gave me a 5???And the stupid spanish teacher gave me a below target and satisfactory effort, YET I GOT THE HIGHEST IN MY SET ON THE TEST. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 Congratulations!Now get out mah life, I'm so Jelly Ellie.My aim is to be a good driver though, not just pass my test as quickly as possible. (If that makes sense), so I shouldn't be so jel. XD...I'm a very good driver thank you very much the test lady said she was very impressed with my driving Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 Erk maximum quota. But yeah, LIKE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamY Posted November 5, 2011 Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 Does Santa Exist? Is There a Santa Claus? 1. No known species of reindeer can fly. BUT there are 300,000 species of living organisms yet to be classified, and while most of these are insects and germs, this does not completely rule out flying reindeer (which only Santa has ever seen.) 2. There are 2 billion children (persons under 18) in the world. BUT since Santa doesn't (appear) to handle the Muslim, Hindu, Jewish and Buddhist children, that reduces the workload to 15% of the total-378 million according to Population Reference Bureau. At an average (census) rate of 3.5 children per household, that's 91.8 million homes. One presumes there's at least one good child in each. 3. Santa has 31 hours of Christmas to work with, thanks to the different time zones and the rotation of the earth, assuming he travels east to west (which seems logical). This works out to 822.6 visits per second. This is to say that for each Christian household with good children, Santa has 1/1000th of a second to park, hop out of the sleigh, jump down the chimney, fill the stockings, distribute the remaining presents under the tree, eat whatever snacks have been left, get back up the chimney, get back into the sleigh and move on to the next house. Assuming that each of these 91.8 million stops are evenly distributed around the earth (which, of course, we know to be false but for the purposes of our calculations we will accept),we are now talking about .78 miles per household, a total trip of 75-1/2 million miles, not counting stops to do what most of us must do at least once every 31 hours, plus feeding and etc. This means that Santa's sleigh is moving at 650 miles per second, 3,000 times the speed of sound. For purposes of comparison, the fastest man-made vehicle on earth, the Ulysses space probe, moves at a poky 27.4 miles per second-a conventional reindeer can run, tops, 15 miles per hour. 4. The payload on the sleigh adds another interesting element. Assuming that each child gets nothing more than a medium-sized lego set (2 pounds), the sleigh is carrying 321,300 tons, not counting Santa, who is invariably described as overweight. On land, conventional reindeer can pull no more than 300 pounds. Even granting that "flying reindeer" (see point #1) could pull TEN TIMES the normal amount, we cannot do the job with eight, or even nine. We need 214,200 reindeer. This increases the payload-not even counting the weight of the sleigh-to 353,430 tons. Again, for comparison-this is four times the weight of the Queen Elizabeth. 5. 353,430 tons traveling at 650 miles per second creates enormous air resistance-this will heat the reindeer up in the same fashion as spacecrafts re-entering the earth's atmosphere. The lead pair of reindeer will absorb 14.3 QUINTILLION joules of energy. Per second. Each. In short, they will burst into flame almost instantaneously, exposing the reindeer behind them, and create deafening sonic booms in their wake. The entire reindeer team will be vaporized within 4.26 thousandths of a second. Santa, meanwhile, will be subjected to centrifugal forces 17,500.06 times greater than gravity. A 250-pound Santa (which seems ludicrously slim) would be pinned to the back of his sleigh by 4,315,015 pounds of force. In conclusion: If Santa ever DID deliver presents on Christmas Eve, he's dead now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidders Posted November 5, 2011 Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 Santa doesn't exist!? SkySkream 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laelda_95 Posted November 5, 2011 Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 Just got 2 cats, one called Roman, and one called Frankie. Aw. Mer and Sidders 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidders Posted November 5, 2011 Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 As in Frankie Cocozza? Oh Lauren how could you bestow such a dusty coronation on a little creature like that? :PBut yeah, cats are great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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