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Flat Earth Discussion Boards => Flat Earth Q&A => Topic started by: Thisistoopainfulltobear on May 06, 2008, 09:12:11 PM
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Exactly what the thread means, where is this evidence of an Ice Wall around the Earth.
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The ice wall itself
Geological study of surrounding regions
Temperature data
An accumulation of atmosphere, held in by something
and lots, lots more.
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The ice wall itself
Geological study of surrounding regions
Temperature data
An accumulation of atmosphere, held in by something
and lots, lots more.
That's not evidence, that is speculation.
Physical evidence is required for a theory to be accepted as scientific.
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The 150 foot Ice Wall was discovered by Sir James Clark Ross, a polar explorer who was among the first to venture to Antarctica in an attempt to determine the position of the South Magnetic Pole. Upon confronting the massive vertical front of of ice he famously remarked
"It was ... an obstruction of such character as to leave no doubt in my mind as to our future proceedings, for we might as well sail through the cliffs of Dover as to penetrate such a mass.
It would be impossible to conceive a more solid-looking mass of ice; not the smallest appearance of any rent or fissure could we discover throughout its whole extent, and the intensely bright sky beyond it but too plainly indicated the great distance to which it reached southward."
Edge of the known world: http://i23.tinypic.com/nwkp5t.jpg
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The 150 foot Ice Wall was discovered by Sir James Clark Ross, a polar explorer who was among the first to venture to Antarctica in an attempt to determine the position of the South Magnetic Pole. Upon confronting the massive vertical front of of ice he famously remarked
"It was ... an obstruction of such character as to leave no doubt in my mind as to our future proceedings, for we might as well sail through the cliffs of Dover as to penetrate such a mass.
It would be impossible to conceive a more solid-looking mass of ice; not the smallest appearance of any rent or fissure could we discover throughout its whole extent, and the intensely bright sky beyond it but too plainly indicated the great distance to which it reached southward."
http://i23.tinypic.com/nwkp5t.jpg
Okay, we have a random writing, and a blurry picture of an ice glacier.
That's it?
That's the evidence?
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That's it?
That's the evidence?
You don't believe that James Clarke Ross discovered a shelf of ice when he traveled Southward? ???
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Some of his massive body of writings, there are many other observers, and their many writings. Does google not exist in RET?
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That's it?
That's the evidence?
You don't believe that you will eventually come upon a mass of ice when you travel southward? ???
I'm asking for evidence in...
A: There is a vast ice wall that keeps the water where it is. The ice wall is roughly 150ft high. This also explains why you can find a vast plane of ice when you travel south.
Which doesn't explain anything, it only proves that there is ice in the south pole.
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Some of his massive body of writings, there are many other observers, and their many writings. Does google not exist in RET?
Anyone can write anything. I could write down "I saw a dragon eat a T. Rex", but that doesn't make it true.
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Yet you let someone spoon feed RET to you... I fail to see the consistency.
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Yet you let someone spoon feed RET to you... I fail to see the consistency.
"Round Earth Theory" is not a theory. Please tell me you at least went through high school science.
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Does that mean Catholicism is the one true church, because someone can go through Catholic School?
And if RET is not a theory, what is the discovered, measurable and co-measured mechanism for gravity?
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Does that mean Catholicism is the one true church, because someone can go through Catholic School?
Irrelevant, Religion is not science.
And if RET is not a theory, what is the discovered, measurable and co-measured mechanism for gravity?
That is not part of Earth, that is part of Gravity which is a theory.
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Irrelevant, Religion is not science.
Then why did you bring it up? The earth is round because your school told you it was? Does that mean the earth was flat back when schools told you it was?
That is not part of Earth, that is part of Gravity which is a theory.
Gravity IS RET. Flat-earthists don't believe in your made up force.
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Irrelevant, Religion is not science.
Then why did you bring it up? The earth is round because your school told you it was? Does that mean the earth was flat back when schools told you it was?
You're using scientific terms even though you don't know what they mean, they should have taught it to you in Biology.
That is not part of Earth, that is part of Gravity which is a theory.
Gravity IS RET. Flat-earthists don't believe in your made up force.
Again, the roundness of the Earth is not a theory, you are the one with the theory, thus you are the one who has to prove your ideas.
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Lets hold you're hand for a minute and go back in time, since that is where you are headed.
Does that mean Catholicism is the one true church, because someone can go through Catholic School?
And if RET is not a theory, what is the discovered, measurable and co-measured mechanism for gravity?
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Lets hold you're hand for a minute and go back in time, since that is where you are headed.
Does that mean Catholicism is the one true church, because someone can go through Catholic School?
And if RET is not a theory, what is the discovered, measurable and co-measured mechanism for gravity?
I already replied to that post, you are talking about gravity, unless you are targeting gravity, and omitting all the other evidence.
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No, you went on a circle-jerk and found yourself facing the same question.
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No, you went on a circle-jerk and found yourself facing the same question.
Hmm...
Wow, you know, this thread says Where is this evidence of an Ice Wall?
Yet I have no evidence at all...
How strange, isn't it?
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The ice wall itself
Geological study of surrounding regions
Temperature data
An accumulation of atmosphere, held in by something
and lots, lots more.
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The ice wall itself
Geological study of surrounding regions
Temperature data
An accumulation of atmosphere, held in by something
and lots, lots more.
Can somebody post some actual evidence, or am I just beating a dead horse?
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You're beating something.
Go away troll.
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Edge of the known world: http://i23.tinypic.com/nwkp5t.jpg
Huh? I thought, according to some of your literature, military forces prevented photographers from reaching the actual ice wall. I've no doubt that the ice wall looks like that, but how could it have been photographed?
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You're beating something.
Go away troll.
Hah, you have no evidence.
And the person above put your last nail in the coffin.
Another win for logic.
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Edge of the known world: http://i23.tinypic.com/nwkp5t.jpg
Huh? I thought, according to some of your literature, military forces prevented photographers from reaching the actual ice wall. I've no doubt that the ice wall looks like that, but how could it have been photographed?
My guess is that it could be a picture put in circulation by the government, to make people think there is nothing holding you back from photographing it.
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My guess is that it could be a picture put in circulation by the government, to make people think there is nothing holding you back from photographing it.
Interesting.
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Christ.
The ice wall is Antarctica. Why is that so hard to understand? Our evidence for the ice wall is the evidence we have of Antarctica. If you want to dispute the existence of Antarctica, be my guest.
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Christ.
The ice wall is Antarctica. Why is that so hard to understand? Our evidence for the ice wall is the evidence we have of Antarctica. If you want to dispute the existence of Antarctica, be my guest.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Antarctica_6400px_from_Blue_Marble.jpg/600px-Antarctica_6400px_from_Blue_Marble.jpg)
Well that doesn't look like a wall.
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That's not Antarctica's true shape.
In RE, it is largely surrounded by a giant wall. The FE point of view is that that is reversed and the wall surrounds the earth.
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That's not Antarctica's true shape.
And this is the kicker.
What does it really look like and what is the evidence of that claim.
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Well it is a large plain of ice extending outwards, possibly to infinity. At the boundaries of this icy wasteland is the ice wall.
Our evidence is that the earth is flat. Your only evidence that Antarctica is that shape is that the earth is round and NASA bullshit.
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And this is the kicker.
What does it really look like and what is the evidence of that claim.
I believe the Flat Earth doctrine suggests that there is no Antarctica - or it is just a mass of ice on the under side of the planet which cannot be accessed. Correct me if I'm wrong, I'm a bit new to this.
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Well it is a large plain of ice extending outwards, possibly to infinity. At the boundaries of this icy wasteland is the ice wall.
Our evidence is that the earth is flat.
You have no evidence...
Isn't this interesting.
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Well, you have no reliable evidence either. ::)
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Well, you have no reliable evidence either. ::)
A, depends what you call reliable.
B, we have a metric ton more than you do.
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B, we have a metric ton more than you do.
Yea, BS weighs a lot.
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B, we have a metric ton more than you do.
Yea, BS weighs a lot.
Another fallacy from you.
I'm seeing a pattern here.
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Antarctica_6400px_from_Blue_Marble.jpg/600px-Antarctica_6400px_from_Blue_Marble.jpg
Well that doesn't look like a wall.
That's not even a picture of Antarctica. It's a 3D model from NASA's World Wind promo page:
http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/screenshots-bm.html
How does a 3D computer model prove that Antarctica exists as a continent?
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What that explorer saw was clearly just a Glacier. And if that is a picture of the Ice wall, where is the opening? Ijust see more ice behind it, Which is Exactly what Antarctica looks like!
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clearly he misunderstands the model...
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Well that doesn't look like a wall.
It doesn't look like evidence, either. Incidentally, you spelt your username incorrectly.
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The 150 foot Ice Wall was discovered by Sir James Clark Ross, a polar explorer who was among the first to venture to Antarctica in an attempt to determine the position of the South Magnetic Pole. Upon confronting the massive vertical front of of ice he famously remarked
"It was ... an obstruction of such character as to leave no doubt in my mind as to our future proceedings, for we might as well sail through the cliffs of Dover as to penetrate such a mass.
It would be impossible to conceive a more solid-looking mass of ice; not the smallest appearance of any rent or fissure could we discover throughout its whole extent, and the intensely bright sky beyond it but too plainly indicated the great distance to which it reached southward."
Edge of the known world: http://i23.tinypic.com/nwkp5t.jpg
Doesn't look like a mountain covered in snow and ice to me ;)
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Incidentally, you spelt your username incorrectly.
Thank you for pointing that out. I was going to but I just found out that I'm no longer the spelling guru so didn't dare to.
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Antarctica_6400px_from_Blue_Marble.jpg/600px-Antarctica_6400px_from_Blue_Marble.jpg
Well that doesn't look like a wall.
That's not even a picture of Antarctica. It's a 3D model from NASA's World Wind promo page:
http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/screenshots-bm.html
How does a 3D computer model prove that Antarctica exists as a continent?
Are you suggesting that the model is not based on real coordinates?
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Well that doesn't look like a wall.
It doesn't look like evidence, either. Incidentally, you spelt your username incorrectly.
Spelled, past tense.
Brilliant.
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Well that doesn't look like a wall.
It doesn't look like evidence, either. Incidentally, you spelt your username incorrectly.
Spelled, past tense.
Brilliant.
::)
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Well that doesn't look like a wall.
It doesn't look like evidence, either. Incidentally, you spelt your username incorrectly.
Spelled, past tense.
Brilliant.
Either way is actually correct.
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Unless you are an english elitist, in which case all forms are incorrect.
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Neither way is actually incorrect.
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Spelled, past tense.
Brilliant.
Wrong; both are correct.
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The best part is the criticism comes from "this is too painfull[sic] to bear[sic]"
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Last year, a canadian expedition went to Antartica mainly to see the effect of global warming. This expedition was made by great scientist and they made a lot of photos, videos and even a DVD. We were contacting them almost each days and the never talked about any military activity for the complete six months they were there. And, know what, there is soil under your great icy wall !!
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That is not contradictory with any of our claims.
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Well I just proved a point, people seem more interested in spelling than providing evidence for a Ice Wall.
And none of you still have posted any evidence.
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Care to gander at page 1?
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Care to gander at page 1?
Oh my god you posted some outrageous claims.
Oh shit, I must believe you, the evidence is overwhelming.
Stop wasting my time!
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The ice wall is Antarctica.
And the earth is flat.
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The ice wall is Antarctica.
And the earth is flat.
This mirade of idiotic posts has shown to me that their is no evidence of an ice wall, and you frankly just pulled it out of your asses.
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The ice wall is Antarctica.
And the earth is flat.
This mirade of idiotic posts has shown to me that their is no evidence of an ice wall, and you frankly just pulled it out of your asses.
Are you claiming that Antarctica doesn't exist? :o
Do you have any evidence to back up your outlandish claim?
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The ice wall is Antarctica.
And the earth is flat.
This mirade of idiotic posts has shown to me that their is no evidence of an ice wall, and you frankly just pulled it out of your asses.
Are you claiming that Antarctica doesn't exist? :o
Do you have any evidence to back up your outlandish claim?
*Rubs face...*
Grab a fucking map.
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I did. It shows "Antarctica" on the outside(or rimward side) of the disc, exactly where predicted.
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I did. It shows "Antarctica" on the outside(or rimward side) of the disc, exactly where predicted.
Okay, now post evidence that your disc model is correct about the location of Antarctica...
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The ice wall is Antarctica.
And the earth is flat.
This mirade of idiotic posts has shown to me that their is no evidence of an ice wall, and you frankly just pulled it out of your asses.
Are you claiming that Antarctica doesn't exist? :o
Do you have any evidence to back up your outlandish claim?
*Rubs face...*
Grab a fucking map.
Have they removed Antarctica from maps?
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The ice wall is Antarctica.
And the earth is flat.
This mirade of idiotic posts has shown to me that their is no evidence of an ice wall, and you frankly just pulled it out of your asses.
Are you claiming that Antarctica doesn't exist? :o
Do you have any evidence to back up your outlandish claim?
*Rubs face...*
Grab a fucking map.
Have they removed Antarctica from maps?
Yes, it's a conspiracy.
If you don't have anything proper to post, don't post it.
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I did. It shows "Antarctica" on the outside(or rimward side) of the disc, exactly where predicted.
Okay, now post evidence that your disc model is correct about the location of Antarctica...
It's a matter of projection. A typical flat map shows Antarctica at the bottom, running all the way across. Now you project that spot on our disc map and it completely surrounds it, because the southern extreme of the earth is all around the map. The ice wall!
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I did. It shows "Antarctica" on the outside(or rimward side) of the disc, exactly where predicted.
Okay, now post evidence that your disc model is correct about the location of Antarctica...
It's a matter of projection. A typical flat map shows Antarctica at the bottom, running all the way across. Now you project that spot on our disc map and it completely surrounds it, because the southern extreme of the earth is all around the map. The ice wall!
I don't think you quite understand this.
Where is the evidence of an Ice Wall, because our "Round Earth" does not show Antarctica surrounding the world.
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I did. It shows "Antarctica" on the outside(or rimward side) of the disc, exactly where predicted.
Okay, now post evidence that your disc model is correct about the location of Antarctica...
It's a matter of projection. A typical flat map shows Antarctica at the bottom, running all the way across. Now you project that spot on our disc map and it completely surrounds it, because the southern extreme of the earth is all around the map. The ice wall!
I don't think you quite understand this.
Where is the evidence of an Ice Wall, because our "Round Earth" does not show Antarctica surrounding the world.
I'm not sure you understand. Any map of the earth shows Antarctica surrounding the earth, if it is accepted that the earth is actually flat rather than spherical.
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Okay, now post evidence that your disc model is correct about the location of Antarctica...
If I head away from the North pole I run into "Antarctica" exactly as predicted... :o
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*Bangs head loudly on the desk*
So you have no evidence.
Another win for real science. Faux Paux science loses again.
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*Bangs head loudly on the desk*
So you have no evidence.
Another win for real science. Faux Paux science loses again.
...But you have no reliable evidence either. How is your lack of evidence better than our lack of evidence? ???
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You know, it'd go a long way toward establishing intellectual honesty if you were to admit the flat earth map predicts the location of Antarctica as well as the RE model does. It wouldn't mean that FE theory was true, only that both models successfully predict Antarctica.
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You know, it'd go a long way toward establishing intellectual honesty if you were to admit the flat earth map predicts the location of Antarctica as well as the RE model does. It wouldn't mean that FE theory was true, only that both models successfully predict Antarctica.
Admitting this prediction has nothing to do with giving evidence of an Ice Wall.
*Bangs head loudly on the desk*
So you have no evidence.
Another win for real science. Faux Paux science loses again.
...But you have no reliable evidence either. How is your lack of evidence better than our lack of evidence? ???
We have photo and seismic evidence, you have neither of these...
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We have photo and seismic evidence, you have neither of these...
So we should discard every photo with a horizon because you don't like it? Any reason that seismic waves can't propagate through a cylinder as opposed to sphere?
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We have photo and seismic evidence, you have neither of these...
Photographs are not valid evidence. They're too easy to tamper with.
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Well that doesn't look like a wall.
It doesn't look like evidence, either. Incidentally, you spelt your username incorrectly.
Spelled, past tense.
Brilliant.
Either way is actually correct.
Spelt sounds more right than spelled. Maybe it's just you Americanners who spell it spelled.
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Stop wasting my time!
And yet you keep coming back. ???
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Stop wasting my time!
And yet you keep coming back. ???
He's addicted to FES, just like the rest of us
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I come back just to argue with people :)
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Eborg I sense a disturbance in your pants. There's a little voice inside you, willing you to keep coming back. Soon you will discover the off-topic boards and then the circle will be complete.
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so would you belive in antarctica being the shape it is in RE theory if someone were to fly directly over it filming every step of the way and come out the other side? if not what would you count as indisputable evidence that the earth is round, i.e. what would it take to make you belive you're wrong?
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just out of curiosity, is the ice wall fairly circular or, like antarcitice, does it have icy outcrops and ice shelves and the like jutting from the general shape of it
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so would you belive in antarctica being the shape it is in RE theory if someone were to fly directly over it filming every step of the way and come out the other side? if not what would you count as indisputable evidence that the earth is round, i.e. what would it take to make you belive you're wrong?
they'd just say you flew all along it in a circle
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maybe, but i am interested to find out what they would consider as evidence that earth was round.
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I believe there is probably an island that resembles RE's "antarctica" somewhere. If you filmed it I don't know what it would prove. But that doesn't mean the ice wall doesn't exist.
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Three points i would like to make here.
Firstly, when i said fly over antarctica, perhaps you could fly from a known point on both Earth models and also film the compass all the way to show that you are going in the right direction for both maps.
Secondly, what do you make of the new commercial space flight, where people pay large amounts of money to be taken into the very edge of space?
Thirdly, if you were to go on one and see the curvature of the earth, would you then believe the RE theory? or would you need more proof?
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If they get a system running and return with pictures of a flat(disc) earth, will you then believe FE or would you need more proof?
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i would then believe in FE, yes. as long as the pictures came from more than one group (the RE pictures have come from at least 3 nations that i know of: Russia, USA and China). howver i was interested to find out if you would then believe or decide that the pictures were false.
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It's possible the group would cooperate with a space agency and return with RE "pictures". I suspect that if they do get the project running and return, it will be with Flat Earth pictures. I'm not sure the pictures prove anything. I suppose an actual flight would be able to convince me where I to see it with my own eyes.
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i doubt it but perhaps one of you could try to persuade someone (rich i suppose) to fund a trip for a FE'er and put the matter to rest, or at least to one side :)
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Maybe I can set up a fund for donations to settle the matter? ;)
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The 150 foot Ice Wall was discovered by Sir James Clark Ross, a polar explorer who was among the first to venture to Antarctica in an attempt to determine the position of the South Magnetic Pole. Upon confronting the massive vertical front of of ice he famously remarked
"It was ... an obstruction of such character as to leave no doubt in my mind as to our future proceedings, for we might as well sail through the cliffs of Dover as to penetrate such a mass.
It would be impossible to conceive a more solid-looking mass of ice; not the smallest appearance of any rent or fissure could we discover throughout its whole extent, and the intensely bright sky beyond it but too plainly indicated the great distance to which it reached southward."
Edge of the known world: http://i23.tinypic.com/nwkp5t.jpg
Did Sir James Clark Ross travel/explore the Ice Wall to confirm that the Ice Wall in fact encircle the Earth?
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The 150 foot Ice Wall was discovered by Sir James Clark Ross, a polar explorer who was among the first to venture to Antarctica in an attempt to determine the position of the South Magnetic Pole. Upon confronting the massive vertical front of of ice he famously remarked
"It was ... an obstruction of such character as to leave no doubt in my mind as to our future proceedings, for we might as well sail through the cliffs of Dover as to penetrate such a mass.
It would be impossible to conceive a more solid-looking mass of ice; not the smallest appearance of any rent or fissure could we discover throughout its whole extent, and the intensely bright sky beyond it but too plainly indicated the great distance to which it reached southward."
Edge of the known world: http://i23.tinypic.com/nwkp5t.jpg
Mr bishop, you'll find that the outer circumference of that ice cap has been navigated by sea countless times. That cannot be the inner circumference of an ice wall due to the immense distance difference.
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What is hilarious about the "ice wall" pic is:
1) How do you know that this picture isn't a fabrication? Someone had to take the picture from above this supposed ice wall so that means it can be easily travelled to.
2) Where are the snowmobile men?
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we win again
re = 1
fe = nil
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FE is a flawed concept with no proof.
Look out your window. It should look pretty flat.
RE has proof but the FE fanatics claim it as a conspiracy..
No, such tenuous things as photos could be faked. There is better, more solid evidence out there.
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*Smacks head loudly onto desk,*
And they said abortions were wrong..
Im still waiting on proof of RE.
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*Smacks head loudly onto desk,*
And they said abortions were wrong..
Im still waiting on proof of RE.
The proof of RE can be found on the moon.
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The proof of RE can be found on the moon.
Dont tell them that! :P
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Christ.
The ice wall is Antarctica. Why is that so hard to understand? Our evidence for the ice wall is the evidence we have of Antarctica. If you want to dispute the existence of Antarctica, be my guest.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Antarctica_6400px_from_Blue_Marble.jpg/600px-Antarctica_6400px_from_Blue_Marble.jpg)
Well that doesn't look like a wall.
Your damn right that isn't a wall.
Beacon of hope right here.
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Your damn right that isn't a wall.
Beacon of hope right here.
That's not even a picture of Antarctica. It's a 3D model from NASA's World Wind promo page:
http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/screenshots-bm.html
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Your damn right that isn't a wall.
Beacon of hope right here.
That's not even a picture of Antarctica. It's a 3D model from NASA's World Wind promo page:
http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/screenshots-bm.html
Give us a picture of the ice wall then, dipshit. Even better, give us an accurate map of the flat earth. I thought "FLAT EARTH THEORY" has been around for longer then what now people understand to be the 'Round Earth'.
Before we all found out about the roundness of the earth, people all believed that the earth was flat. It was believed for SO long! Longer then what the round earth belief has been around.
So because of that, you should find it easy to give us evidence of a flat earth. I mean, you have been around longer with your ideas and ideologies that by now you must have at least a map of the flat earth... Or scientists of the FLAT EARTH. We have people like eintstien and Newton, but you cant use them because your belief has a complete different structure then ours.
So next time you try to validate your assupmtions and stupid theories, instead of using people that know the earth is round, use scientists and other people that believe the earth is flat... Damn, you dipshits just crack me up.... I actually felt bad when this site went down for a while because I didnt get to get my weekly laugh.
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Stop posting.
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we win again
re = 1
fe = nil
Can we all pause and appreciate this for a moment? RE'ers win again, yet they have 1 victory...
If you're gonna spin the facts in your favor, this is not how you do it.
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Stop posting.
I laughed so hard at this.
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Me too lol!
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hehe, lol, its just so damn true! Your beliefs have been around for MUCH longer then ours, but you cannot even bring in a shred of evidence, and i'm sure many would agree with me, lol!
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Me too lol!
Yeah, you can totally relate.
This just in: RET is older than FET...
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Hay nobody wants to hear you, troll.
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I do.
Did I prove you wrong too quickly. Would you prefer I prove you wrong over several pages so we can make it look like a gradual enlightenment for you?
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Stop posting.
That is totally unexpected from you, Tom. You crack me up.
Give us a picture of the ice wall then, dipshit. Even better, give us an accurate map of the flat earth. I thought "FLAT EARTH THEORY" has been around for longer then what now people understand to be the 'Round Earth'.
Ice wall pictures are very rare. For the map,
(http://www.americanvision.org/images/flat_earth.jpg)
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The 150 foot Ice Wall was discovered by Sir James Clark Ross, a polar explorer who was among the first to venture to Antarctica in an attempt to determine the position of the South Magnetic Pole. Upon confronting the massive vertical front of of ice he famously remarked
"It was ... an obstruction of such character as to leave no doubt in my mind as to our future proceedings, for we might as well sail through the cliffs of Dover as to penetrate such a mass.
It would be impossible to conceive a more solid-looking mass of ice; not the smallest appearance of any rent or fissure could we discover throughout its whole extent, and the intensely bright sky beyond it but too plainly indicated the great distance to which it reached southward."
Edge of the known world: http://i23.tinypic.com/nwkp5t.jpg
Sorry for my late in this thread but..
Can this picture be modified?
If you say YES, the only one thing you have stops being valid just for the reasons that you use against RE.
If you say NO, ours can't be either.
2-0.
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Give us a picture of the ice wall then, dipshit.
(http://stevanwalkowski.com/dynamic_planet/Glacier%20image%20file/Ross%20Ice%20Shelf.jpg)
That looks alot like a wall of ice to me.
We have people like eintstien
Who? ???
I actually felt bad when this site went down for a while because I didnt get to get my weekly laugh.
Me too.
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Give us a picture of the ice wall then, dipshit.
(http://stevanwalkowski.com/dynamic_planet/Glacier%20image%20file/Ross%20Ice%20Shelf.jpg)
That looks alot like a wall of ice to me.
We have people like eintstien
Who? ???
I actually felt bad when this site went down for a while because I didnt get to get my weekly laugh.
Me too.
And what is between the clouds and "ice wall"? and where are even they? void? atmosphere? teach me, 'cause if it's atmosphere, it is not being held for the ice wall, and it'd be another invalid theory.
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The atmosphere is held in via the Dark Energy Field.
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Give us a picture of the ice wall then, dipshit.
(http://stevanwalkowski.com/dynamic_planet/Glacier%20image%20file/Ross%20Ice%20Shelf.jpg)
That looks alot like a wall of ice to me.
That looks a lot like a glacier to me.
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Give us a picture of the ice wall then, dipshit.
(http://stevanwalkowski.com/dynamic_planet/Glacier%20image%20file/Ross%20Ice%20Shelf.jpg)
That looks alot like a wall of ice to me.
That looks a lot like a glacier to me.
Its actually the ross ice shelf. Which is technically an ice wall. And he did want a picture.
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This is hilarious. Your "proof" is a picture of the "ice wall" (glacier) taken certainly by a government agency.
Why can't anyone answer this?
If this is the ice wall, WHERE ARE THE SNOWMOBILE MEN????? No one is stopping anyone from going there.
Also FE say the atmosphere is held in by the ice wall. ummm I can clearly see clouds above the ice wall. Magic energy doesn't count.
You lose.
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RE wins this thread. ;D
I don't think they'll provide any solid evidence any time soon.
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If it's 150 feet tall, can't you fly over it? And then experience the joy of falling through space?
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This is hilarious. Your "proof" is a picture of the "ice wall" (glacier) taken certainly by a government agency.
Why can't anyone answer this?
If this is the ice wall, WHERE ARE THE SNOWMOBILE MEN????? No one is stopping anyone from going there.
Also FE say the atmosphere is held in by the ice wall. ummm I can clearly see clouds above the ice wall. Magic energy doesn't count.
You lose.
No. ::)
The ice wall is pretty well-defined as corresponding to the coast of Antarctica. Nobody disputes that the coast of Antarctica exists, therefore nobody disputes that the ice wall exists. If you ask for a picture, that's all we have to show you.
Most people here don't believe that the ice wall is actually guarded and I believe its presence in the FAQ may even be a joke too subtle for some REers to pick up, like the notion that the earth is on the backs of four elephants and a turtle.
PROOF OF THE ICE WALL:
The ice wall is a wall of ice and rock that surrounds the earth to the south. It is not a literal "wall". I'm only pointing that out because the distinction seems to trip some people up. It is only a wall in the sense that it is a barrier.
No matter where on the surface of the earth you start, if you keep going south you will eventually come to a barrier of ice and rock.
Nobody, RE or FE, disputes that this last is true. So there you have it, proof everybody can agree with that if the earth is flat there must be an ice wall.
There is a hypothesized "greater ice wall", but since it has never been observed it's little more than a flight of fancy. Some feel that it must exist to hold in the atmosphere; my personal opinion echoes Engy's, that the DEF, or UA, is all that's necessary to hold in the atmosphere. Personally I don't feel it's terribly zetetic to even hypothesize such a wall but some established FEers disagree so it's become something of a corollary to the overall theory, but one that nobody disputes has not been proven.
But as far as providing evidence of the ice wall that is mentioned in the FAQ, well, lots of people have been to "Antarctica", right? So I don't think any REer can really properly dispute it.
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This is hilarious. Your "proof" is a picture of the "ice wall" (glacier) taken certainly by a government agency.
Why can't anyone answer this?
If this is the ice wall, WHERE ARE THE SNOWMOBILE MEN????? No one is stopping anyone from going there.
Also FE say the atmosphere is held in by the ice wall. ummm I can clearly see clouds above the ice wall. Magic energy doesn't count.
You lose.
No. ::)
The ice wall is pretty well-defined as corresponding to the coast of Antarctica. Nobody disputes that the coast of Antarctica exists, therefore nobody disputes that the ice wall exists. If you ask for a picture, that's all we have to show you.
Most people here don't believe that the ice wall is actually guarded and I believe its presence in the FAQ may even be a joke too subtle for some REers to pick up, like the notion that the earth is on the backs of four elephants and a turtle.
PROOF OF THE ICE WALL:
The ice wall is a wall of ice and rock that surrounds the earth to the south. It is not a literal "wall". I'm only pointing that out because the distinction seems to trip some people up. It is only a wall in the sense that it is a barrier.
No matter where on the surface of the earth you start, if you keep going south you will eventually come to a barrier of ice and rock.
Nobody, RE or FE, disputes that this last is true. So there you have it, proof everybody can agree with that if the earth is flat there must be an ice wall.
There is a hypothesized "greater ice wall", but since it has never been observed it's little more than a flight of fancy. Some feel that it must exist to hold in the atmosphere; my personal opinion echoes Engy's, that the DEF, or UA, is all that's necessary to hold in the atmosphere. Personally I don't feel it's terribly zetetic to even hypothesize such a wall but some established FEers disagree so it's become something of a corollary to the overall theory, but one that nobody disputes has not been proven.
But as far as providing evidence of the ice wall that is mentioned in the FAQ, well, lots of people have been to "Antarctica", right? So I don't think any REer can really properly dispute it.
You're just saying the ice wall (that doesn't exsist) is only at the south. What about the rest of the world? I sure don't see any ice.
The Earth is round.
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This is hilarious. Your "proof" is a picture of the "ice wall" (glacier) taken certainly by a government agency.
Why can't anyone answer this?
If this is the ice wall, WHERE ARE THE SNOWMOBILE MEN????? No one is stopping anyone from going there.
Also FE say the atmosphere is held in by the ice wall. ummm I can clearly see clouds above the ice wall. Magic energy doesn't count.
You lose.
No. ::)
The ice wall is pretty well-defined as corresponding to the coast of Antarctica. Nobody disputes that the coast of Antarctica exists, therefore nobody disputes that the ice wall exists. If you ask for a picture, that's all we have to show you.
Most people here don't believe that the ice wall is actually guarded and I believe its presence in the FAQ may even be a joke too subtle for some REers to pick up, like the notion that the earth is on the backs of four elephants and a turtle.
PROOF OF THE ICE WALL:
The ice wall is a wall of ice and rock that surrounds the earth to the south. It is not a literal "wall". I'm only pointing that out because the distinction seems to trip some people up. It is only a wall in the sense that it is a barrier.
No matter where on the surface of the earth you start, if you keep going south you will eventually come to a barrier of ice and rock.
Nobody, RE or FE, disputes that this last is true. So there you have it, proof everybody can agree with that if the earth is flat there must be an ice wall.
There is a hypothesized "greater ice wall", but since it has never been observed it's little more than a flight of fancy. Some feel that it must exist to hold in the atmosphere; my personal opinion echoes Engy's, that the DEF, or UA, is all that's necessary to hold in the atmosphere. Personally I don't feel it's terribly zetetic to even hypothesize such a wall but some established FEers disagree so it's become something of a corollary to the overall theory, but one that nobody disputes has not been proven.
But as far as providing evidence of the ice wall that is mentioned in the FAQ, well, lots of people have been to "Antarctica", right? So I don't think any REer can really properly dispute it.
You're just saying the ice wall (that doesn't exsist) is only at the south. What about the rest of the world? I sure don't see any ice.
The Earth is round.
WTF are you talking about? ???
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This is hilarious. Your "proof" is a picture of the "ice wall" (glacier) taken certainly by a government agency.
Why can't anyone answer this?
If this is the ice wall, WHERE ARE THE SNOWMOBILE MEN????? No one is stopping anyone from going there.
Also FE say the atmosphere is held in by the ice wall. ummm I can clearly see clouds above the ice wall. Magic energy doesn't count.
You lose.
No. ::)
The ice wall is pretty well-defined as corresponding to the coast of Antarctica. Nobody disputes that the coast of Antarctica exists, therefore nobody disputes that the ice wall exists. If you ask for a picture, that's all we have to show you.
Most people here don't believe that the ice wall is actually guarded and I believe its presence in the FAQ may even be a joke too subtle for some REers to pick up, like the notion that the earth is on the backs of four elephants and a turtle.
PROOF OF THE ICE WALL:
The ice wall is a wall of ice and rock that surrounds the earth to the south. It is not a literal "wall". I'm only pointing that out because the distinction seems to trip some people up. It is only a wall in the sense that it is a barrier.
No matter where on the surface of the earth you start, if you keep going south you will eventually come to a barrier of ice and rock.
Nobody, RE or FE, disputes that this last is true. So there you have it, proof everybody can agree with that if the earth is flat there must be an ice wall.
There is a hypothesized "greater ice wall", but since it has never been observed it's little more than a flight of fancy. Some feel that it must exist to hold in the atmosphere; my personal opinion echoes Engy's, that the DEF, or UA, is all that's necessary to hold in the atmosphere. Personally I don't feel it's terribly zetetic to even hypothesize such a wall but some established FEers disagree so it's become something of a corollary to the overall theory, but one that nobody disputes has not been proven.
But as far as providing evidence of the ice wall that is mentioned in the FAQ, well, lots of people have been to "Antarctica", right? So I don't think any REer can really properly dispute it.
You're just saying the ice wall (that doesn't exsist) is only at the south. What about the rest of the world? I sure don't see any ice.
The Earth is round.
WTF are you talking about? ???
You only said that people have seen the southern ice wall, what about the rest of it? Oh ya, it doesn't exsist. Sorry.
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Wow, all this time and you still don't get it. ::)
THERE IS NO OTHER ICE WALL. THERE IS ONLY THE ICE WALL SURROUNDING THE EARTH TO THE SOUTH.
Fail less please. Oh, that's probably too much to ask, isn't it?
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The 150 foot Ice Wall was discovered by Sir James Clark Ross, a polar explorer who was among the first to venture to Antarctica in an attempt to determine the position of the South Magnetic Pole. Upon confronting the massive vertical front of of ice he famously remarked
"It was ... an obstruction of such character as to leave no doubt in my mind as to our future proceedings, for we might as well sail through the cliffs of Dover as to penetrate such a mass.
It would be impossible to conceive a more solid-looking mass of ice; not the smallest appearance of any rent or fissure could we discover throughout its whole extent, and the intensely bright sky beyond it but too plainly indicated the great distance to which it reached southward."
Edge of the known world: http://i23.tinypic.com/nwkp5t.jpg
Did Sir James Clark Ross travel/explore the Ice Wall to confirm that the Ice Wall in fact encircle the Earth?
He only traveled for a little over 200 miles of the Ice Shelf. At the western edge of the shelf he discovered two mountains. One of which was almost 13000 feet. He named that one Mt. Erebus, the smaller he named Mt. Terror after the two ships in the expedition. The land beyond the shelf he named Victoria Land.
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This is hilarious. Your "proof" is a picture of the "ice wall" (glacier) taken certainly by a government agency.
Why can't anyone answer this?
If this is the ice wall, WHERE ARE THE SNOWMOBILE MEN????? No one is stopping anyone from going there.
Also FE say the atmosphere is held in by the ice wall. ummm I can clearly see clouds above the ice wall. Magic energy doesn't count.
You lose.
No. ::)
The ice wall is pretty well-defined as corresponding to the coast of Antarctica. Nobody disputes that the coast of Antarctica exists, therefore nobody disputes that the ice wall exists. If you ask for a picture, that's all we have to show you.
Most people here don't believe that the ice wall is actually guarded and I believe its presence in the FAQ may even be a joke too subtle for some REers to pick up, like the notion that the earth is on the backs of four elephants and a turtle.
PROOF OF THE ICE WALL:
The ice wall is a wall of ice and rock that surrounds the earth to the south. It is not a literal "wall". I'm only pointing that out because the distinction seems to trip some people up. It is only a wall in the sense that it is a barrier.
No matter where on the surface of the earth you start, if you keep going south you will eventually come to a barrier of ice and rock.
Nobody, RE or FE, disputes that this last is true. So there you have it, proof everybody can agree with that if the earth is flat there must be an ice wall.
There is a hypothesized "greater ice wall", but since it has never been observed it's little more than a flight of fancy. Some feel that it must exist to hold in the atmosphere; my personal opinion echoes Engy's, that the DEF, or UA, is all that's necessary to hold in the atmosphere. Personally I don't feel it's terribly zetetic to even hypothesize such a wall but some established FEers disagree so it's become something of a corollary to the overall theory, but one that nobody disputes has not been proven.
But as far as providing evidence of the ice wall that is mentioned in the FAQ, well, lots of people have been to "Antarctica", right? So I don't think any REer can really properly dispute it.
You're just saying the ice wall (that doesn't exsist) is only at the south. What about the rest of the world? I sure don't see any ice.
The Earth is round.
I'll explain you this
According to the FET, which i don't believe at all, btw, the north pole is in the center, so, wherever you move to, if not to the center, it'll be going south.
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This is hilarious. Your "proof" is a picture of the "ice wall" (glacier) taken certainly by a government agency.
Why can't anyone answer this?
If this is the ice wall, WHERE ARE THE SNOWMOBILE MEN????? No one is stopping anyone from going there.
Also FE say the atmosphere is held in by the ice wall. ummm I can clearly see clouds above the ice wall. Magic energy doesn't count.
You lose.
No. ::)
The ice wall is pretty well-defined as corresponding to the coast of Antarctica. Nobody disputes that the coast of Antarctica exists, therefore nobody disputes that the ice wall exists. If you ask for a picture, that's all we have to show you.
Most people here don't believe that the ice wall is actually guarded and I believe its presence in the FAQ may even be a joke too subtle for some REers to pick up, like the notion that the earth is on the backs of four elephants and a turtle.
PROOF OF THE ICE WALL:
The ice wall is a wall of ice and rock that surrounds the earth to the south. It is not a literal "wall". I'm only pointing that out because the distinction seems to trip some people up. It is only a wall in the sense that it is a barrier.
No matter where on the surface of the earth you start, if you keep going south you will eventually come to a barrier of ice and rock.
Nobody, RE or FE, disputes that this last is true. So there you have it, proof everybody can agree with that if the earth is flat there must be an ice wall.
There is a hypothesized "greater ice wall", but since it has never been observed it's little more than a flight of fancy. Some feel that it must exist to hold in the atmosphere; my personal opinion echoes Engy's, that the DEF, or UA, is all that's necessary to hold in the atmosphere. Personally I don't feel it's terribly zetetic to even hypothesize such a wall but some established FEers disagree so it's become something of a corollary to the overall theory, but one that nobody disputes has not been proven.
But as far as providing evidence of the ice wall that is mentioned in the FAQ, well, lots of people have been to "Antarctica", right? So I don't think any REer can really properly dispute it.
You're just saying the ice wall (that doesn't exsist) is only at the south. What about the rest of the world? I sure don't see any ice.
The Earth is round.
I'll explain you this
According to the FET, which i don't believe at all, btw, the north pole is in the center, so, wherever you move to, if not to the center, it'll be going south.
You can't move west or east? ???
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This is hilarious. Your "proof" is a picture of the "ice wall" (glacier) taken certainly by a government agency.
Why can't anyone answer this?
If this is the ice wall, WHERE ARE THE SNOWMOBILE MEN????? No one is stopping anyone from going there.
Also FE say the atmosphere is held in by the ice wall. ummm I can clearly see clouds above the ice wall. Magic energy doesn't count.
You lose.
No. ::)
The ice wall is pretty well-defined as corresponding to the coast of Antarctica. Nobody disputes that the coast of Antarctica exists, therefore nobody disputes that the ice wall exists. If you ask for a picture, that's all we have to show you.
Most people here don't believe that the ice wall is actually guarded and I believe its presence in the FAQ may even be a joke too subtle for some REers to pick up, like the notion that the earth is on the backs of four elephants and a turtle.
PROOF OF THE ICE WALL:
The ice wall is a wall of ice and rock that surrounds the earth to the south. It is not a literal "wall". I'm only pointing that out because the distinction seems to trip some people up. It is only a wall in the sense that it is a barrier.
No matter where on the surface of the earth you start, if you keep going south you will eventually come to a barrier of ice and rock.
Nobody, RE or FE, disputes that this last is true. So there you have it, proof everybody can agree with that if the earth is flat there must be an ice wall.
There is a hypothesized "greater ice wall", but since it has never been observed it's little more than a flight of fancy. Some feel that it must exist to hold in the atmosphere; my personal opinion echoes Engy's, that the DEF, or UA, is all that's necessary to hold in the atmosphere. Personally I don't feel it's terribly zetetic to even hypothesize such a wall but some established FEers disagree so it's become something of a corollary to the overall theory, but one that nobody disputes has not been proven.
But as far as providing evidence of the ice wall that is mentioned in the FAQ, well, lots of people have been to "Antarctica", right? So I don't think any REer can really properly dispute it.
Not one rational person doubts anarcticas exsistance.
Ill keep it real simple for you.
1) There was a picture produced showing said "ice wall"/antarctica whatever u wanna call it.
2) This picture CLEARLY shows no atmosphere being retained by said ice wall.
3) This picture CLEARLY shows no snowmobile men, government agents etc.
4) This picture could be faked too.
5) How can you believe your "evidence" when it clearly comes from government sources just like ours? They are part of this conspiracy right?
I guess the people who took this pic were not in on the conspiracy right? how do you know that? did you go there yourself?
Your argument fails when you believe in one piece of evidence produced a specific agency and then deny another produced by the very same agency.
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How does one see no atmosphere being retained?
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How does one see no atmosphere being retained?
WOW.
Just wow. Now I see you are purposely not being objective.
LOOK AT THE PICTURE
There are these things called clouds which consist of water vapor, our atmosphere consists of them. Clouds mean GASSES which is, you guessed it, OUR ATMOSPHERE. It is made up of various gasses that you and I breathe every day.
Don't even try to act stupid. You are MUCH smarter than this. You see the atmosphere clearly in the picture a FE'r produced. I guess he is part of the conspiracy right?
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This Just in.... Between 1985 and 2000, 450 more people were almost added to the conspiracy of the FET and the ice wall as they made their way to the summit of Mt. Vinson. In order to be successful in this expedition you must first fly into Patriot Hills 746 miles North East of the South Pole, aboard a DC3 or a C130. From Patriot Hills you then take a twin otter to the base of Mt. Vinson. Permits must be filed 5 years in advance and should be directed to the NASA Headquarters in Washington DC, we suspect this is because NASA is behind the conspiracy to keep the wall a great secret, but don't have any proof of said conspiracy. This mountain has a fairly successful rate of summits. The largest tolls come with the Physical and Psychological tolls of being in such extreme weather. If you would like to climb this mountain, put in your permits now as NASA is being bogged down with requests and the logistics of having to move their Ice Wall Guards around in hopes they will not be spotted. Most Guide companies like to annoy NASA while in the area and climb the surrounding peaks, Mount Tyree, Mount Shinn, and Mount Gardner. However several climbers have been shot at for making faces and throwing snowballs at the Ice Wall Guards. Upon approval, a release will be signed releasing us of all responsibility if you are killed for such reasons.
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You can't move west or east? ???
Yes, doing circles. But if you follow a straight line, you would always be travelling south.
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"Your argument fails when you believe in one piece of evidence produced a specific agency and then deny another produced by the very same agency."
You are committing a fallacy here, zeekman.
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You can't move west or east? ???
Yes, doing circles. But if you follow a straight line, you would always be travelling south.
Well, sure. You go in a straight line long enough and you'll eventually come to the ice wall. So?
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Yes, doing circles. But if you follow a straight line, you would always be travelling south.
How are you supposed to travel in a straight line without something like a compass to relate our position to?
It's not even possible to travel in a perfectly straight line without adjusting your position in a car on a long stretch of highway.
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You see the atmosphere clearly in the picture a FE'r produced. I guess he is part of the conspiracy right?
No, it would mean that the atmosphere is being retained.
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Tom Bishop, Roundy, I was only trying to explain why you always say that about "going south to find the ice wall", and no other direction, I am a RE and I don't need explanations or answering questions about it, if i'm wrong, you explain the person who wanted to know, some post above.
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You see the atmosphere clearly in the picture a FE'r produced. I guess he is part of the conspiracy right?
No, it would mean that the atmosphere is being retained.
Oh, I get it now. You are just doing the talking in circles tactic. Pretty cool.
Too bad you got pwned.
I love how the atmosphere is ABOVE the so called ice wall. Looks retained to me....LOL
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The atmosphere is held in via the Dark Energy Field.
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Yes, doing circles. But if you follow a straight line, you would always be travelling south.
How are you supposed to travel in a straight line without something like a compass to relate our position to?
You go in one direction and keep going in that direction without looking at your compass. What roads lead to the ice wall, oh wait it's surrounded by ocean, please make another analogy. Are you saying that neptune will turn your ship around if you keep going in one direction without looking at a compass, like in the fairytales? Are you saying that theoretically if I could drive to the ice wall, that I wouldn't be able to trust my car to go in one direction continuously if I don't move the wheel?
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You go in one direction and keep going in that direction without looking at your compass.
Then how would you know you were going straight?
Are you saying that neptune will turn your ship around if you keep going in one direction without looking at a compass, like in the fairytales?
Once again, how would you know you were going straight?
Are you saying that theoretically if I could drive to the ice wall, that I wouldn't be able to trust my car to go in one direction continuously if I don't move the wheel?
No, you could not.
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Once again, how would you know you were going straight?
Define straight please, this all just seems like a battle over semantics as if that disproves anything, another vague theory
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Once again, how would you know you were going straight?
Define straight please, this all just seems like a battle over semantics as if that disproves anything, another vague theory
We're just a little confused over how you could possibly know you are going straight for thousands of miles without any kind of guide. If you figure out a way to do that let us know.
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Once again, how would you know you were going straight?
Define straight please, this all just seems like a battle over semantics as if that disproves anything, another vague theory
Be careful what you wish for:
–adjective 1. without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
2. exactly vertical or horizontal; in a perfectly vertical or horizontal plane: a straight table.
3. (of a line) generated by a point moving at a constant velocity with respect to another point.
4. evenly or uprightly formed or set: straight shoulders.
5. without circumlocution; frank; candid: straight speaking.
6. honest, honorable, or upright, as conduct, dealings, methods, or persons.
7. Informal. reliable, as a report or information.
8. right or correct, as reasoning, thinking, or a thinker.
9. in the proper order or condition: Things are straight now.
10. continuous or unbroken: in straight succession.
11. thoroughgoing or unreserved: a straight Republican.
12. supporting or cast for all candidates of one political party: to vote a straight ticket.
13. unmodified or unaltered: a straight comedy.
14. without change in the original melody or tempo: She does straight songs, with just the piano backing her.
15. Informal. a. heterosexual.
b. traditional; conventional.
c. free from using narcotics.
d. not engaged in crime; law-abiding; reformed.
16. undiluted, as whiskey.
17. Theater. (of acting) straightforward; not striving for effect.
18. Journalism. written or to be written in a direct and objective manner, with no attempt at individual styling, comment, etc.: She gave me a straight story. Treat it as straight news.
19. Cards. containing cards in consecutive denominations, as a two, three, four, five, and six, in various suits.
–adverb 20. in a straight line: to walk straight.
21. in an even form or position: pictures hung straight.
22. in an erect posture: to stand up straight.
23. directly: to go straight to a place.
24. without circumlocution; frankly; candidly (often fol. by out).
25. honestly, honorably, or virtuously: to live straight.
26. without intricate involvement; not in a roundabout way; to the point.
27. in a steady course (often fol. by on): to keep straight on after the second traffic light.
28. into the proper form or condition; in order: to put a room straight.
29. in possession of the truth or of true ideas: I want to set you straight before you make mistakes.
30. sold without discount regardless of the quantity bought: Candy bars are twenty cents straight.
31. Journalism. directly and objectively: Write the circus story straight.
32. without personal embellishments, additions, etc.: Tell the story straight. Sing the song straight.
33. (of liquor) served or drunk without ice, a mixer, or water; neat: He drank his whiskey straight.
–noun 34. the condition of being straight.
35. a straight form or position.
36. a straight line.
37. a straight part, as of a racecourse.
38. Informal. a. a heterosexual.
b. a person who follows traditional or conventional mores.
c. a person who is free from narcotics.
39. Chiefly Games. a succession of strokes, plays, etc., which gives a perfect score.
—Idioms40. go straight, Informal. to live a law-abiding life; no longer engage in crime.
41. play it straight, Informal. to do something without jokes, tricks, subterfuge, distortions, or the like: a comedian who plays it straight when he crusades against drug abuse.
42. straight off, without delay; immediately: I told him straight off what I thought about the matter. Also, straight away.
43. straight up, (of a cocktail) served without ice: a gin martini straight up.
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Unless you managed to somehow find a longitudinal line painted on the surface of the earth that you could follow, you would need a compass of other navigational aid in order to ensure that you are in fact continuously keeping your back to the north pole and are heading towards the south pole (or ice wall, depending on your worldview). Given real world circumstances of changing terrain, oceanic and atmospheric currents and such, it would not be possible to know that you are continuing in a truly straight line for thousands of miles...even watching a ship's wake to the horizon on calm waters you could still go off course and into an imperceptably large circle.
RET gentlemen, I think the ice wall issue has been covered here. The inner ice wall is the outer edge of Antarctica...its not a brick wall, nor is it continuous in it height or shape...it just a border that happens to exist in both maps in the same place. The FET people have not indicated (in this thread) that the inner ice wall retains any atmosphere, the general consensus among them seems to be that the atmosphere is retained either by the outer ice wall (similar to the inner exept it's scaled up tremendously in the order of 60-80km in height), or there is no outer wall and the atmosphere is held in by either dark energy (theoretical force in bith FET and RET that seems to provide a repulsive force, nature unknown in both worldviews) or the UA, which is thought to provide the motive force that provides for the continuous acceleration of the earth. Alternatively, some FET seem to indicate that the earth may be an infinite plane of existence which may divide the universe in half or provide for its outer edge...the logic there is (I think) if the earth is infinite, so is the atmosphere...somethng that I don't agree with.
I'm an RET guy myself, just throwing it out there that this thread has probably reached the point of diminishing returns and will continue on to childish name calling.
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Not only that. You would need several compasses. Each one set to a different declination as you made your way south. As declination changes even if you are able to fly in a straight line. Not to mention compasses that are balanced for both north of the equator and south of the equator, depending of course on your starting point. The easiest route would probably be to just start in Punta Arenas, Chile and head south. Even then, a quick glance at the declination chart gives me the idea that you would change declination 7+ times as you head in a straight line south. This is of course all RET figures. FET may have some magic compass that I have never seen or heard of, much less taught some one how to use.