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Flat Earth Q&A / EXPLAIN THIS
« on: June 21, 2006, 12:25:54 PM »
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Quote from: "FungusMcUncle"Unimportent wrote: 100% correct. Using basic trig you would easily see the sun is 3000 miles above the surface of the flat earth.
and using this same logic it is easy to see that the increase in global temperatures since the 1800s is caused by the decline in the numbers of pirates.
How is it the same logic? The former is the construction and evaluation of a mathematical expression, whereas the latter is a claim about causation. How do you propose to relate them?
Quote from: "TheScales"
yes, round earth = round waves... in a sort. They are broadcast in every direction.
This is quite possibly the dumbest thing I have heard all day. The waves may be broadcast in every direction, but this doesn't make them round, they are still linear.
Quote from: "TheScales"psouza4, if satellites (like echostar) worked like solar powered helicopters then the FE Theory and Satellites could co-exist.
Do FE's have reason to believe they do (satellites working similarly to solar-powered helicopters)? Other than its relevant possibility? (this again goes back to the "it's possible that it's magic" perspective, but I'm trying to debate based on science, which is supported by data -- so does any exist?)
Quote from: "TheScales"
if the earth is flat then radio waves would be too, right?
Let's see...Flat earth = flat radio waves? The very nature of EM radiation prevents them from being 2D. So does this mean round earth = round waves?QuoteThen since is 99x broadcast from a 150 foot tall (approx.) antenna, i shouldnt be able to recieve the signal, when i'm about 141 feet below where it is broadcast from.
'Then since is 99x' is nonsensical. What is 99x? Are you saying that the radar won't reach you because you are 141 ft below the dish at the base of it or 500 miles away?Quote
I'm on a higher level of thinking than you are
Yea, I severely doubt that.
Quote from: "psouza4"The no-satellite theory is one of the most flawed, however and is typically explained by FE'ers that functions satellites are typically responsible for are instead replaced with radio towers on the Earth's surface. Therefore, FE'ers believe that "satellite images" (of the Earth) must all be fake.
No, FE's believe satellites are faked because for a satellite to be in orbit you have to have gravity, which FE's say the earth doesn't produce. And if satellites don't exist, than the functions of satellites have to be from another source.
Quote from: "TheScales"
if the earth is flat then radio waves would be too, right? Then since is 99x broadcast from a 150 foot tall (approx.) antenna, i shouldnt be able to recieve the signal, when i'm about 141 feet below where it is broadcast from. and yes, i'm at the same elevation (above sea level) as the base of the antenna.
use your thinker!
How about using your thinker to put together a coherent statement.
Quote from: "rogue"Elaborate on the 150 foot tall obstructions that protude from the middle of the ocean blocking out radar. Not to mention most things on the ground exist below most radar towers, where said radar waves come from. If we can track the movement of ice storms over antarctica we should be able to see the giant ass wall of ice.
Do you think radar is unidirectional? It is not a tight beam, there is some scatter. This is reflected back to the reciever from the obstructions on the ground. This is why aircraft fly low to the ground when they are evading radar. The operators can't pick them out of the energy reflected back by surface objects.
QuoteStart with point A and point B at a distance d to the north. A makes an angle theta with the sun, and B makes an angle phi. The angle between the hypotenuse of A and the hypotenuse of B is phi - theta. By trigonometric Law of Sines, you should be able to compute the hypotenuses (hypoteni?) of both A and B. And from there, by basic trig, you can compute how high up Mercury's chariot is. If the assumption that the Earth is flat is correct, then you should be able to take another point C still further north of B and run the numbers and come up with the same distance. If the numbers don't add up, then the hypothesis is flawed.
Of course.
I think, if someone performed this experiment, it would prove the sun is 3000 miles above the surface of the flat earth.
Do you have some reason to believe otherwise?
Quote from: "Unimportant"
100% correct. Using basic trig you would easily see the sun is 3000 miles above the surface of the flat earth.
Could you please show me this math?