10-18-2012, 04:46 PM | #9721 |
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I'll be going to bed in about an hour. If nobody has it by then , I'll reveal the answer.
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10-19-2012, 03:11 AM | #9722 |
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OK, sorry for such an uninteresting quiz.
It's Mount Chimborazo. Over to whoever wants it. |
10-19-2012, 03:20 AM | #9723 |
Close to the Edit!
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Not uninteresting - it's an intriguing fact. I have just never heard of it before. Pose us another!
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10-19-2012, 03:43 AM | #9724 |
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10-19-2012, 03:56 AM | #9725 | |
The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
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But in the old days it was done by making triangles and measuring their angles, starting from one known baseline. Some argue that because of problems determining the height from which to measure when using satellite data, the old method is actually more accurate for "height above sea level" measurements. |
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10-19-2012, 04:12 AM | #9726 |
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Thanks, I'm just curious as how you determine sea level in the Himalaya massive.
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10-19-2012, 04:47 AM | #9727 | |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Trigonometric_Survey http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_...irit_levelling |
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10-19-2012, 06:11 AM | #9728 |
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The Himalayan Range is a baby mountain group, which accounts for it's height. In fact, it's still growing. The Appalachians have been higher than Everest three times in Geologic history, but worn down from wind and weather erosion. If you look at the Alps, starting in France and going south, you can see the difference in shape as you get younger and younger mountains. The Dolomites are VERY sharp compared with the French Alps, which have worn down considerably already in comparison. I wonder about the age of the Andes...
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10-19-2012, 08:36 AM | #9729 |
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So they are born, peak in their late twenties and then it is downhill from there, untill finally at old age they start to wither and shrink. Kind of reminds me of someone.
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10-19-2012, 09:12 AM | #9730 | |
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10-19-2012, 04:05 PM | #9731 |
Is that a sandwich?
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Here's another equator quiz:
Suppose you are 6 feet tall and you walk around the Earth's equator. How much farther does your head travel than your feet? |
10-19-2012, 04:07 PM | #9732 |
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37.7 ft.
Edit: explanation: Feet travel 2*pi*r (r=earth radius) Head travel 2*pi*(r+6ft) Difference is 2*pi*6ft Edit 2: I think we had this question just a while ago. I think it was the Grand Mouse that came up with the solution in this post Last edited by Iznogood; 10-19-2012 at 04:13 PM. |
10-19-2012, 04:09 PM | #9733 |
It's about the umbrella
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Another great question, but I have no idea of the answer.
I just like the part about "Suppose you are 6 feet tall"; I've always wanted to be tall. Just think, I wouldn't have to use a step ladder to reach the kitchen cabinets. |
10-19-2012, 05:38 PM | #9734 | |
Publishers are evil!
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This afternoon I noticed one of the girls in our department going to another department to fax some stuff. We have a fax machine in our office, so I asked her why she was going all the way out to this department to fax stuff. It turns out that the fax machine in our office is too high for her to reach. --- We moved the fax machine for her. |
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10-19-2012, 05:50 PM | #9735 |
It's about the umbrella
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That was nice of you all to do for her. I use to keep a folding step stool for the file cabinets too.
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