Prove the Earth is round

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TillEulenspiegel: O crap I dont wanna pick a fight with a math guy....

No fight. But how about a conversation to sort out, or clarify, what we are trying to say and possibly reach a mutual understanding?

but, an airplane ( cessna 150 ) on the ground has an enumeration of forces thus:
thrust =0, drag = 0, lift = 0 weight = ?~ 2500lbs , clearly they are not equal.

So yer saying there is a net force downward (due to gravity) and thus the airplane is accelerating in that direction?



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BTW, typical gross weight of a 1969 Cessna 150 is around 1600 lbs., and sitting in the hangar with no fuel, occupants or baggage, the empty weight is about 1100 lbs. Give or take a few.

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[Kumar]

. Ask idiot-2 to walk east about 20,000 km (i.e. half a hemisphere away).

Another proof: give the idiot a shovel and tell him to start digging in the U.S. If he pops up in China, the Earth is round.

This brings up a question: If the Earth is flat, what the hell is on the bottom side?

It looks 'Idiot' is a common word among science community. I asked some questions out of the postings here from one senier member of science community. He just shouted & said who idiots asks these types of questions. If this type of experiments are already carried out, if not it means it is not yet proved.

Btw if earth is just round, what is the slope per kilometer.

 

[BillyJoe]

All,

It is best not to argue with Kumar.

You can show him all the reasons why the Earth is round
(spherical, ovoid, oblate speroid YOU IDIOTS! ) but he will
just come back with.....

"Yeah but, I still think the Earth is flat"

Also, he will be misunderstood again and again because of his
difficulties with the language. For example, in the diabetes thread
his 10 year old diabetic turned out to be a fifty year old diabetic
of ten years duration but it took a week of wasted effort before
that misunderstanding was finally revealed.

Kumar needs to attend an own language website.

BillyJoe

 

[Kumar]

Also, he will be misunderstood again and again because of his

Gramatical mistakes are better then the abuses & not suited to educated people. 10 year old diabetes means 10 year dianetes history. When I mentioned oral medicine it means type2. I think 10 year old can not be type2 & take oral medicines. I don't know whether it a language differance or of the understanding. I was not refered back with this type of misunderstanding from any other place who have also received similar opinion in same language.

 

[Zep]

His language skills or lack therof have nothing to do with it. For example:

Kumar: Btw if earth is just round, what is the slope per kilometer.

I think my last point stands well enough.

 

[BillyJoe]

Kumar you said.....

10 year old diabetes means 10 year dianetes history.

But this is what you said in that thread.....

He in 10 years old diabetic

BillyJoe.

 

[Kumar]

Visual differance of ship is to be measured on per kilometer basis.

 

[Zep]

Visual differance of ship is to be measured on per kilometer basis.

Just to play along...


What is the slope of a tennis-ball?

 

[a_unique_person]

It looks 'Idiot' is a common word among science community. I asked some questions out of the postings here from one senier member of science community. He just shouted & said who idiots asks these types of questions. If this type of experiments are already carried out, if not it means it is not yet proved.

Btw if earth is just round, what is the slope per kilometer.

Kumar, I have worked in a few areas with a lot of ethnic and cultural differences. You do not have to apologise for the misunderstandings that have occured. We have resolved them, which just goes to show how incredible it is that we can have conversations across the whole world. I am sure your English is much better than our Hindi. (Or whatever it is you call it).

However, it is quite easy to see the shape of the world, if you can get to a reasonably high building or mountain. The curvature is quite apparent even 38 stories up.

 

[BillyJoe]

zep,

Don't do it.
You can't win.

BillyJoe

 

[BillyJoe]

a_unique_person,

I think you might end up spitting up into the
noonday sun on a calm summer solstice day

BillyJoe.

 

[Zep]

zep,

Don't do it.
You can't win.

BillyJoe

Oh, I don't expect to "win." I just want to see how far we can ride this particular hobby-horse...

 

[Kumar]

Since, no justified awnser to disaprove the experiments mentioned by me can be given (except some stage/street shows), my understandigs about 'the earth' &' the homeopathy do work' appears to be correct . Thanks!

 

[Zep]

Since, no justified awnser to disaprove the experiments mentioned by me can be given (except some stage shows), my understandigs about 'the earth' &' the homeopathy do work' appears to be correct . Thanks!

...and that was not very far at all, as it appears.

Kumar, I had an outstanding question for you that I will repeat: What is the slope of a tennis-ball. Care to answer? Seriously.

 

[DangerousBeliefs]

Since, no justified awnser to disaprove the experiments mentioned by me can be given (except some stage shows), my understandigs about 'the earth' &' the homeopathy do work' appears to be correct . Thanks!

Denial cannot be overcome with logic, reason, or evidence to the contrary.

The good news is that Darwinism will still function regardless of Kumar's beliefs.

 

[Kumar]

What is the slope of a tennis-ball. Care to answer? Seriously

You are just repeating my question in other way. However you have not mentioned 'per- Km,meter,inch,cm,mm etc. so that others to measure & give reply.

 

[Terry]

Btw if earth is just round, what is the slope per kilometer.

The slope of the earth is exactly 23.7
Okay?

No, but seriously... if the cross-section of the earth is (very close to) circular, it doesn't have a single unique value you can call it's slope. The essence of curvature is a non-zero second derivative.

--Terry.

 

[CurtC]

Dangerous Beliefs wrote:
Denial cannot be overcome with logic, reason, or evidence to the contrary.

There's a famous quote, which I'm probably butchering, that goes something like "you can't use reason to argue a man out of a position that he didn't use reason to arrive at."

 

[Kumar]

Terry,

Thanks for mentioning. But I could not follow this awnser. Now I ask in simple language. Just assume we are standing on ball like earth. If we travel one kilometer on it from one point to other point in straight line along with its curvature. How much we will be deep on 2nd point from the first point. Tell me in mm,cm,metre etc.

 

[phildonnia]