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This week I found out that the latitude where the Earth's circumference is half what it is at the equator is supposedly 60 degrees.

Funny, I'd have intuitively thought it would be 45 (halfway between equator and pole).

Spheres, how do they work???

The earth isn't a perfect sphere. It's more of an ellipsoid.

I'm enjoying this Deutsch tinge to the board.

Jung wrote:This week I found out that the latitude where the Earth's circumference is half what it is at the equator is supposedly 60 degrees.

Funny, I'd have intuitively thought it would be 45 (halfway between equator und pole).

Spheres, how do they work???

You're looking for the angle where the cosine is .5, which is 60 degrees. At 45 degrees, the cosine is .7071, so the radius is just over 7 tenths of what it is at the equator.

If Earth was like a diamond, you could just say "halfway up the surface means half the distance from the center", but spheres don't work that way.

Phantasee wrote:I'm enjoying this Deutsch tinge to the board.

you bastard

Suddenly that post makes sense

but I don't know how much I like it yet

adr wrote:sooo... i kept my tie on all day today. i said it was just cuz i was busy und didn't take it off after the church service aber the truth is i was busy pwning n00bs und could have changed with ease

Is this the Mormon equivalent of the guy in zombie movies who hides the fact that he was bitten?

Civil War Man wrote:

adr wrote:sooo... i kept my tie on all day today. i said it was just cuz i was busy und didn't take it off after the church service aber the truth is i was busy pwning n00bs und could have changed with ease

Is this the Mormon equivalent of the guy in zombie movies who hides the fact that he was bitten?

No, that's when they forget to wear the magic underwear and don't spit on a black person.

flagg's posts are definitely improved by ze word filter

Civil War Man wrote:Is this the Mormon equivalent of the guy in zombie movies who hides the fact that he was bitten?

I thought I was special!

So if this girl is alright, the question is can you marry her WITHOUT actually joining the church?

Because committing to a lady is one thing, but committing to tithe is another...

Phantasee wrote:I'm enjoying this Deutsch tinge to the board.

Achso! Dann, kann ich Deutsch sprechen und Sie werden alles verstehen?

Oder nicht?

Ein bisschen.

Darth Tedious wrote:So if this girl is alright, the question is can you marry her WITHOUT actually joining the church?

Such is possible in theory, but the marriage sealing ceremony in the temple is important to mormons... and both need to be members (in good standing!) to qualify.

though the eternal marriage thing is a bit loly as divorces still happen...


anywho tho her mother challenged me to win at othello next week. she says her daughter has been undefeated for too long. i'll bring my chess clock so if i lose a regular game i'll challenge her to a speed game. victory shall be mine!!!!!

Phantasee wrote:Ein bisschen.

Ausgezeichnet!

lol "there's a dance this saturday at the singles ward is that something you'd be interested in?"

nope

i'll do whatever the lord commands

unless that command is going to a dance

i'd rather be crucified

fun fact: did you know the word 'excruciating' comes from 'crucified'?

i did not know that

Isn't there a medication you take or something?

adr wrote:unless that command is going to a dance

i'd rather be crucified

Why?

adr wrote:fun fact: did you know the word 'excruciating' comes from 'crucified'?

Yes, I did.

so i am already pulling consecutive 13 hour days

you all may recall that election day is in november

being crucified would be a great PR stunt. if i was to be executed, that'd be my preferred method. i read a thing earlier with even some pro-death penalty ppl being upset about a death by lethal injection that lasted like 20 minutes

imagine what their response would be as i hang on the cross for DAYS. PS turns out i'm kinda innocent.

i could abolish capital punishment!


but dances just aren't my thing.

Broomstick wrote:

The Xeelee wrote:Now though, he is slipping. His talk on nuclear power borders on quackery. This is strange since he was Wheelers protege.

That's because he insists on pontificating outside his actual area of expertise,

ahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahaha

oh man i saw some genocide apologism and denial on facebook today was not expecting that

adr wrote:imagine what their response would be as i hang on the cross for DAYS.

I get the sense that you've somehow thought this through and not thought it through simultaneously.

aber dances just aren't my thing.

Ah, gotcha.