Flat Earth

[sirazimuth]

lol this topic is still discussed? hha

Why yes... it's the longest running ever  4 year old April Fools prank thread on the internet (and counting because,well, why quit now?), the topic is alive and well... starring our beloved champion bitcointalk troll Batty..

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No I'm not still calculating it.....
All that's missing is a compiled diagram detailing all the steps.

I'm holding my breath... I can't wait for the comedy gold....

Look around you, knucklehead. Evidence is stockpiling everywhere you travel.
Maybe you do need some travel tips...duh.

[silliness]

Distance proofs make the FlatEarth irrefutable. Mt. Hood and Mt. St. Helens are 189 miles apart, but can both be seen here. That's 9,000 feet of missing curvature.

bonus:
[more silliness]

Zempy doooode! another bonus! I love ya bro!!!

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I've asked a few times what's the distance from Valparaiso, Chile to Sydney, Australia (by plane or ship) and notbatman obviously doesn't have an answer.

Well he's still doing the calculations, doncha know....

[notbatman]

An airplane flies over the plain in Spain because the air above the plain in Spain is a plane.

[Astargath]

An airplane flys over the plain in Spain because the air above the plain in Spain is a plane.

Are you still calculating that shit? Its taking a bit too long, perhaps the fact that its wrong is a big issue? Please update us on how its going.

[BADecker]

An airplane flys over the plain in Spain because the air above the plain in Spain is a plane.

Well, of course the air is a plane. It flies, doesn't it? Why are you picking on Spain? The air-plane flies over Sicily, as well, doesn't it?

[notbatman]

@Astargath,

No, you don't get it, there's no calculation I'm still trying to working out. I've stated the proof in at least three posts now. I haven't provided a diagram yet because of the work involved, I completely botched the first attempt and I'm in no hurry to repeat that even though I know what I was missing now.

Let me try and break it down here:

1. Measure the Sun with a sextant (use a marine sextant as it has the welding glass for looking at the Sun) at sunrise or sunset when the Sun is 50% visible i.e. 0 degrees elevation. The result will be 16 minutes. This is the Sun's refracted size and it can very slightly based on weather conditions. I believe this type of refractive magnification is also called looming.

2. Calculate the Sun's un-refracted size at 0 degrees elevation based on the angular size limitation of the human eye (1 minute). The result is unsurprisingly, 1 minute as there is in fact no calculation involved.

3. Calculate the distance to he horizon through the atmospheric plane with a 1 foot eye elevation. The result is unsurprisingly, 1 nautical mile. The angular limit of the eye being 1 minute equates to being able to see a 1 foot object at a maximum distance of 1/2 nautical miles.

4. Measure the Sun at 90 degrees elevation with no refraction. The result is 32 minutes.

5. Use a right angle trigonometry calculator and enter the Sun's radius in nautical miles (16) and an angle from one side (59.73333). The result is a distance of 3440 nautical miles. We know the Sun's radius in nautical miles because we proved 1 minute equals 1 nautical mile with the calculation in step #3.

That's it, proof beyond a reasonable doubt the Sun is a close small object.

[BADecker]

4. Measure the Sun at 90 degrees with no refraction. The result is 32 minutes.

The only time you can measure the sun at 90 degrees, is when it is halfway sunk below the horizon. At that position, there is always refraction. What are you even talking about?

[BADecker]

32 minutes, calculated from the center of the earth, and extended beyond the earth increases beyond 32 nm, continually increasing in size, the further you get away from the earth. Simple geometry.

[notbatman]

^^^ You're a fucking liar, a sextant can measure the Sun when it's directly above you at 90 degrees, the fucking scale has 120 degrees on it. YOU FUCKING LIAR!



Image source: https://www.bookharbour.com/freiberger-yacht-sextant

[BADecker]

^^^ You're a fucking liar, a sextant can measure the Sun when it's directly above you at 90 degrees, the fucking scale has 120 degrees on it. YOU FUCKING LIAR!


https://i.imgur.com/StrKpH0.jpg
Image source: https://www.bookharbour.com/freiberger-yacht-sextant

Who is saying that the sextant doesn't measure the sun? It can even measure other stars that are much farther away. But because of its limitations, the sextant can't tell how far they are away, or how far the sun is away. This doesn't mean that the sextant doesn't measure the sun.

But it DOES mean that you don't measure straight up at 90 degrees. Rather, you measure straight up at zero degrees. When measuring an overhead sun, 90 degrees shows you a position slightly above the horizon.

Your calc that tells us how you think a sextant measure the sun is incomplete and incorrect. All the sextant tells us is the angle. If the sun were 93 million light years away, and were the corresponding diameter (a light year to a mile), it would appear almost the same as it does.

You are sadly mixed up, or criminally trolling.

[notbatman]

^^^ You've proven yourself a liar by claiming that you can't take a reading of the Sun at 90 degrees when the sextant is marked with at least 120 degrees.

The ratio of 1 minute to 1 nautical mile is proven, the Sun's diameter is measured directly (32 minutes), and the Sun's distance is computed (3440 nautical miles); the Copernican model is falsified beyond any reasonable doubt.

[Astargath]

^^^ You've proven yourself a liar by claiming that you can't take a reading of the Sun at 90 degrees when the sextant is marked with at least 120 degrees.

The ratio of 1 minute to 1 nautical mile is proven, the Sun's diameter is measured directly (32 minutes), and the Sun's distance is computed (3440 nautical miles); the Copernican model is falsified beyond any reasonable doubt.

So is anything that is measured directly and its 32 minutes also 3440 nautical miles wide?

[ngawethu1]

First comment in here but i dont think this topic really helpful because Earth of course isn't Flat.

[Spaffin]

Guys, how I adore you.  Already 15563 comments in this thread.  I have not visited this topic for almost 2 years and thought that the disputes regarding this issue have already been resolved, but I see that the conflict regarding the shape of our planet or the plane of the Earth does grow more and more.  I heard that recently China announced new programs about building a new settlement on the moon.  I think this news is like a nuclear bomb.  By the way, North Koreans seriously think that their cores are born in space.

[BADecker]

^^^ You've proven yourself a liar by claiming that you can't take a reading of the Sun at 90 degrees when the sextant is marked with at least 120 degrees.

The ratio of 1 minute to 1 nautical mile is proven, the Sun's diameter is measured directly (32 minutes), and the Sun's distance is computed (3440 nautical miles); the Copernican model is falsified beyond any reasonable doubt.

So is anything that is measured directly and its 32 minutes also 3440 nautical miles wide?

Good point. I wonder how close you can get to directly under the center of the Space Needle, and still see the restaurant on top? How wide is the restaurant?



notbatman should be able to get close enough to prove it is at least several hundred miles in diameter.

[BADecker]

Guys, how I adore you.  Already 15563 comments in this thread.  I have not visited this topic for almost 2 years and thought that the disputes regarding this issue have already been resolved, but I see that the conflict regarding the shape of our planet or the plane of the Earth does grow more and more.  I heard that recently China announced new programs about building a new settlement on the moon.  I think this news is like a nuclear bomb.  By the way, North Koreans seriously think that their cores are born in space.

The reason is that it is difficult to tell someone he is wrong about his religion. So far notbatman comes close at times to seeing how far off he is. Then, in a spirit of faith, he turns back to what he wants to believe... more like a cult than a religion.

[notbatman]

Eratosthenes proved the Earth is flat.

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1. Measure the Sun with a sextant (use a marine sextant as it has the welding glass for looking at the Sun) at sunrise or sunset when the Sun is 50% visible i.e. 0 degrees elevation. The result will be 16 minutes. This is the Sun's refracted size and it can very slightly based on weather conditions. I believe this type of refractive magnification is also called looming.

2. Calculate the Sun's un-refracted size at 0 degrees elevation based on the angular size limitation of the human eye (1 minute). The result is unsurprisingly, 1 minute as there is in fact no calculation involved.

3. Calculate the distance to he horizon through the atmospheric plane with a 1 foot eye elevation. The result is unsurprisingly, 1 nautical mile. The angular limit of the eye being 1 minute equates to being able to see a 1 foot object at a maximum distance of 1/2 nautical miles.

4. Measure the Sun at 90 degrees elevation with no refraction. The result is 32 minutes.

5. Use a right angle trigonometry calculator and enter the Sun's radius in nautical miles (16) and an angle from one side (59.73333). The result is a distance of 3440 nautical miles. We know the Sun's radius in nautical miles because we proved 1 minute equals 1 nautical mile with the calculation in step #3.

That's it, proof beyond a reasonable doubt the Sun is a close small object.

[sirazimuth]

..... it is difficult to tell someone he is wrong about his religion. ....

[ðºÞæ]

Gravity, what gravity
https://twitter.com/i/status/1134213381668212737

[BADecker]

..... it is difficult to tell someone he is wrong about his religion. ....

Expressing your religion again.     

[notbatman]

..... it is difficult to tell someone he is wrong about his religion. ....

I never picked up the Bible once in my life except to toss a copy in the trash. This was before I discovered the firmament (dome) and the inconsolable fact that somebody had to have built it.