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stephieboy

Ugly Truth, your no surprises flat earth kookiness aside ,could you link that piece of goobltygook .?

Thus the ships I’ve recently seem gradually dip over the horizan Auckland and what the astronauts observe from the International space station is purely illusory ?
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March 27, 2015 7:45am
Manolo

The Messiah’s revenge: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/193175#.VRRbqPmSy30

United States declassifies document revealing Israel’s nuclear program.
Obama revenge for Netanyahu’s Congress talk? 1987 report on Israel’s top secret nuclear program released in unprecedented move.
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March 27, 2015 8:22am
Griff

So for an arc length of one mile there is a bulge of about two inches, and at a distance of six miles the bulge is around six feet, which should be quite measurable with a telescope and a “flat” surface like a lake or slow moving body of water

Jesus ugly it is common seafarers knowledge that at eye level the horizon is about six miles at sea.
You may have heard the phrase “hull down” in reference to this method of distance estimation.
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March 27, 2015 8:42am
EAD

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/25/recordings-voices-alarms-extracted-cockpit-crashed-germanwings-flight-4u9525

Interesting to observe that despite the plane smashing into a mountainside, it’s amazing how quickly a Flight Recorder can be tracked, found and read when the MSM is not trying to cover something up

Just saying….
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March 27, 2015 8:52am
Manolo

Shagging has consequences: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3012531/Fifty-shades-baby-Midwives-holiday-ban-nine-months-release-film-fears-Christian-Grey-inspired-baby-boom.html
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March 27, 2015 9:18am
Manolo

Greece and its lazy population are beyond help: http://www.cnbc.com/id/102537013

Greece’s last-ditch attempt to get desperately-needed funds from its euro zone neighbors failed on Wednesday, but the country appears eternally optimistic that a list of reforms — as yet to materialize — will unlock vital aid.
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March 27, 2015 10:00am
UglyTruth

Thus the ships I’ve recently seem gradually dip over the horizan Auckland and what the astronauts observe from the International space station is purely illusory ?

Not purely illusory. If you do the math you cant find out how much the light path is curved.
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March 27, 2015 10:01am
UglyTruth

Jesus ugly it is common seafarers knowledge that at eye level the horizon is about six miles at sea.

Yeah that must be why they spent all that time in the crow’s nest before radar was invented.
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March 27, 2015 10:08am
Lucia Maria

EAD,

It makes a difference when the plane doesn’t go down somewhere in the ocean, or gets blown out of the sky in a war zone.

Might want to take those major differences into consideration.
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March 27, 2015 10:16am
OneTrack

“Greece and its lazy population are beyond help:”

The EU just needs to walk away. They will simply not be able to afford to continually prop up the Greeks in the style to which they have become accustomed.
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March 27, 2015 10:17am
Gulag1917

Aircraft cockpits are going to have to be totally self contained e.g. eating facilities, toilets etc and pilots may not be allowed out of cockpits during flights.
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March 27, 2015 10:18am
Colville

For an observer on the ground with eye level at h = 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m), the horizon is at a distance of 2.9 miles (4.7 km). For an observer standing on a hill or tower 100 feet (30 m) in height, the horizon is at a distance of 12.2 miles (19.6 km).
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March 27, 2015 10:18am
Colville

Gulag.

3 pilots. 2 on deck at all times. One sleeps/eats/toilets whatever.

Watch fares skyrocket to cover this new cost!
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March 27, 2015 10:22am
Gulag1917

Colville
Certainly a solution. i don’t mind what the fare is just get me to the destination safely.
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March 27, 2015 10:24am
Colville

Gulag.

Can you imagine how boring a long haul flight will be for pilots with three of them to do nothing while the plane is on auto?

I suppose there are always the Hosties to talk to 🙂
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March 27, 2015 10:27am
Maggy Wassilieff

It is a well known fact that many Taranakiites will not travel 20km S of Patea or 20km N of Mokau for fear of falling off the Earth.
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March 27, 2015 10:30am

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