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Promethean: /* Moon's orbit vs 3-point line */

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‎Moon's orbit vs 3-point line

Promethean: Moon's orbit vs 3-point line

2024-10-18T04:49:44Z

Moon's orbit vs 3-point line

162.158.166.73: Rotation of the Earth

2021-06-20T16:34:54Z

Rotation of the Earth

108.162.250.35 at 14:41, 19 June 2018

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108.162.250.35 at 14:39, 19 June 2018

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162.158.2.138 at 07:04, 25 March 2016

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Davidy22 at 18:58, 24 April 2015

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173.245.56.173 at 14:31, 24 April 2015

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17jiangz1 at 12:58, 23 April 2015

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199.27.130.228 at 03:09, 23 April 2015

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	== Moon's orbit vs 3-point line ==		== Moon's orbit vs 3-point line ==

−	Has anyone else noticed that if the earth were a basketball, then when it was on the floor right under the net, the Moon's orbit would be ~~just~~ outside the 3-point line? [[User:Promethean\|Promethean]] ([[User talk:Promethean\|talk]]) 04:49, 18 October 2024 (UTC)	+	Has anyone else noticed that if the earth were a basketball, then when it was on the floor right under the net, the Moon's orbit would be really close to (and, by my calculations, outside) the 3-point line? [[User:Promethean\|Promethean]] ([[User talk:Promethean\|talk]]) 04:49, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

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	It looks like in the Black Hat part, the Earth is actually skewing in its rotation (it starts out in the first panel with the Americas and Africa, the second panel looks like it's skewed about 45 degrees counter-clockwise, and the third panel definitely looks like Earth has rotated on what would be its side to our standard North Pole-oriented map a whole 90 degrees and therefore, Black Hat's hand (or the tip of his arm as stick figures are often thus undetailed) has landed on Antarctica. Of course, the physical damage to the polar ice cap and its subsequent dispersal into the Southern Ocean would definitely affect sea levels, but a tsunami striking any heavily-populated coastal town is out of the question.		It looks like in the Black Hat part, the Earth is actually skewing in its rotation (it starts out in the first panel with the Americas and Africa, the second panel looks like it's skewed about 45 degrees counter-clockwise, and the third panel definitely looks like Earth has rotated on what would be its side to our standard North Pole-oriented map a whole 90 degrees and therefore, Black Hat's hand (or the tip of his arm as stick figures are often thus undetailed) has landed on Antarctica. Of course, the physical damage to the polar ice cap and its subsequent dispersal into the Southern Ocean would definitely affect sea levels, but a tsunami striking any heavily-populated coastal town is out of the question.
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		+	Has anyone else noticed that if the earth were a basketball, then when it was on the floor right under the net, the Moon's orbit would be just outside the 3-point line? [[User:Promethean\|Promethean]] ([[User talk:Promethean\|talk]]) 04:49, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

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	Just re-reading old pages...this discussion reminds me of one of my favourite pieces of public art. In Melbourne Australia, there's a scale model of the solar system along the beach. The sun is a ball around 2m across, mercury is pea sized and around 50m away (dimensions approx, long time since I've visited) and the rest scaled to match. Pluto (old sculpture) is around 5kms away, and a tiny speck on its plinth. And not far away from the sun is Alpha Centauri, apparently to scale if you walk the other way around the earth...[[Special:Contributions/108.162.250.35\|108.162.250.35]] 14:41, 19 June 2018 (UTC)		Just re-reading old pages...this discussion reminds me of one of my favourite pieces of public art. In Melbourne Australia, there's a scale model of the solar system along the beach. The sun is a ball around 2m across, mercury is pea sized and around 50m away (dimensions approx, long time since I've visited) and the rest scaled to match. Pluto (old sculpture) is around 5kms away, and a tiny speck on its plinth. And not far away from the sun is Alpha Centauri, apparently to scale if you walk the other way around the earth...[[Special:Contributions/108.162.250.35\|108.162.250.35]] 14:41, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
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		+	It looks like in the Black Hat part, the Earth is actually skewing in its rotation (it starts out in the first panel with the Americas and Africa, the second panel looks like it's skewed about 45 degrees counter-clockwise, and the third panel definitely looks like Earth has rotated on what would be its side to our standard North Pole-oriented map a whole 90 degrees and therefore, Black Hat's hand (or the tip of his arm as stick figures are often thus undetailed) has landed on Antarctica. Of course, the physical damage to the polar ice cap and its subsequent dispersal into the Southern Ocean would definitely affect sea levels, but a tsunami striking any heavily-populated coastal town is out of the question.

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	A useful comparison from the Canadian comedy troupe, "The Frantics": "If we could shrink the sun to the size of a basketball, and the earth to the size of a pea . . . ''we'd be magic!''" {{unsigned ip\|173.245.56.173}}		A useful comparison from the Canadian comedy troupe, "The Frantics": "If we could shrink the sun to the size of a basketball, and the earth to the size of a pea . . . ''we'd be magic!''" {{unsigned ip\|173.245.56.173}}

−	Just re-reading old pages...this discussion reminds me of one of my favourite pieces of public art. In Melbourne Australia, there's a scale model of the solar system along the beach. The sun is a ball around 2m across, mercury is pea sized and around 50m away (dimensions approx, long time since I've visited) and the rest scaled to match. Pluto (old sculpture) is around 5kms away, and a tiny speck on its plinth. And not far away from the sun is Alpha Centauri, apparently to scale if you walk the other way around the earth...	+	Just re-reading old pages...this discussion reminds me of one of my favourite pieces of public art. In Melbourne Australia, there's a scale model of the solar system along the beach. The sun is a ball around 2m across, mercury is pea sized and around 50m away (dimensions approx, long time since I've visited) and the rest scaled to match. Pluto (old sculpture) is around 5kms away, and a tiny speck on its plinth. And not far away from the sun is Alpha Centauri, apparently to scale if you walk the other way around the earth...[[Special:Contributions/108.162.250.35\|108.162.250.35]] 14:41, 19 June 2018 (UTC)

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	A useful comparison from the Canadian comedy troupe, "The Frantics": "If we could shrink the sun to the size of a basketball, and the earth to the size of a pea . . . ''we'd be magic!''" {{unsigned ip\|173.245.56.173}}		A useful comparison from the Canadian comedy troupe, "The Frantics": "If we could shrink the sun to the size of a basketball, and the earth to the size of a pea . . . ''we'd be magic!''" {{unsigned ip\|173.245.56.173}}
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		+	Just re-reading old pages...this discussion reminds me of one of my favourite pieces of public art. In Melbourne Australia, there's a scale model of the solar system along the beach. The sun is a ball around 2m across, mercury is pea sized and around 50m away (dimensions approx, long time since I've visited) and the rest scaled to match. Pluto (old sculpture) is around 5kms away, and a tiny speck on its plinth. And not far away from the sun is Alpha Centauri, apparently to scale if you walk the other way around the earth...

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 Does anybody else find it odd that black hat is actually the one causing the LEAST destruction?[[Special:Contributions/199.27.130.228|199.27.130.228]] 03:09, 23 April 2015 (UTC)
+:Except, in a way, he is causing the most harm. Scenario 2, 3, and 4 do cause everyone to die, but they would be relatively quick, and what black hat does has painful consequences. The megatsunami would cause huge-scale devastation, worst near the sea he poked, but still bad. This would, among other things, require major rebuilding efforts and include crop failures, leading to famines and the like. In addition, it would have scientists trying to explain it, which would lead to confusion, something black hat likes causing. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.2.138|162.158.2.138]] 07:04, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
 A useful comparison from the Canadian comedy troupe, "The Frantics": "If we could shrink the sun to the size of a basketball, and the earth to the size of a pea . . . ''we'd be magic!''" {{unsigned ip|173.245.56.173}}

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−	A useful comparison from the Canadian comedy troupe, "The Frantics": "If we could shrink the sun to the size of a basketball, and the earth to the size of a pea . . . ''we'd be magic!''"	+	A useful comparison from the Canadian comedy troupe, "The Frantics": "If we could shrink the sun to the size of a basketball, and the earth to the size of a pea . . . ''we'd be magic!''" {{unsigned ip\|173.245.56.173}}

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	Does anybody else find it odd that black hat is actually the one causing the LEAST destruction?[[Special:Contributions/199.27.130.228\|199.27.130.228]] 03:09, 23 April 2015 (UTC)		Does anybody else find it odd that black hat is actually the one causing the LEAST destruction?[[Special:Contributions/199.27.130.228\|199.27.130.228]] 03:09, 23 April 2015 (UTC)
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	The hoop in panel 16 seems too high, unless both Cueball and Megan are under 5 feet tall. --[[User:PsyMar\|PsyMar]] ([[User talk:PsyMar\|talk]]) 17:11, 22 April 2015 (UTC)		The hoop in panel 16 seems too high, unless both Cueball and Megan are under 5 feet tall. --[[User:PsyMar\|PsyMar]] ([[User talk:PsyMar\|talk]]) 17:11, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
		+	:It could be perspective...[[User:17jiangz1\|17jiangz1]] ([[User talk:17jiangz1\|talk]]) 12:58, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

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	The points acquired for simultaneously dunking all basketballs in existence, or further out -- EVER made, would be at most 2 points (0 if any of the Referees deemed this an illegal/foreign object or an attempt at cheating). Introducing more basketballs onto the court would not result in more points being scored. Furthermore, the basketball earth, while 'containing' all other basketballs, is still itself a single object.{{unsigned\|Dulock}}		The points acquired for simultaneously dunking all basketballs in existence, or further out -- EVER made, would be at most 2 points (0 if any of the Referees deemed this an illegal/foreign object or an attempt at cheating). Introducing more basketballs onto the court would not result in more points being scored. Furthermore, the basketball earth, while 'containing' all other basketballs, is still itself a single object.{{unsigned\|Dulock}}
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		+	Does anybody else find it odd that black hat is actually the one causing the LEAST destruction?[[Special:Contributions/199.27.130.228\|199.27.130.228]] 03:09, 23 April 2015 (UTC)