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Jan 23, 2021
12:09
:55
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Phasor
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If you were on Tanaga Island and someone asked for directions to Semisopochnoi..
Which way would you tell them to sail? East or West? (Tanaga is at -178 degrees longitude and Semisopochnoi is at +179 degrees.)
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POLL: RE: POLL: Without looking it up, which out of the following contain the most eastern point:
Lieutenant America
1/23/21 10:43am
Relative to where?
StantonMac
1/23/21 10:45am
The earth
Lieutenant America
1/23/21 10:46am
What’s your reference point? If you’re using the international date line then
Lifi
1/23/21 10:47am
Nova Scotia or Japan I guess ... depending on your reference point ...
Xenon
1/23/21 11:01am
Spoiler: Directions or latitude and longitude don’t change depending on where
Lieutenant America
1/23/21 11:05am
Duh.
Lifi
1/23/21 11:07am
RE: Duh.
Lieutenant America
1/23/21 11:09am
If you were on Tanaga Island and someone asked for directions to Semisopochnoi..
Phasor
1/23/21 12:09pm
Do you LIKE this person? Are they up for an Adventure?
Xenon
1/23/21 12:20pm
West. Just like if you were sailing from California to Japan. You would go west
Lieutenant America
1/23/21 12:58pm
You would go west from CA to Japan but argue "Japan is still much further east"?
Phasor
1/23/21 2:27pm
You’re wrong. Directions are based off of latitude and longitude. If it was
Lieutenant America
1/23/21 3:06pm
No one is saying directions change.
Phasor
1/23/21 3:27pm
Mathematically you’re wrong. You’re speaking in terms of relativity and did in
Lieutenant America
1/23/21 3:40pm
You are also speaking in terms of relativity but apparently don't realize it.
Phasor
1/23/21 4:38pm
You’re just arguing for the sake of arguing. You’re wrong, as I’ve already
Lieutenant America
1/23/21 6:54pm
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Phasor
1/23/21 7:39pm
Geography majors are so obnoxious with their trivia....
WP17
1/23/21 11:12am
Caroline Island ... or Millennium island?
Xenon
1/23/21 11:40am
The international dateline is arbitrary and based on time zones and national
Lieutenant America
1/23/21 12:02pm
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