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North Pole is Leaving Canada
Dedekind writes: "CNN.com is posting this story
on the drifting of the Magnetic North Pole. Not only is the pole shifting from a spot just North of Resolute,
Canada, Canadian scientists expect it to end up in Siberia within the next half-century. Perhaps the most interesting part of the
story (which really is only a small part at the end) is that many couples like
to go to the magnetic North Pole to conceive their children.
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Most, if not all, topographic maps have the difference between True north and magnetic north noted on them. This is so that people navigating by compass don't get lost. If the magnetic pole is moving that fast, then the maps are going to have to be updated much more frequently.
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I'd probably be bored of canada after a few eons too. THough I hear the beer is good.
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to conceive my children, I like doing it anywhere!
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I just wonder what makes people think that the pole is special enough so that they want to conceive their children there. I mean, would they think their fluids would be at their best, or the magnetism would only attract good genes?
"Please, don't shift to Siberia, we can offer you a great benefits package and a signing bonus if you stay"
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Well, I had to be the one to say it... "Hell people, there isn't really that much to do up that far North but copulate!"
The honeymooners did not make the trip, but other couples, also believing that the location nurtures fertility, have chartered small planes to the forbidden spot, set up tents on the ice and conducted their business.
Its a wonder you don't find slummy hotels with free porno channels at the spot...
Good quote, too many chars. Seriously, the slashdot 120 char limit sucks!
So, if the north pole is shifting that far, that fast... will the Canadian children see any change in Santa's normal delivery schedule? I can only assume he'd be a little later than normal, seeing as how Siberia is quite a flight from Northern Canada.
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The pole does not move in more traditional manets, but the earyth's liquid core might provide an answer.
It has been drifting nothward for decades.
More info at Canada's GSC site.
Let's just hope that north pole doesn't head into any nuclear weapons testing zones up in Siberia... we could be looking at some pretty freaky looking babies!
...or airport painting crews will be staffing up:
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Who'd have thought the magnetic pole would be so disgusted with the proposed duty on media as to leave Canada!
I won't be able to write Santa Claus anymore at
Santa Claus ...?
North Pole
Canada, HOH0H0
Then again, maybe that's not such a bad thing. This past Giftmas my boyfriend wrote him asking for his list of naughty girls. Thankfully all he got back was a form letter. ;)
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This is just a natural movement of the pole, that's what it does.
Does anyone else remember from college how the poles just flip every million years or so, and no one really knows why? That whay *I* am worried about. the poles moving just a little bit is fine with me.
but if the poles just flipped, imagine what chaos it would cause. Would we have to relabel all the maps that are made? Many airplanes could not fly (with older instrumentation). Thankfully, GPS should still work..
Here's the main point of the article for those too lazy to click and read:
If the pole follows its present course, it will pass north of Alaska and arrive in Siberia in a half century, but Newitt cautioned that such predictions could prove wrong. "Although it has been moving north or northwest for a hundred years, it is not going to continue in that direction forever. Its speed has increased considerably during the past 25 years, and it could just as easily decrease a few years from now," the geophysicist said. The erratic pole can jump around considerably each day, but migrates on average about 10 kilometers to 40 kilometers each year.
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All your poles belong to us now.
So long and thanks for all the fish . . . !!!
Can we blame it ?
First the Canadian dollar heads south, then the north pole heads north.
Soon enough our beer will start tasting like that weak, watery American beer.
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Forget about drift, just wait until they flip! (i.e. the magnetic north pole becomes the magnetic south pole.) IIRC, this change happens on a timescale near 70,000 years or so. You'd have to read your compass bass-ackwards, and what would it do to the poor homing pigeons? Of course, your nifty GPS will be ok.
...post comments about the conception part, and watch 50% or more of posts go on about their kids being conceived there, shagging in ice and all that.
The CNN article, apart from giving fodder to go on about Arctic Sex, is uninteresting. Nothing scientific about it, just pure, watered down, stretched out simple fact.
You could write it like this:
The North Pole is moving. People might go and look at it. Some even conceive there.
That's it.
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I can only think that the frigid temperatures would make conceiving a baby more difficult. Although I guess Eskimos do it, so it might work. Is this just a yuppy thing? It must be pretty expensive to charter a plane and everything. Is there a company which specializes in this?
The Mag Pole is moving all the time. There is absoutely no way to predict for certain where it may go next.
..."
Apparently CNN takes pure speculation as predicting the future. It could just as easily end up in Atlanta, or (as has happened before in Earth's history) abruptly switch polarity and end up in Chile or the South Pole.
"... The honeymooners did not make the trip, but other couples, also believing that the location nurtures fertility, have chartered small planes to the forbidden spot, set up tents on the ice and conducted their business.
Umm, that's "forbidding", not "forbidden". Go there anytime ya want.
What - 5, 6? Perhaps a dozen a season? On a planet of 6 billion folks that's "many"? That isn't even a lot compared to any other notable location: How many kids have been conceived within a few km of Niagara Falls by honeymooners? Or what about all of the Asian folks intentionally born in supposedly "lucky" years?
By the way, for only having 200 fulltime inhabitants tourism is a major industry in Resolute Bay with 4 hotels, several charter airline services and a number of tour operators. That the occasional couple decides gave a go at it near the magnetic pole is hardly surprising nor are the numbers unexpected.
I don't read ACs: If a post isn't worth so much as a nom de plume to its author then I wont bother either.
I guess that would be one chilly willy?
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You know what?
It has been drifting nothward for decades
This line just hits me as inherently funny, given the subject.
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ACs posted even stupider comments including the word stupider...
I KNOW, I KNOW...magnetic vs. true, etc. But its still funny
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Topographical map makers are shipping insane amounts of magnets to the North Pole to cause the magnetic pole to move in a desperate attempt to sell a few new maps before GPS takes over.
You know, I have never heard anyone but East Coasters or Minnesotans say "about" as "aboot", and the fact that this stereotype perpetuates boggles the mind, especially as applied to a country of ten million square km and thirty+ million people. Eh is in common use throughout North America, but again you'll find it more commonly used in Minnesota than in Canada. I have a feeling that when the executive at WNC (Whatever Network Corporation) got his profile of "stereotypes that define Canada", he was actually in Minnesota but was a little confused by the snow into thinking it was Canada.
Anyways, I gotta go out and shovel the "ruff" of my igloo.
So what, does this mean "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" is now just "Rudolph the Red"?
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Will this make it harder to see Northern Lights in Canada, and easier to see them in Siberia?
For all intensive purposes, "whom" is no longer a word. That begs the question, "who cares"?
...on like, migratory patterns for birds and stuff? Don't they depend on the Earth's magnetic field for navigation?
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"thirty+ million people"
You call that a country? Down here we call that California.
Sheesh, we kill more people with drunk drivers every year than that!
Perhaps the most interesting part of the story (which really is only a small part at the end) is that many couples like to go to the magnetic North Pole to conceive their children.
Well heck yeah it is. Obsolete maps are no-where near as cool as magnetic children!
...walking under ladders, etc.
Walking under ladders is bad luck - you are increasing the probability that something will fall on you. If the guy on the ladder is going to drop his bucket of paint, you'll be less likely to be splattered if you aren't walking under his ladder at the time. Not to mention that walking under his ladder may cause him to spill the paint.
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With the taxes on digital storage I would leave Canada too.
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Funny how desperate yuppie couples could figure out something that is explicitly warned against as an activity to attract bears.
Yup, bears can smell the scent of sex for long distances and it's one of the things to be wary of in bear country while camping.
Hopefully this will chlorinate the gene pool.
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many couples like to go to the magnetic North Pole to conceive their children
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Maybe it might want to accelerate the jump to Russia - I hear they have stronger privacy laws than we in the US have.
Also, any plans afoot by Microsoft to claim rights to it under DCMA once it enters US soil?
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many couples like to go to the magnetic North Pole to conceive their children.
Many couples are pretty stupid.
I've seen comments about the poles reversing every 10,000 years.
:P
I've seen comments about the poles reversing every 70,000 years.
I've seen comments about the poles reversing every 1,000,000 years.
Aren't we a well-educated bunch?
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you just wait! It will come back eventually. They all do. It will need to take advantage of that socialised medicine when it gets old and neglected (due to the shift to true north available via GPS)
so does this mean that near resolute, kanada, your compass is just going to go haywire, like when you're near loadstone? do the topographic maps show magnetic north pointing due south above of resolute, kanada?
do gps handheld units use a digital compass based on a floating iron point? or do they recieve gps cordinates and derive your direction from that somehow?
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The exact cause is unknown at this time, but Al Gore and several environmentalist groups are scrambling to find a way to blame it on SUVs.
Damn those SUVs!
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From what I've read, every time the poles have shifted there has been a great period of mutation/evolution, since the magnetic shield that protects us from solar radiation is weakend or dissappears completely until the pole settles into its new position. I think the next one or two generations will find out for sure :)
I don't have an sources to link to of the top of my head, anyone else?
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However, it is interesting to note that during that during the reversal process, the Earth's magnetic field collapses in on itself and, for a brief time, stops. It then starts again and expands, only with a reversed polarity. The Earth's magnetic field, the magnetosphere, is responsible for protecting us from harmful cosmic radiation, particularly the Sun's Solar Wind. During the time that the magnetosphere is down, two main things will be affected: communication and navigation. How affected may depend on the effectiveness of Global Positioning System Sats and radio / telecommunication equipment during the period.
I'm a geology major, so the information that I have in referrance to Pole Reversal is relative to tracking continental drift, plate tectonics, etc. I haven't really read any studies on the possible environmental effects of solar wind and other cosmic radiation on an unprotected biosphere. If anybody has this info, I'd be interested.
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The North Magnetic Pole vas in Siberia, Keptin!
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Please don't tell NBC !!!
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Otherwise, they will convince god to give a magnetic north pole to both Russia and Canada.
(now, I can read the other posts to see how many people replied that
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If you were the magnetic pole, would you want to stay in Canada?
Even the Magnetic North Pole is leaving! :)
First it was Quebec, now it's the Magnetic North Pole.
When will these separations end?
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"Quite honestly, eh, we are unsure what dis is all aboot", says Dr. Ock E. Puck.
"I doon't know why, but it's moving pretty fast now, eh"
Canada's government is making swift efforts to entice the pole to stay. Currently in the works are:
Tax-breaks for Tesla-enducing corporations
Affordable shielding programs
and a bill to allow for the marriage of poles of the same orientation.
Every 250,000 years or so, the whole thing reverses polarity. And it's winding down right now, which is possibly a sign that we're due for another one. Don't invest too heavily in homing pigeons. ;-)
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many couples like to go to the magnetic North Pole to conceive their children
:)
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It must give the offspring a magnetic personality
In a related story, the DoJ has uncovered corporate email from top executives in Microsoft indicating that the movement of the magnetic North Pole is part of a large-scale strategic initiative to corner the navigation software industry.
Bill Gates intends to migrate the Pole to Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, WA, at which point MS will claim corporate ownership of said pole.
Microsoft: We'll Tell Where to Go Today.
She prolly started packing her bags after the whole Olympics fiasco. I'm sure she's trying to find another country who has more of a positive media presence like say Eurasia?
I once read that there is a possibility that both the Magnetic North Pole and South could change places. Is possible?
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many couples like to go to the magnetic North Pole to conceive their children.
So that's why my m515 is always wiggin' out on me!
And my parents said that I was born in Jersey!
As with the sun's light
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For a comparion of magnetic pole shift vs other theories of polar and crusty disturbance, check out this page which picks apart the psuedo science of it all. There are a lot of wacko theories on what pole shift means, and a lot of it is based on lack of evidence and mis-conceptions.
It is intereting to note that, the earth's core is rotating faster than the surface crust to begin with.
There is this concern: The magnetic field acts as a shield against solar particles, etc. No field = no shield. Weak field = weak shield. This could be an issue with solar flares. Some folks are concerned that the field may be in the process of failing
Also, if the poles were to flip suddenly, many creatures that navigate magnetically could be affected. A full magnetic reversal could cause massive ecological problems across the whole of the Earth. If this took place slowly enough, each generation of creatures would learn to navigate with its' current situation.
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Did anybody else notice that in the bear photo in the article that the chunk of ice in the lower right corner which obscures part of the bear looks like it was drawn by somebody. It looks like they wanted to obscure part of the bear for some reason. Now, why would anybody want to do that?
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Dear, take me to the pole!
Maybe he'll get over being a dual citizen like me after a few years. Since the North Pole will be in Alaska soon.
A warning though - the US is still the only country in the world not to use metric, all the dollars are the same color, and they don't use the u in words like colour or spell centre correctly.
On the plus side, he can cut back on all those bilingual training courses - but he might want to pick up some Spanish just in case.
And it might take longer to make Rudolph's nose red - the beer, cider, and wine down here is awful weak to Canadian tastes.
Wonder if he'll have any problems with the NAFTA and Free Trade forms - occupation: Santa - is that a professional skill?
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If the north pole is constantly moving, what effect does this have on the South pole?
Assuming that the poles attempt to stay the same relative distance apart from each other. Might it be possible to get a location on the Magnetic South pole and, in turn, determine the location of the Magnetic North pole?
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...it's too bloody cold. It probably wants a trip somewhere warm. Perhaps a short stay in the south of france or something.
Is it shifted from its current position?
I suppose poles should shift symmetrically against center of Earth.
many couples like to go to the magnetic North Pole to conceive their children.
I've met some people who were conceived at the North Pole. None of them seemed to have any direction in life.
From the great generating facilities in our hydroelectric plants to the tiniest servo in children's toys, our fascination with electric power that has led to these global changes must end.
How can we in good conscience continue the use of these technologies, fully knowing their effect on our grandchildren?
Wow, must be either tough tourists or wimpy wolves up there!
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When the Canadians heard that the North Pole was going to the Russians, there was a tremendous public outcry. To resolve the problem, the judges have announced that the North Pole will be awarded to BOTH the Russians and the Canadians. The Russians are justifiably pissed. They say that the meaning of the North Pole will be diminished if there are two of them.
If tits were wings it'd be flying around.
Oh, wait. Once again this is just a natural phenomenon. Sorry.
One of his favorite examples was that people don't understand gravity, and they don't understand magnetism, so UFOs must be powered by gravity engines.
Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?
Not only is the pole shifting from a spot just North of Resolute, Canada,...
... well... everywhere? I mean, you can't be more North than being on the North pole - *everything* is south of it. Don't you remember that joke: "If you walk a mile to the south, a mile to the east, and a mile to the north, come back to where you started, and see a bear, what color is it?"
Shouldn't the north pole be "just North" of
I could imagine the Canadians say, "I woonder if the Noorth poole will be sooth of oos tomoroow, eh?"
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What do they expect if they keep increasing taxes on magnetic media? The magnetic north pole is obviously going to want to move to somewhere cheaper, like Siberia.
So if the north pole moves over my backyard, can I sell tickets to people who want to visit it, or will it be public domain?
So when are geese gonna start flying North for the Winter?
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First the doctors, then the nurses, then the software engineers, now the North Pole.
Looks like EVERYONE who can is leaving Canada.
Predictably, Jean Chretien denies that anything is wrong in any way whatsoever, and that more poles are MOVING to Canada than are leaving, resulting in a net pole gain.
Of course, the Canadian Post Office are probably relieved by this - in a few years letters addressed to "Santa Claus" will no longer go to Canada Post - they'll be Siberia's problem. The Union is overjoyed! Less work! But they'll still strike for more money, mind.
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does this mean we'll have a kewl place to congregate and put together some anti-dmca software, and make a few little hackers while we're at it?
Good God! I just realized -- we could lose the Santa Claus Toy Manufacturing plants as well!
The ignominy of it all.
Seriously, there is a periodic flip of the magnetic poles and it is not impossible that we might see the North Pole head south sometime within our lifetimes.
Of course with GPS this will probably matter a whole lot less than it once did.
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"Many couples like to go to the magnetic North Pole to conceive their children." ?????
Sure makes for a strange connection with those infamous sex-tours of Asia...
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funny post :-)
to the point but oh so mean...
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The compass needle points with its north pole end to the geographic north pole. IIRC, you call this end of the needle its "north pole" and mark it with an "N". Therefore, the magnetic pole in the northern hemisphere has to be a south pole, magnetically speaking.
No shit! Nobody is disputing that. The problem comes when you apply a map/chart to a real life situation. How are you supposed to find the direction of true north without a compass? To figure out which way true north is, one must take the compass bearing and apply the variation correction. Without a variation correction on a chart, then nobody would be able to use it properly because the chart could be oriented any way and nobody would know which way is what.
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Yeah, and most maps that are used also include the current magnetic deviation, which DOES change with this.
Um, Polaris is still a pretty good indicator, so it can be done without a compass or GPS, btu I agree, USGS topo map declinations need to be changed.
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Um, Polaris is still a pretty good indicator
What happens when it is daytime, cloudy or you are in a light saturated location? Even if you can see it, it is impractical if you are traveling soley by compass. I do a lot of sailing and I can tell you, Polaris is not very useful unless for celestial navigation.
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sorry, when I say "traveling soley by compass" I really mean a situation where you cannot see properly and use an instrument for direction finding. It would not be practical to do this because every time one would need to change direction slightly they would have to orient themselves with polaris as a reference.
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Not only is the pole shifting from a spot just North of Resolute, Canada
The North Pole is just North of Resolute? No shit.
I dunno about you guys, but I can procreate anywhere, as long as its somewhere/someone I never have to see again=)
Both my girlfriend and I have been "fixed". Will it work for us?
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Consult your local atlas for details.I've heard in several places things about scientists creating magnetic feilds hundreds of times, thousands of times, millions(?) of times stronger than the earth's magnetic feild.
If we suddenly lose our feild, couldnt we use those same technologies to just re-activate the thing? And what the hell causes that, anyway? I've never heard of Bar-Magnets suddenly reversing..
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I couldn't help noticing that nobody seems to have mentioned the amazing coincidence of the words 'procreation' and 'North Pole'. Somehow http://www.peternorth.com/ just comes to mind. Speaking of the Oscars, shouldn't North be honored for his wooden delivery and amazing facial expressions? This is sad. My first slashdot post. Embarrassing.
And, the notion that magnetic north doesn't need to be marked anymore because we don't need it for navigation is false even if it's true that we really don't need it for navigation anymore. Navigation isn't the only reason to bother keeping track of where magnetic north is. It's a scentifically interesting phenomenon to study, and it's real geographical information so why not put it on a map.
After all, I don't really need to know what the shape of Baffin Island in Northern Canada is, since I'll never be going there, yet there it is, marked on the map? Why? Because the purpose of a map is to show you the geography that's really there, not *just* the subset of it that you find useful. Marking where magnetic north is on a map might not be as useful anymore, but that doesn't mean it should be removed from the map. If the map only contained things I actually found useful, it would be a very vague map. It wouldn't bother telling me, for example, what the ocean depths are, since I'm not going down there.
Don't label something "offtopic" unless you know the topic well enough to tell what's on topic.
and the magnetic pole is can drift northwards to the real geographic north pole.
And concerning climate the magnetic field is not important (only a bit maybe because it affects how solar winds hit earth).
The axis of the Earth goes thrue the geographic pole.
Martin
PS: I wasnt really sure if youre post is irony or not, but i wanted to make this clear
I want to put a crystal pyramid right over the magnetic pole, and rent it out to fuzzy-minded couples.
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The article says:
> Although it has been moving north or
> northwest for a hundred years,
How can the north pole move even more "north" than where it is?
i conceive children with my north pole up in north pole, but i have birds flying due south to carry them to people's front door. ironic isnt it...
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GPS units can tell you your position with great accuracy, but they don't tell you which way north (or any other direction) is. To do that, you need a compass.
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Original article headline:
North Magnetic Pole could be leaving Canada
Slashdot article headline:
North Pole is leaving Canada
In other news little green men wre seen to be buying scuba gear. Local tabloids say its was a small invasion of martians and was dismissed.
Santa was quoted "Well I'm already wearing red so no problem"
Rudolf was caught buying a extra fur coat saying "Ya know, brass monkeys and all that."
Sleds with pontoon sales also rose.
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Does this mean Santa Claus has to move?
Can I get an eye poke?
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The fact that the magnetic north pole is leaving Canada is the only thing interesting about this. The magnetic north pole ALWAYS changes. Ever used a terrain map with twelve digit grid coordinates? Any highly accurate map will have both a compass arrow for north as well as magnetic north. These maps get replaced routinely every couple of years due to the shifting of magnetic north.
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How would a culture that didn't have good medicine at the time even *know* that the radiation was causing problems? People must have been dying from undiagnosed health problems all the time anyway, even before the extra radiation.
All we can tell from the evidence really, is that humans survived the event, and that it didn't create a massive dip in population reproduction. That still leaves open the possiblity that people had shortened lifespans during that time (but lived long enough to procreate), and possibly had very painfully unhealthy conditions to contend with.
It takes a heck of a lot of radiation to cause total sterility. As long as that hasn't happened, the race can continue under conditions of extra solar radiation, but it won't be pleasant (and could lead to extra mutations, and thus the possible creation of more human races.)
Don't label something "offtopic" unless you know the topic well enough to tell what's on topic.
The real (axis or rotation) north pole is in no country. It's in international waters - or international "ices" to be more precise.
Don't label something "offtopic" unless you know the topic well enough to tell what's on topic.
A lot of animals have navigation senses that depend on magnetism, birds and fish for example.
How would they handle a collapse followed by a flip of the magnetic poles.
By a changed behavior and moving patterns, massive decrease in numbers and entire species going extinct? (Obviously some individuals would survive since it has happened before and most existing species has already survived it at least once.)
How would this upset the rest of the ecosystem?
Would these disturbances be drastic enough to affect mankind?
Or should I stick to worrying about the increased cosmic radiation during the initial field collapse...
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It's old and been in Canada a very long time. It may be headed for Siberia but it's really just lost on it's way to Miami.
Somebody should give it directions. I don't think its compass is working properly.
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(* Perhaps the most interesting part of the story ....is that many couples like to go to the magnetic North Pole to conceive their children. *)
Hmmmmm. Market for magnetic condoms? Claim it works better than Viagra. New spam headline:
"Try Our Magnet Condums At The Magnetic Pole! Increases Ejaculation 600 Percent!"
"....And Your Babies Stick To The Fridge! Never Need Crib!"
Table-ized A.I.
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You mean this isn't legit?