Every two weeks, I have a team of 2-3 that show up for 2-3 hours, and cost me $125/month. It's worth every penny, not to have to clean my own toilets, or the mildew in my shower. They're legal, bonded, and insured.
Seems like you're getting a lot less service than I do. We're in the northern VA, DC suburbs, and using a major housecleaning firm (bonded and insured, which came in handy when one had a fall on our staircase) every two weeks at a monthly cost of $125. They don't bill us extra for the extra for the months with three visits, so that's $1750/yr. They typically show up with 2-3 workers, and stay for 2-3 hours.
I'm well aware of that...see my other posts here. But, you didn't seem to be since you were suggesting that he drive to Pike's Peak...for what purpose?...to see the curvature, that you can't actually see from there? What am I missing?
I'm sorry, but I don't have access to his plan. But you don't necessarily need to take the same steps. Nor, do I need to show this in order for my point to still be correct.
Indeed, I remember it well, it was one of the first stories Slashdot ran after its inception in 1948. The text-only displays of the era didn't do the video justice though.
Nice try, but with a seven digit ID, your cover was blown.
Clearly you (and many others here) didn't RTFA. How many rockets did NASA launch before they actually put a man into one. No, you experiment, learn from your mistakes, make modifications, and start the next experiment.
The AP noted the triumphant rocketeer’s future plans include building a “Rockoon,” which sounds like an air-launched rocket that involves a balloon instead of a plane and is apparently intended to get him high enough into the air to test his Flat Earth theory
Last time I checked/. was an international website (besides CA/UK/AU and NZ have long finished metrication), so why do I keep seeing imperial units here?
Last time I checked, it was an American website, owned by an American company based in NYC, and because we're imperialists.
This, and I've been waiting for some other jackass to come along and call it "common sense", which is just another phrase for "I don't know, but I've been told".
No. You need to get to ~35-40k feet to start seeing the curvature. Starting at 2722", you're not anywhere close to being high enough. I've personally flown Cessnas at 11k+ feet, and you don't see it from there. Try looking out the window the next time you're on a jetliner...even then, you'll have difficulty.
Google "how high do you have to be to see the curve of the earth" Answer: 10,600 metres You should be able to detect it from an aeroplane at a cruising height of around 10,600 metres (35,000 feet), but you need a fairly wide field of view (ie 60 degrees) and a virtually cloud-free horizon.
That's actually not a bad point (in spite of the typo). You can start seeing the curvature of the earth around 35-40k feet. There have been at least a couple that have gone to 60k+
On November 26, 2005 Vijaypat Singhania set the world altitude record for highest hot air balloon flight, reaching 21,027 m (68,986 ft). He took off from downtown Mumbai, India, and landed 240 km (150 mi) south in Panchale.[13] The previous record of 19,811 m (64,997 ft) had been set by Per Lindstrand on June 6, 1988, in Plano, Texas.
Thanks for the link. It is a bit surprising to have none in the summary, and have to go more than half way through comments before seeing one, though I hadn't googled yet.
I'm onboard with what you're saying, though I don't get your amazement at being 61. I've worked with plenty of brilliant people in their 60s. Also, I think some folks at that age start losing their fear of death, and are looking for a way to leave a meaningful legacy.
Yeah, because Americans have a monopoly on it, right? The ultimate attention whores, the Kardasians, figured out how to monetize it, and while I hate them and their followers, I can at least admire their ingenuity...as well as Mad Mike's.
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Every two weeks, I have a team of 2-3 that show up for 2-3 hours, and cost me $125/month. It's worth every penny, not to have to clean my own toilets, or the mildew in my shower. They're legal, bonded, and insured.
I don't hire a house cleaner until they've signed a non-disclosure agreement.
I didn't know Stormy did windows. Oh, nevermind, you said house cleaner, not pipe cleaner.
Seems like you're getting a lot less service than I do. We're in the northern VA, DC suburbs, and using a major housecleaning firm (bonded and insured, which came in handy when one had a fall on our staircase) every two weeks at a monthly cost of $125. They don't bill us extra for the extra for the months with three visits, so that's $1750/yr. They typically show up with 2-3 workers, and stay for 2-3 hours.
So now, in addition to collecting and tracking our virtual trash, they'll also have access to our physical garbage. What could go wrong?
"ICE, the federal agency tasked with Trump's program of mass deportation"
Hate to ruin your agenda, but...
https://www.politico.com/story...
"but some wily students "
Gambling doesn't make you wily.
I'm well aware of that...see my other posts here. But, you didn't seem to be since you were suggesting that he drive to Pike's Peak...for what purpose?...to see the curvature, that you can't actually see from there? What am I missing?
If that were true, your ID would be in two's compliment. But again, a nice try.
I'm sorry, but I don't have access to his plan. But you don't necessarily need to take the same steps. Nor, do I need to show this in order for my point to still be correct.
If you don't believe who did 9/11, or who shot JFK, I'm sorry, but you're a conspiracy theorist, and in my book a nutter just as much as this guy.
Indeed, I remember it well, it was one of the first stories Slashdot ran after its inception in 1948. The text-only displays of the era didn't do the video justice though.
Nice try, but with a seven digit ID, your cover was blown.
Clearly you (and many others here) didn't RTFA. How many rockets did NASA launch before they actually put a man into one. No, you experiment, learn from your mistakes, make modifications, and start the next experiment.
The AP noted the triumphant rocketeer’s future plans include building a “Rockoon,” which sounds like an air-launched rocket that involves a balloon instead of a plane and is apparently intended to get him high enough into the air to test his Flat Earth theory
Last time I checked /. was an international website (besides CA/UK/AU and NZ have long finished metrication), so why do I keep seeing imperial units here?
Last time I checked, it was an American website, owned by an American company based in NYC, and because we're imperialists.
This, and I've been waiting for some other jackass to come along and call it "common sense", which is just another phrase for "I don't know, but I've been told".
"get a telescope and look at some of the other planets within our solar system. How many examples of flat planets do you see?"
All of them, because you're only seeing them in 2D. Mad Mike is arguing that it's shaped like a Frisbee, so how do you disprove that with a telescope?
"you need to be many hundreds of miles up AND have a wide field of view to begin to see the shape of the earth."
Actually, 12-15 miles works pretty well...
https://www.forces.net/news/tr...
No. You need to get to ~35-40k feet to start seeing the curvature. Starting at 2722", you're not anywhere close to being high enough. I've personally flown Cessnas at 11k+ feet, and you don't see it from there. Try looking out the window the next time you're on a jetliner...even then, you'll have difficulty.
Pike's Peak altitude = 14,114"
Google "how high do you have to be to see the curve of the earth"
Answer: 10,600 metres You should be able to detect it from an aeroplane at a cruising height of around 10,600 metres (35,000 feet), but you need a fairly wide field of view (ie 60 degrees) and a virtually cloud-free horizon.
That's actually not a bad point (in spite of the typo). You can start seeing the curvature of the earth around 35-40k feet. There have been at least a couple that have gone to 60k+
On November 26, 2005 Vijaypat Singhania set the world altitude record for highest hot air balloon flight, reaching 21,027 m (68,986 ft). He took off from downtown Mumbai, India, and landed 240 km (150 mi) south in Panchale.[13] The previous record of 19,811 m (64,997 ft) had been set by Per Lindstrand on June 6, 1988, in Plano, Texas.
Thanks for the link. It is a bit surprising to have none in the summary, and have to go more than half way through comments before seeing one, though I hadn't googled yet.
If being a conspiracy theorist makes you a nutter, than at least half of the /. membership are card carrying nutters.
Trolls stay under bridges. They don't actually launch themselves at the risk of life and limb.
I'm onboard with what you're saying, though I don't get your amazement at being 61. I've worked with plenty of brilliant people in their 60s. Also, I think some folks at that age start losing their fear of death, and are looking for a way to leave a meaningful legacy.
Yeah, because Americans have a monopoly on it, right? The ultimate attention whores, the Kardasians, figured out how to monetize it, and while I hate them and their followers, I can at least admire their ingenuity...as well as Mad Mike's.
"But he's still loopier than a bag of yarn."
Is it really any "loopier" than some of the bullshit, tin-foil-hat, conspiracy theories we have read right here on /.?
I too have launched myself...even higher, in Cessnas, and in hindsight, that was pretty loopy, but avoiding the free fall is the key.