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PopeInTheWoods · 01-24-2002, 10:29 AM

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Originally posted by Prince Ashitaka:
<strong>They are so obviously trees, and BIG ones at that. Are you pulling our leg on this thread, or what?</strong>

Well, now the cat's out of the bag. SE, that's what I thought was so funny, that you were deliberately imitating a creationist by blatantly ignoring valid arguments and evidence, and by repeatedly putting forth a big ol' Argument from Incredulity. If you were, you did a spectacular job by creating doubt as to what your point actually was. I didn't want to spoil it by pointing it out directly.

If that's not what you were doing, then shame on me because it's usually not my style to ridicule someone's debating style without substantively addressing their arguments.

Basically, I still don't know what the hell's going on. I'll just withdraw myself from this thread and go drink heavily.

Andy (PITW)

Viti · 01-24-2002, 11:36 AM

It's all a big conspiracy...everyone is in on it

Secular Elation · 01-28-2002, 12:01 PM

By the way, what method is used to accurately measure the heights of cliffs and buldings, etc?

Christopher Lord · 01-28-2002, 04:32 PM

mesure the distance from a point a few hundred meteres out to the base, then mesure the observed angle to the top. since you have a right-angle triangle, you can use trig to find the hight of the object.

Christopher Lord · 01-28-2002, 04:35 PM

Or you can just use an altimeter, or drop a rope and mesure it, many methods.

Asha'man · 01-28-2002, 06:08 PM

Reminds me of the classic joke about measuring the height of a building:

<a href="http://www.xs4all.nl/~jcdverha/scijokes/2_12.html#subindex" target="_blank">MEASURE THE HEIGHT OF A BUILDING WITH HELP OF A BAROMETER</a>

Christopher Lord · 01-28-2002, 11:19 PM

Haha, didn't even realize how much that sounded like it, heh.

thanks for pointing that out.

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01-24-2002, 11:36 AM	#52
Viti Contributor Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Down South Posts: 12,879	It's all a big conspiracy...everyone is in on it

01-28-2002, 12:01 PM	#53
Secular Elation Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: California Posts: 6,196	By the way, what method is used to accurately measure the heights of cliffs and buldings, etc?

01-28-2002, 04:32 PM	#54
Christopher Lord Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Toronto Posts: 808	mesure the distance from a point a few hundred meteres out to the base, then mesure the observed angle to the top. since you have a right-angle triangle, you can use trig to find the hight of the object.

01-28-2002, 04:35 PM	#55
Christopher Lord Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Toronto Posts: 808	Or you can just use an altimeter, or drop a rope and mesure it, many methods.

01-28-2002, 06:08 PM	#56
Asha'man Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: southeast Posts: 2,526	Reminds me of the classic joke about measuring the height of a building: <a href="http://www.xs4all.nl/~jcdverha/scijokes/2_12.html#subindex" target="_blank">MEASURE THE HEIGHT OF A BUILDING WITH HELP OF A BAROMETER</a>

01-28-2002, 11:19 PM	#57
Christopher Lord Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Toronto Posts: 808	Haha, didn't even realize how much that sounded like it, heh. thanks for pointing that out.

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