Paging Drasnor......

aspieRommelaspieRommel Icrontic politicoIndianapolis, IN Icrontian

I am part of the forums for the World of Tanks: Xbox One edition. We have an off topic section where anything not pertaining to the game can be discussed. Well, this gem popped up a couple of days ago and I thought you guys, especially @drasnor , would get a kick out of it.

Enjoy!

http://forum-console.worldoftanks.com/index.php?/topic/166553-the-earth-is-flat/#topmost

Comments

  • pigflipperpigflipper The Forgotten Coast Icrontian

    I lost brain cells reading that thread.

  • AlexDeGruvenAlexDeGruven Wut? Meechigan Icrontian

    I do appreciate how, to an actual rocket scientist, these facts are merely inconvenient and tend to complicate the math a bit.

    primesuspect
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian

    I deal with these things called gyroscopes roughly every day and every time I just leave one lying around it always reads pretty much the same thing: ~15 degrees per hour about an axis tilted roughly 34 degrees with respect to the floor. The thing is just sitting there, why does it think it's spinning? Oh wait, it's not spinning in the local frame; it only reads zero in the inertial frame. I guess that means that the room is spinning. Crazy!

    I'm offering some Icrontic funbux for anyone who can figure out why the spin axis is ~34 degrees with respect to the otherwise-level floor.

  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian

    Is it because your gyroscope is at approximately the 34th parallel and so is tilted at that angle relative to equatorial spin?

  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian

    @primesuspect said:
    Is it because your gyroscope is at approximately the 34th parallel and so is tilted at that angle relative to equatorial spin?

    I think you're right; that would explain nicely why it only reads ~28.5 degrees when I have them in Florida too!

  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian

    IMMA HAVE SO MANY FUNBUX

    _ktrooster89
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian

    @primesuspect said:
    Wait, are you saying you legitimately didn't know and you were asking if someone else could figure it out? Or did you know and this was a test?

    RahnalH102colaSnarkasm_k
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian

    Well either way I figured it out. I'M SMART

    drasnorBlueTattoo
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