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Eddie Teach

#1335
June 03, 2009, 02:47:52 PM
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on June 03, 2009, 02:35:11 PM
I think they measure from the base of the mountain and not the lowest point.  Doing that instead of sea level the tallest mountain on earth in Mauna Kea in Hawaii.  Still no where near Olympus Mons.

One day Tim will climb it. :)
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Ed Anger

#1336
June 03, 2009, 02:50:32 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on June 03, 2009, 02:47:52 PM
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on June 03, 2009, 02:35:11 PM
I think they measure from the base of the mountain and not the lowest point.  Doing that instead of sea level the tallest mountain on earth in Mauna Kea in Hawaii.  Still no where near Olympus Mons.

One day Tim will climb it. :)

At Recall maybe.
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

PDH

#1337
June 03, 2009, 08:16:59 PM
I am going to get to 700 posts tonight.
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
-Umberto Eco

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katmai

#1338
June 03, 2009, 08:21:24 PM
Quote from: PDH on June 03, 2009, 08:16:59 PM
I am going to get to 700 posts tonight.

Pfft it ain't happening!
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son

PDH

#1339
June 03, 2009, 08:22:20 PM
Screw you, Hippie!
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
-Umberto Eco

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"I'm pretty sure my level of depression has nothing to do with how much of a fucking asshole you are."

-CdM

garbon

#1340
June 03, 2009, 08:23:26 PM
Quote from: PDH on June 03, 2009, 08:22:20 PM
Screw you, Hippie!

Delete his posts, Katmai!
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I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

katmai

#1341
June 03, 2009, 08:24:51 PM
Quote from: garbon on June 03, 2009, 08:23:26 PM
Quote from: PDH on June 03, 2009, 08:22:20 PM
Screw you, Hippie!

Delete his posts, Katmai!

Sadly I can delete threads, but not posts. :lol:

edit: er nvm i can, but not sure if it messes with post count.
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son

PDH

#1342
June 03, 2009, 08:28:43 PM
I need to keep up the posting to rid myself of the taint.
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
-Umberto Eco

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"I'm pretty sure my level of depression has nothing to do with how much of a fucking asshole you are."

-CdM

Neil

#1343
June 03, 2009, 08:46:09 PM
Quote from: Syt on June 03, 2009, 02:23:35 PM
That's something that I never get about mountains on other planets - in most cases those are measured from the lowest point of the planet to the highest peak, no? Isn't Earth at a disadvantage there, in that Earth's mountains are counted from sea level, losing 11 km? I'm referring to people saying, mountain X on planet y is 12km high, while Earth's highest mountain is only almost 9km high.
Actually, mountains on other planets are measured from a somewhat arbitrary point known as the 'datum'.  On Mars, this point is established based on atmospheric pressure, and is about 4 km above the lowest surface point but about 26 km below the summit of Olympus Mons.

The reason this is done is because a full planetary survey is an extremely involved process.  It's far more simple to set an arbitrary point rather than having to redraw the map all the time.
I do not hate you, nor do I love you, but you are made out of atoms which I can use for something else.

jimmy olsen

#1344
June 04, 2009, 05:36:36 AM
Is it just me or has the number of wikis dedicated to fictional universes exploded recently?
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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Savonarola

#1345
June 04, 2009, 06:56:37 AM
Quality journalism from that bastion of quality journalism; Fox News:

http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/0,4644,7390,00.html#1_0

CNN didn't carry this story; Captain Planet just doesn't care about Sleestaks.   :(
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Neil

#1346
June 04, 2009, 07:30:59 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 04, 2009, 05:36:36 AM
Is it just me or has the number of wikis dedicated to fictional universes exploded recently?
I hadn't noticed.
I do not hate you, nor do I love you, but you are made out of atoms which I can use for something else.

Ed Anger

#1347
June 04, 2009, 08:47:22 AM
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

jimmy olsen

#1348
June 04, 2009, 09:10:15 AM
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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Grey Fox

#1349
June 04, 2009, 09:15:35 AM Last Edit: June 04, 2009, 09:26:07 AM by Grey Fox
Hai.

Colonel Caliga is Awesome.
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