Internet thread: Just fun!

I know this is a little off-topic but it's something that many could find incredibly interesting and is relevant to all of us (and some more than others):


It also happens to be pure genius of a presentation!

And if you happen to know anyone with cardiovascular disease, i implore you to watch this right now. Because there is an almost 100% chance that the advice they are receiving from their doctor is going to either not make things better or make their cardiovascular disease worse. But even if you don't have cardiovascular disease, this is still a must watch!

As entertaining/shocking as it is informative.
 
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Correct me if i'm wrong but that looks incredibly misleading. Grossly exaggerated to highlight the difference in surface heights.

The height bar (to the right) would suggest so. I'm guessing "m" is supposed to be miles (as it cannot possibly be meters). Knowing that the diameter of the earth is around 8000 miles, +/-80 miles is no more than +/-1% from the mean. From the visual representation, that doesn't seem to agree.

Another thing, total volume of water on earth is only ~0.13% of the earths total volume.
 
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that's a very odd graphic, no point in trying to illustrate something in this way,
the highest elevation on earth is a tad over 5 miles ( Everest peak )
not much more when looking elsewhere to take in to account the anomalies in the earths sphere.

yes it's an interesting thought that water is a very thin skin around most of the planet,
as is our atmosphere , Ive been looking into gravity lately (I remember asking adults about this when I was 6 years old lol without getting any sensible answers ! )

the earth/universe is a facinating subject but can keep one up late at nights lol
 
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Ah, it's "a visualization of the Earth’s gravity field". doh!
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that would make more sense, although it's exagerated For visual reasons, interesting how someone has attempted to plot it in this way,
it must be a result of a computer simulation & it's accuracy depends on how good the mathematics are
still interesting though
 
It was measured via satellites over a number of years. So, pretty sure it's very accurate. Just not sure how it's representing earth's non-uniform gravitational field exactly.

http://www.universetoday.com/116801/the-potsdam-gravity-potato-shows-earths-gravity-variations/

edit: Ok, it's just an illustration of the variation in gravity at different locations on the earth. Since the gravitational variance is so small (ofc), to visualize them, they simply made a abstract height map over the earths surface to represent the locations of gravitational minimums and and maximums.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12911813
 
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yes I found that, the sensors were described as "very sensitive " interesting

the things we know hey it was only about 35 years ago that people were seriously talking about Martians
( creatures on Mars that may one day come to attack us ) at my school they showed us an out of focus round circle (pic of Mars) now we have a science lab on wheels there rolling around doing experiments !

I'll have to do a post of my view / explanation of gravity (& where it comes from ) etc if of interest
(a tad late now though lol)
 
With my T500 that i constantly change Rims so im lazy to tighten the screw properly i know this very well :-D

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If there are any Twin Peaks fans watching this, you will probably know that new episodes are planned for 2016.

However... David Lynch has been forced to leave the project as a director, because negotiations with Showtime proved to be impossible. :(

As a huge Twin Peaks fan, this is quite a disaster I think...
Please sign this petition to help get David Lynch back on board the project.
We need those episodes the way Lynch envisions them!

I'm sorry if this link is inappropriate, and if so, please do remove it.
 
Now this is a car SIM!!!
Around 26mins he goes for a drive with few beers and talks about what the game is all about.
 
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Golanv said:
Now this is a car SIM!!!
Around 26mins he goes for a drive with few beers and talks about what the game is all about.
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I will absolutely buy this game when it is released!! Not because I want to build a car in a game but because I love this guy! He is sooo cool! I love how he speaks and what he is saying. :D
"This game is about realism. Only thing you masturbate to is a girl picture and that is all you'll get!!"

This guy should be in the game as copilot commenting on your driving.
 
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This looks like a perfect life simulator!:D As a kid I was jealous to my friends living in contryside. It was like getting to a amusement park when visiting there. driving cars and doing all kind of stupid things. Good memories :)
 
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