Comments on: About 16 seconds — ignoring air resistance.

By: podrock

podrock — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 16:45:13 +0000

Is it AI? Shitty editing?

4000 feet. Still cracks me up. If I fell out of bed, by that headline, I’d fall 5600 feet.

By: RobVG

RobVG — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 18:16:28 +0000

Read an article the other day about the ill-fated bomber that said it had two engines. One of the most notable things about it was it had 6 engines. How can someone writing about it make that mistake?

I even looked to see if it ever flew with two. Nothing…

By: podrock

podrock — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 03:53:08 +0000

Cool. Thanks.

By: BuckGalaxy

BuckGalaxy — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 03:38:46 +0000

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By: BuckGalaxy

BuckGalaxy — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 03:35:47 +0000

…that actually sticks out higher in the atmosphere than Everest, because of the slight bulge in the earth’s shape at the equator.

By: podrock

podrock — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 23:27:24 +0000

But in the text saying he fell a few hundred feet.

By: podrock

podrock — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 23:26:16 +0000

I’d have to do some looking into that. Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain from its base underwater. Pikes Peak has the greatest relief in Colorado, but it the base is already 000 feet. I’m thinking either some of the coastal mountains in Alaska or something in the Andes?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topographic_prominence#Wet_prominence_and_dry_prominence

Also:

http://www.cohp.org/prominence/theory.html

By: ER

ER — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 19:48:05 +0000

What is the tallest mountain on earth; not above sea level, but above the immediate surrounding terrain? Is there a geomorphological term for that metric?

I know Everest is about 10K meters above sea level, but its already on top of a very high plateau.

By: ER

ER — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 19:41:49 +0000

They lie even when they don’t have to.

By: podrock

podrock — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 19:33:14 +0000

No.

Checked Google Earth. The slope below the walk is about 700 feet down. The river, far from the bridge, is 2000 feet down. While the bridge is at 4000 some feet above sea level, the relief is not.

Bad reporting.