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If you are standing on the South Pole which direction is West?
Posted on 1/3/17 at 2:01 pm
Posted on 1/3/17 at 2:01 pm
Big debate in my office right now.
Posted on 1/3/17 at 2:02 pm to DoUrden
Which direction are you looking?
Posted on 1/3/17 at 2:03 pm to DoUrden
depends on where you're facing
Posted on 1/3/17 at 2:04 pm to Centinel
Congrats for killing the office debate. Guess they can go back to protesting for that $15/hr.
Posted on 1/3/17 at 2:04 pm to DoUrden
Isn't every direction from the South Pole, North?
Posted on 1/3/17 at 2:04 pm to DoUrden
Geographic South Pole or Magnetic South Pole?
Posted on 1/3/17 at 2:04 pm to DoUrden
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If you are standing on the South Pole which direction is West?
Towards the whities and away from the chinamen.
Posted on 1/3/17 at 2:04 pm to DoUrden
Seems like every direction you were to move would be North
Posted on 1/3/17 at 2:05 pm to DoUrden
You are always looking North if you are truly at the South Pole
Posted on 1/3/17 at 2:06 pm to DoUrden
Your mom rides my South Pole like it's getting wild wild west
This post was edited on 1/3/17 at 2:07 pm
Posted on 1/3/17 at 2:12 pm to DoUrden
Should probably ask REM as well.
Posted on 1/3/17 at 2:22 pm to DoUrden
No direction is West. Longitude becomes mathematically singular at the poles and it doesn't really make sense to talk of differences in longitude, i.e.: no East or West. Since you are as far South as you can possibly get at the South Pole, and East and West don't exist, the only direction you can move from the South Pole whilst remaining on the surface of the planet is North. You take one step, though, and East and West have mathematical meaning again, even if they still aren't really useful. Basically, if you take one step North from the South Pole, then immediately turn ninety degrees and start walking East or West, after one or two steps, you're essentially walking North again.
Singularities are tricksy.
EDIT: Oh, and get back to fricking work. I don't pay you to discuss these matters.
Singularities are tricksy.
EDIT: Oh, and get back to fricking work. I don't pay you to discuss these matters.
This post was edited on 1/3/17 at 2:58 pm
Posted on 1/3/17 at 2:23 pm to DoUrden
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Big debate in my office right now.
And none of you could figure this out?
Meanwhile the fries and nuggets are burnt!
Posted on 1/3/17 at 2:25 pm to DoUrden
Take a step in any direction and it's to the left.
Posted on 1/3/17 at 2:26 pm to Boudreaux35
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Meanwhile the fries and nuggets are burnt!
The engineers are the biggest debaters.
Posted on 1/3/17 at 2:27 pm to DoUrden
If the girl is on the south stage pole, West is the main stage she just came from, east is the champagne room. duh
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