mushroom 12,388 Posted September 5, 2018 Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 1 minute ago, Lenmcharristar said: that was the alien tech that they nicked haha No fuucking idea mate the Chinese were calculating elevation when building the wall. Using methods very similar to what we use today. Egyptians building the pyramids was a whole next level achievement. Tbh I don't believe all this bollocks about aliens and egyptians lol. Some people are just incredible when it comes to understanding the world of maths and can do things in their heads mere mortals can't. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lenmcharristar 9,180 Posted September 5, 2018 Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 1 minute ago, Jonjon79 said: Aye, same here - some of the equations when people are talking about space, light, time and distance really interest me ....... I just wish I had the brain power to comprehend it properly. exactly. im just a tradesman that works in geometry, and measurements and small levels but this is farrrrr different Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lenmcharristar 9,180 Posted September 5, 2018 Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 1 minute ago, mushroom said: No fuucking idea mate the Chinese were calculating elevation when building the wall. Using methods very similar to what we use today. Egyptians building the pyramids was a whole next level achievement. Tbh I don't believe all this bollocks about aliens and egyptians lol. Some people are just incredible when it comes to understanding the world of maths and can do things in their heads mere mortals can't. the chinese just parralelled from the ground, haha, the pyramids are energy transmitters left over from the preadamites and the nordics 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mushroom 12,388 Posted September 5, 2018 Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 1 minute ago, Lenmcharristar said: exactly. im just a tradesman that works in geometry, and measurements and small levels but this is farrrrr different Exactly the same mate, just more to factor in which then makes the equation look ridiculously complex.... just follow it like a map. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lenmcharristar 9,180 Posted September 5, 2018 Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 Just now, mushroom said: Exactly the same mate, just more to factor in which then makes the equation look ridiculously complex.... just follow it like a map. exactly, but except for einstein how far does light travel before being bent by the gravity of the sun in the fabric of space itself?? too much for me haha 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mushroom 12,388 Posted September 5, 2018 Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 Lol Len and that's what mathematicians are trying to work out when they give it large. Tbh I can follow it but I am far from a theoretical mathematician. So if I know where they have got the numbers associated with each part of the equation and if I have a calculator with a happy sun face on it... I'm good. But designing new equations forget it. Only ever met one maths genius and he was scary boring and paradoxically, very funny too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
South hams hunter 8,837 Posted September 5, 2018 Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 28 minutes ago, Born Hunter said: Now you're thinking fella. Yeah wind could push the water about creating a systematic error and thermal gradients can cause light to refract and bend. In fact when this experiment was done donkeys years ago on a canal the result was that the earth was flat! LOL LOL. The chap hadn't accounted for thermal effect close to the ground. Once he raised his experiment up a bit he avoided that problem. Over the Atlantic I'm sure tide height and state would also take effect surely which would mean different stages of the lunar cycle would create different results 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lenmcharristar 9,180 Posted September 5, 2018 Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 1 minute ago, mushroom said: Lol Len and that's what mathematicians are trying to work out when they give it large. Tbh I can follow it but I am far from a theoretical mathematician. So if I know where they have got the numbers associated with each part of the equation and if I have a calculator with a happy sun face on it... I'm good. But designing new equations forget it. Only ever met one maths genius and he was scary boring and paradoxically, very funny too. im the same as yourself, if it intrests me its got me hooked, if its boring its like stripping woodchip wall paper whilst eating tasteless porridge 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lenmcharristar 9,180 Posted September 5, 2018 Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 2 minutes ago, South hams hunter said: Over the Atlantic I'm sure tide height and state would also take effect surely which would mean different stages of the lunar cycle would create different results thats why i said in lab conditions, and with earths curvature as anywhere else its different again Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mushroom 12,388 Posted September 5, 2018 Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 Just now, Lenmcharristar said: im the same as yourself, if it intrests me its got me hooked, if its boring its like stripping woodchip wall paper whilst eating tasteless porridge Agreed mate.... That's why I studied maths and engineering 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lenmcharristar 9,180 Posted September 5, 2018 Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 6 minutes ago, mushroom said: Agreed mate.... That's why I studied maths and engineering i realised too in college that to do my job correctly ive got to learn to like maths quickly 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mushroom 12,388 Posted September 5, 2018 Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Lenmcharristar said: thats why i said in lab conditions, and with earths curvature as anywhere else its different again Anything outside of lab conditions is only a best fit really. Think about a plane; it's pilot/captain/whatever, will work out the scalars and vectors based on given info, which in lab conditions is perfect but let's face it, mother nature likes a laugh and the data will never be bang on. So they course correct on a regular basis. Obviously this has all changed now and become computerised but the course corrections still have to happen, even with GPS data fed directly into the calculations. Edited September 5, 2018 by mushroom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mushroom 12,388 Posted September 5, 2018 Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 2 minutes ago, Lenmcharristar said: i realised too in college that to do my job correctly ive got to learn to like maths quickly No mate..... I mean Iactually studies maths at degree level Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lenmcharristar 9,180 Posted September 5, 2018 Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 1 minute ago, mushroom said: Anything outside of lab conditions is only a best fit really. Think about a plane; it's pilot/captain/whatever, will work out the scalars and vectors based on given info, which in lab conditions is perfect but let's face it, mother nature likes a laugh and the data will never be bang on. So they course correct on a regular basis. Obviously this has all changed now and become computerised but the course corrections still have to happen, even with GPS. vert true. unless they like flying like giving lead with a shotgun on a duck flying skeet, from the uk to africa 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Astanley 11,465 Posted September 5, 2018 Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 I am feeling really stupid and under educated right now . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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