Why are surveyors and architects never supposed to factor the curvature of the Earth ...?

Ah ha! Never say never! The curve of the Earth is very slight and subtle over short distances. The surface turns one degree every 69 miles or so. If your building is an open warehouse half a mi…

Top stories for Long   Why are surveyors and architects never supposed to factor the curvature of the Earth in their projects? Asked in Debunking Flat Earth • Answered by Chris Harrington • August 7, 2024 Ah ha! Never say never! The curve of the Earth is very slight and subtle over short distances. The surface turns one degree every 69 miles or so. If your building is an open... Read more » 331 66   If evolution is blind, shouldn't there be organisms that evolved themselves into a dead end? Are there any examples of this? Asked in evolvopedia • Answered by Scott Schafer • June 1, 2023 So, so many. One of my favorite examples is the much maligned dodo bird, a bird whose name means fool or simpleton from the Portuguese word doudo. They didn't fly. They didn... Read more » 8.9K 372   Why was "The Monkees" successful on television despite only featuring cover songs and not being as good as "The Beatles" on TV? Asked in Through The Glass Onion • Answered by Lance Berg • October 26 The Monkees was a fake band created for a TV show by casting directors hiring four actors with some musical talent. Do you think the A Team was an actual group of mercenari... Read more » 452 97   What makes this stuffed bell pepper recipe "old fashioned"? Asked in Food Game • Answered by Ian De Pagie • October 21 This might be considered old fashioned Because it just has rice and some tomato as filling; no sought after cheese, meat or anything fancy whatsoever. Nowadays it may strike... Read more » 81 10   Can planets gradually lose their atmosphere without a star? Asked in The Science Space • Answered by Brian Smyth • July 6, 2023 Yes. A planet without a star is called a rogue planet. These planets formed around stars and were ejected from their solar systems due to gravitational interactions with ot... Read more » 508 11   Is it difficult for visually impaired or legally blind individuals to find employment in a world where technology and computer-based tasks are prevalent and often require eyesight? Asked in Ask a Blind Guy ... • Answered by William Elliott • October 23 Image: Me working in my home office. I have been legally blind for almost fifteen years. Though my journey to blindness bwegan in late 2001, I didn't reach the point where I... Read more » 149 20   Is it possible for computers to have too much RAM? Are there any disadvantages to having more RAM than necessary? Ken Bradmon, Technical Business & Data Analyst (2024-present) • Answered March 13 A computer motherboard can only recognize "so much" RAM. You've got the physical limitation of how many memory slots there are, and the motherboard cannot recognize memory ... Read more » 46   What would happen if the internet cables in the oceans were damaged? Asked in Gyan Guru - InfoSpace • Answered by Sangram Sagar • December 8, 2021 Cables under the Sea represent 99% of traffic for communications and are therefore strategic: they are numerous, extremely resistant, waterproof thanks to an internal alumi... Read more » 1.6K 26   I drank several bottles of Mountain Dew almost daily for months, sometimes more than 2 liters. I do drink water too. How can this affect my body? Tammy Rouse • Answered March 16 In April of 2024 my 19 year old son Adam began to tell me he was feeling a numb sensation in his legs while I was at work. I told him it had probably went to sleep bc he te... Read more » 1.1K 90   How long will Americans put up with Trump's jackboot on their necks before they overthrow him? What we are seeing now is not the America any of us grew up in. Asked in Leftist Viewpoints & The Resistance • Answered by Darrell Spencer • March 7 There's something I see at the grocery store every so often that just knocks me out. In the potato chips aisle, there are rows of cheese dip in jars. One particular brand ha... Read more » 8.4K 1.6K   Why is the color in older films more vibrant and saturated? Why don't contemporary films employ the same effect? Asked in FilmCamp • Answered by D.R. Darke • February 17 I'm pretty sure Royce Allen Dudley or Bret Hampton will have a more comprehensive answer than this, but the quick&dirty reason is that most films AREN'T—as in, they're rare... Read more » 461 46   Why were many bell-shaped bollards in London cut into half? Asked in Cockney Cabbies Guide To London • Answered by Yīng Míng | 赵英明 • April 25, 2023 Bell bollards are installed on tight bends, dropped kerbs, or any location where vehicles are likely to encroach into the pavement How Do They Work? The idea of bell bollards... Read more » 1.3K 66 Read more in your feed

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