Longest Lines of Sight on Earth

Re:Longest Lines of Sight on Earth by titzer on Thursday July 27, 2017 @10:07AM (#14865371)

Tell him to watch a f'in sunset. Or the eclipse on Aug 21, which will happen exactly to the second predicted by astronomers. Or look through binoculars at a ship sailing away over the ocean. Or look at the stars rotating around the north/south pole at night. Or fly to Australia and measure the mileage between any two cities and ask him which map is more accurate. Make sure to have a return flight through South America and ask him how long the flight took. Or ask him why low tide is always when the moon is at the horizon. Or ask him what causes phases of the moon. Or ask him why the azimuth of Polaris is always equal to the observer's latitude on Earth. Or ask him where satellites are.

Or ask him not be a dumbass.

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Re:Longest Lines of Sight on Earth by logfromblammo on Thursday July 27, 2017 @11:09AM (#14865996)

All of these strategies are incorrect, as they presume that logic, mathematics, and rationality will have any impact on one who clearly places no value on empirical evidence whatsoever.

What you do is put up $10000 of your money against $1000 of his (10 to 1! You can't lose!), on a bet where the geographical mathematics ensures that you are 100% guaranteed to win. Or something--anything--that can demonstrate with real tangible consequences how being intentionally stupid can hurt you and those around you.

Build two identical UAVs, and run a race between two distant cities. One UAV follows a great circle. The other follows a rhumb line. Discounting adverse weather, the great circle route will win, every time.

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