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The answer was the BRAND of motorcycle, the question was the PLACEQuote:
Originally Posted by D-Type
And.....
I actually DID ask, clearly many here look up answers, clearly, so I asked.
And I didn't stall the game, it was the fans on this MOTORSPORT forum who obviously don't know where the MOTORSPORT vehicles are made---I just asked that, too and got no answer.
Do you not know where anything MOTORSPORT related is made?
Eh?Quote:
Originally Posted by janvanvurpa
I made a slight boo-boo in post 991...the capitals are NOT antipodes...but they are pretty darned close.
Nonetheless the question remains.
Quito and Bangkok?
At the risk of sounding daft, what's an antipode? :erm:
Nope
They are 2 diametrically opposite points on earth...if you drilled all the way through via the centre, then you'd emerge at your location's antipode.Quote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
Ed, here was my rationale, and it is probably flawed, but I happen to know that the two capitols I chose are just slightly north of the equator, and as far as I could tell relatively antipodal. I specifically stated that the shortest distance should be over the pole since the earth is widest at the equator. Now I'm wondering does the elliptical nature of the poles counter-balance the wider equator when calculating distance? (I'm digging for a clue here ;) ) Then any truly antipodal points will have to be either on the equator or cross the equator. So I postulated if they were both on the same side of the equator and traveling in this case to the north, that it could be possible to be a shorter distance than a straight line following very close to the equator.Quote:
Originally Posted by edv
How horribly wrong is my line of reasoning? :p :
In our media whenever they say something about NZ they referise the place as "at the antipodes". I think one of the capitals should be Wellington.
If your news is referring to Romania being antipodal to New Zealand than it may very well be that the capitol of New Zealand is relatively antipodal to Bucharest (unless a neighboring country's capitol is closer to being antipodal than your own, or a country's capitol near New Zealand align better with your capitol) So I will enter an answer on your behalf.
Ed; for the new car, and an all expense paid biking tour of the Hill Cities of Tuscany give me…. drum roll…. :s ailor: Wellington and Bucharest?
Beijing, PRC, and Brasilia, Brazil?
Gadjo...if you drilled straight down from Bucharesti you would emerge in the South Pacific about a third of the way from NZ to Chile.
Schmenke...Beijing matches up with someplace in Argentina.
Taz..re-read my question...I said 'shortest route' and 'furthest apart'. The ellipsoidal nature of the geoid need not be relevant, as it affects ALL antipodal points by definition.
My question could be re-posed as: Using the shortest route..what's the longest plane ride between 2 capitals?..name them
O.k. then, Beijing and Buenos Aires :p :Quote:
Originally Posted by edv
Thank you sir, may I have another? ;(Quote:
Originally Posted by edv
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8QwnyH3Ft0..._house_760.jpg
Lol!
Time for a hint??
Gadjo has one of the answers nailed.
Wellington and Moscow?
Good Q btw edv :up:
Wellington and Madrid
Wellington to Paris
DONKEY sneaks in and steals the correct answer in a classic lurker move!!Quote:
Originally Posted by donKey jote
Here's a pictorial representation: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...podes_LAEA.png
Description of Longest-haul flights:
The longest routes possible are between antipodes, or points on the Earth's surface opposite each other with the Earth's center directly between, a distance of 20,038 km at the equator. Flights between Buenos Aires and Shanghai, Quito and Kuala Lumpur, Wellington and Madrid or Perth and Bermuda, have a distance of flight at 19,602 km, 19,715 km, 19,851 km and 19,918 km, respectively. A theoretical non-stop flight between Málaga and Auckland, which are nearly antipodal, would cover a great circle distance of flight at 19,943 km.
Your Q Donkey!
I thought my guess might be close, seeing as you said capital cities... I grew up in Madrid and am still a bit of a stargazer so I prepared my Wanaka trip a couple of years ago accordingly. :bandit:
DonkeyQ will follow shortly :)
Just watching Simon Reeve in Indonesia... how long would it take him to visit each island there if he visited a different island every day?
Well, there's about 7 major islands...so a week! :p
But I suspect that you're counting all those little islands, aren“t you?
well apparently it would take me hours if I counted 1 per second, so I'm relying on a quote in the documentary instead :p
:s ailor: 2942
2942 what, minutes? hours? days? years?
nope :)
:s ailor: 3191 Islands
just how old are you? :andrea: ;)
The question was:
:bandit:Quote:
Originally Posted by donKey jote
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Originally Posted by donKey jote
well, donkey, according to your missus, if donKey were the one doing the "visiting" , about ten seconds a day or lessQuote:
Originally Posted by Dr Giacomo Rappaccini
:dozey:
As for my age all you have to do is click on my screen name to find out :dork:Quote:
Originally Posted by donKey jote
Now the answer: 8 years and 271 days (not counting leap-year ;) )
I know roughly how old you are, rounding down to the nearest decade. That's not why I was asking. ;)
Now the answer: how old are you? :dork: :p
Read it, I think that it falls in line with your hypothetical in seconds. :dozey:
err no... 8-9 years is too little and 275 Million is quite over the top. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Dr Giacomo Rappaccini
Reformulated DonkeyQ (sheesh I thought it would be a quickie :crazy: ):
Roughly how many years would it take you to visit all the islands of Indonesia at the rate of 1 per day?
Or if you don't know roughly how many days there are in a (terrestrial) year:
Roughly how many thousand islands form Indonesia?
Hint: Doc is roughly 50 (rounded down), and 50x365 is roughly 18000.
:dozey:
:s ailor: 59 years 23 days :p :
close enough... the answer is ~50 years, or ~18000 islands :s ailor:
over to you :up: :D
Be back soon :s ailor: snap!Quote:
Originally Posted by donKey jote
Name the place where alternative reality would exists. Here is a hint; the term for this place is synonomous with A.R. :vader:
That was quick! were you with bumbilly's missus again? Now THAT's alternative reality (so I hear) ! :s ailor:
With the answer I'm looking for I could well be in two places at once. Have you checked up on your "old lady" today? :p :
No. Unfortunately she keeps checking up on me though :dozey: :andrea: :p
I don't blame her, the way you shamelessly carrying on with Billy-bob's missus :s pinhead:
Well that's what she told me :uhoh: