News: College Kids are Stupid

For the same reason that anything we see has a specific color.

It absorbs all light spectrums, but reflects red.

And the ocean isn't blue.

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Originally Posted by Master

Actually the earth isn't closer to the sun in the winter, it is the angle at which the sun's rays hit that hemisphere and how long the sun shines on that area per day, it isn't actually any closer.

KNOWLEDGE!!

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I didn't say the distance from the earth to the sun caused the change in seasons, I know it's the angle of the earth's axis. I was merely pointing out a fact about the earth's rotation and the "most common" wrong answer about this particular matter, as you pointed out.

I believe IP has this covered, causing Master to be thoroughly pwned.

The difference in distance to the sun is negligable.

From one of many sources: "Many people believe that the seasons are caused by the Earth changing its distance to the Sun during its annual elliptical orbit. This is wrong. In fact, the Earth is closest to the Sun in January, when it is coldest in the northern hemisphere."

It has nothing to do with "What causes seasons".

http://science.howstuffworks.com/question165.htm
http://lectureonline.cl.msu.edu/~mmp...ons/cd190b.htm

Trust me, if anybody is being owned it is people believing otherwise.

Somebody with knowledge back me up.

PS: Crap, I just realized in my initial post I said Winter and not Summer! Should have read: Actually the earth isn't closer to the sun in the SUMMER. He was right the whole time. Self-ownage by me!

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Originally Posted by IronPlant

actually, you are wrong.

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Yup, I misread and payed the price. Serves me right.

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Originally Posted by OmniGear

I didn't say the distance from the earth to the sun caused the change in seasons, I know it's the angle of the earth's axis. I was merely pointing out a fact about the earth's rotation and the "most common" wrong answer about this particular matter, as you pointed out.

I believe IP has this covered, causing Master to be thoroughly pwned.

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My apologies, you are correct.

See? I graduated college and I can't read a post and process the info correctly. We are all doomed!

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Originally Posted by Master

See? I graduated college and I can't read a post and process the info correctly. We are all doomed!

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Well, as long as any future boss' you have have degrees also, then you guys can sit down and pour over documentation that neither of you understands.

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Originally Posted by Master

See? I graduated college and I can't read a post and process the info correctly. We are all doomed!

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we all do this sometimes. Well, except for josh.

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Originally Posted by Master

PS: Crap, I just realized in my initial post I said Winter and not Summer! Should have read: Actually the earth isn't closer to the sun in the SUMMER. He was right the whole time. Self-ownage by me!


Yup, I misread and payed the price. Serves me right.

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So how many hours of sunlight per day in pwnation? :p

Figures Microsoft has these flunkies working for them!

In related news, IE7 just leaked. Master blew it...

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Originally Posted by Master of 7s

For the same reason that anything we see has a specific color.

It absorbs all light spectrums, but reflects red.

And the ocean isn't blue.

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A better explaination here:http://www.sky-watch.com/articles/skyblue.html


It's the same reason why the sky turns red at sunset. The longer red waves pass through the atmosphere, while Blue is blocked out.

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Originally Posted by Josh

My 2nd grade teacher lied to my class. I argued with her over it and got send to the fucking office because I was right.

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I got in trouble in the 6th grade for arguing with my teacher because she claimed the reflection of the ocean made the sky blue. It was my social studies teacher, too. Stupid cunt.