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RET riddle
« on: December 19, 2013, 07:36:07 AM »
Riddle me this, FES:

What direction are you traveling in definitively if you are traveling towards the North Pole from any given point?
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Re: RET riddle
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2013, 07:44:14 AM »
On a sphere (lol) either north or south at any given point on earth? No definitive direction.
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Re: RET riddle
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2013, 01:19:56 PM »
On a sphere, Northwards, on a flat Earth, Hubwards, on the rare interpretation of a south-centric flat Earth, Rimwards.

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Re: RET riddle
« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2013, 02:04:33 PM »
On a sphere, Northwards, on a flat Earth, Hubwards, on the rare interpretation of a south-centric flat Earth, Rimwards.

Yup, this.

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« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2013, 02:17:03 PM »
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Re: RET riddle
« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2013, 03:15:46 PM »
On a sphere, you are moving towards the zenith of the North Pole. Whatever tangent you are walking on will eventually hit a point directly above the North Pole, depending on where you are starting from.

But wait! If you start at or below the equator you will never reach the zenith of the North Pole!
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Re: RET riddle
« Reply #6 on: December 20, 2013, 01:41:17 PM »
From what perspective?  On the Earth, over the Earth, over the solar system, galaxy, or universally?
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Re: RET riddle
« Reply #7 on: December 20, 2013, 03:14:45 PM »
Any given point!
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« Reply #8 on: December 20, 2013, 05:03:37 PM »
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Re: RET riddle
« Reply #9 on: December 20, 2013, 05:49:22 PM »
Unless you are walking backwards.

I guess since the starting point can be anywhere in the universe, you are definitely moving towards the north pole.

Re: RET riddle
« Reply #10 on: December 20, 2013, 06:19:09 PM »
Unless you are walking backwards.

I guess since the starting point can be anywhere in the universe, you are definitely moving towards the north pole.

If you're going backwards you are not heading towards the north pole. Don't think of the direction in terms of a body orientation.

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Re: RET riddle
« Reply #11 on: December 20, 2013, 07:30:24 PM »
If you're several miles directly above the hub and falling, are you going north?
That's how far the horizon is, not how far you can see.

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Re: RET riddle
« Reply #12 on: December 21, 2013, 03:23:29 AM »
The correct answer is south.  ::)
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Re: RET riddle
« Reply #13 on: December 21, 2013, 03:32:09 AM »
Unless you are walking backwards.

I guess since the starting point can be anywhere in the universe, you are definitely moving towards the north pole.

If you're going backwards you are not heading towards the north pole. Don't think of the direction in terms of a body orientation.
But the question is asking which direction are you traveling.  Not heading.  If you are going backwards, you can still be travelling towards the north pole.

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Re: RET riddle
« Reply #14 on: December 22, 2013, 07:03:51 PM »
Given the parameter of "any given point"  (on the surface, underground, out in space, etc) my answer is 'toward the north pole'.

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Re: RET riddle
« Reply #15 on: December 25, 2013, 05:31:33 PM »
The "North Pole" is just a made up name for the center of the Universe.  That is why literally everything points north.  Even a pizaa will align itself naturally with the polar center of our universe.