Curvature of the Earth

[studiot]

Remember that long thread last year?

 

Well the world record longest sniper shot had to be made using correction for the curvature of the Earht.

 

 

BBC

The source described the difficultly of the shot, which required the shooter to account for wind, ballistics, and even the Earth's curvature.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40372403

[Phi for All]

Remember that long thread last year?

 

Well the world record longest sniper shot had to be made using correction for the curvature of the Earht.

 

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40372403

 

I'm going to write to that sniper, and suggest he set up near Lake Balaton. Hard to argue flat Earth crackpottery with someone like that.

[Strange]

Remember that long thread last year?

 

Well the world record longest sniper shot had to be made using correction for the curvature of the Earht.

 

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40372403

 

 

That was exactly what I thought of when I read that story!

[geordief]

It's fake news

[koti]

I had this ridiculous nightmare the other day. I was reading through that lake balaton thread in my dream and the posts started to point towards evidence that the earth is in fact flat. Then I woke up (in my dream) and went phew - good thing that was just a nightmare I thought to myself but to my horror the earth was still flat.

[geordief]

Post-Balatonic Stress Syndrome (get help)

[koti]

PBSS sounds serious. You think I stand a chance of recovery?

[Raider5678]

PBSS sounds serious. You think I stand a chance of recovery?

Or PBS2.

[geordief]

PBSS sounds serious. You think I stand a chance of recovery?

You could be in line for a research grant if the symptoms persist.

Edited June 23, 2017 by geordief

[Sensei]

PBSS sounds serious. You think I stand a chance of recovery?

 

Take flight around the World. It always helps.

http://flyingthrulife.com/around-world/

Edited June 22, 2017 by Sensei

[zapatos]

A lot of conversations I've seen on this story suggest there was a great deal of luck involved. At over two miles there are simply too many variables involved to make that kind of shot with any regularity.

[imatfaal]

A lot of conversations I've seen on this story suggest there was a great deal of luck involved. At over two miles there are simply too many variables involved to make that kind of shot with any regularity.

 

I have read the same - the previous record (much shorter distance) stands because when the spotter said (paraphrased) to the sniper "it has to be luck at that range" the sniper shot the man standing next to the first victum and in doing that showed that it was not luck (or he was just on a very very lucky day)

 

I use the word luck - but it is misplaced; the sniper with the previous record and many others have discussed the mental scarring inherent in such killing. We must not lose sight of the fact that this is death - albeit in a theatre of war - it is the loss of a life; in my book that is always to be regretted, never glorified

[Strange]

 

Take flight around the World. It always helps.

 

If the symptoms persist for more than 80 days, seek professional help.

[koti]

 

If the symptoms persist for more than 80 days, seek professional help.

Good advice. I bet I would be better off mentally if I red some Verne instead of the pathological crap which I'm weirdly addicted to ingesting.