Don't cross the equator with your monitor
Far out. If you flush your CRT monitor on the other side of the equator, it goes in the opposite direction.
The monitor you are using with your computer may be affected by which hemisphere of the earth you are in. The Northern and Southern hemispheres of the earth have different magnetic fields, each pulling toward its respective pole. Monitors with cathode ray tubes, which are the majority of desktop monitors in use today, are manufactured specifically for which hemisphere they are going to be used in. CRT monitors work by moving electron beams back and forth behind the screen, and the earth’s magnetic fields act on the electron beams, pulling them toward the field. A monitor calibrated for the Northern hemisphere can still be used in the Southern hemisphere, but the colors and the image would be slightly skewed. Most major monitor manufacturers give users the controls to manually adjust the image.
same with your artillery tables and the coriolis force. When I shoot big guns on my battleship, since the earth is spinning during time of flight, when the projectile gift hits it SEEMS to have traveled sideways from the direction I send it. You can create firing tables to take this into acount, but if you are in the southern hemisphere and forgot your tables where made for the north, your expected curve is reversed. The British Navy were the first to discover this when they were lobbing shells on their own ships. It was considered annoying at the time. Not that that has anything to do with anything, but this is blog right? so it's on topic.
Posted by asdfasdfdfdf on September 7 2004 14:44
The same night I wrote that entry, I was searching the Web for a story about WW I naval battle between British and German ships in the Southern Hemisphere. According to the version I heard in an astronomy class, the Germans' gunsights could be adjusted to account for the Coriolis Force in the Southern Hemisphere, whereas the Brits' were locked to the Northen Hemisphere.
The only accounts of it I found on the web were in the context of physics lectures on the Coriolis Force, and none of them agreed on the details of the battle, so I'm taking the whole thing with a grain of salt until I can find a reputable historical source.
Posted by Zed on September 7 2004 18:57
"The same night ..."
sounds like synchronicity to me.
Anyway, the important thing is when you use your particle beam death ray (which uses charged particles), it will be affected by earth's magnetic field AND coriolis force. Missle Defense Team, take note.
Posted by asdfdfadfd on September 8 2004 11:57