People are wrong on the internet! What gets your goat?

[Wyes]

Physics hmmm? I got a question. Why do we launch rockets with the spin of the Earth? They say its because they gain the extra 1000mph that the Earths spin gives off, but it doesn't make sense to me. The Rocket starts on the ground no matter which direction its going in it already has that speed. So wouldn't they still be going the same relative speed of the Earth regardless of the direction they launch from?

It really depends on what you're trying to do.

Basically, yes, no matter what angle the rocket is launching from, it has the 'boost' from the spin of the Earth; but that 'boost' is always along the direction of the spin. So, yes, your speed relative to the Earth is always the same (ignoring gravity), but the direction you're going does depend on the angle you launch from.

So if you're trying to launch into orbit, then yeah, doesn't make a huge difference what angle you launch from (there will be some deviation from straight up which is more efficient, but that's more work than I want to do right now). But, if you're trying to get somewhere, then the best way to launch is with the spin of the Earth, because it gives you the largest speed along your direction of travel (a brief google suggests that they usually use this to slingshot around the Earth, giving you yet another boost).

Of course, most of this is lies-to-children, and there's a lot of things I haven't taken into consideration (gravity, fact that the rocket is accelerating etc.), but the basic idea is sound.

 

[Xariat]

you wanna know what grinds my gears? well it's a long list and I don't have time to do more than mention them.

-Fanatics, all of them.
-Extremists, all of them.
-People who say opinions can't be wrong, yes they can.
-People with wrong opinions hiding behind the "no opinions are wrong" shield, same as above.
-"like/share/comment this if X", these just annoy the shit out of me.
-People who argue discus on the internet, but refuses to listen to anything the other part says.
-People who make inane and/or obscure comparisons.
-People who have no idea what they're talking about, but talks as if they know everything.
-shitposting, and it's still shitposting even if you are being ironic about it.
-When people say that a dubstep/rap/etc. isn't music, yes it is.
-Forcing your fandom down the throat of other people.
-MLP-fans who ponyfy everything they see, seriously that needs to stop. I get that you like the show now please leave me alone.
-Bandwagons.
-Liking something, or thinking you're cool for liking something, just because a lot of other people does.
-Disliking something, or thinking you're cool for disliking something, just because a lot of other people does.
-Spam
-Spammers thinking they're trolls, no you're not, you're spammers.
-People thinking they're trolls.
-People falling for trolls and/or failed trolls.
-People who try to cover their fuck ups by claiming to be trolls.
-People who act like retards, claiming to be trolls.
-People who drag on too long... oh...
I think I'll stop now.

Wow, looks like I've become quite hateful after spending time on the internet.
keep in mind that this doesn't very much apply to the escapist forum. (which is why I'm becoming more active here.)

 

[Coffeejack]

People who use the same old insults, particularly about incest, mothers' basements, bundles of sticks and female dogs (you can't make me say them). Worse are the people who still use words like 'rape' to describe a crushing defeat. Then we have lazy preconceptions that have gathered over the years and the people who fill the comments page by spamming blocks of unrelated text for their particular deity. Also, cases in which grammar and punctuation are bad enough to make a message unclear.

People who pick on the Germans endlessly for what their grandparents did for their country and leader. Some won, some lost, it's over. If these shallow people feel like they 'missed out', maybe they should go and spend some more time listening to their grandparents' accounts of the largest war the world has ever been scarred by.

Those were a few of my least favourite things. Thank you.

 

[KarmaTheAlligator]

People posting opinions as facts (or taking them as such, like game reviews), and people who talk about hardcore anything.