I'm bored, so it seems back here again.

I'm just getting ready to study, while playing Old RS of course. I've be fine, though haven't done anything for like a year. Going to College this year, assuming everything works out. You?

Old RS really is fun, admittedly I am only getting back into it after a few months. My mates stopped playing it, so had no one to talk with. Though the only bad thing about it, is thinking about how many hours we lost on our real Runescape account, having to restart on Old RS. I barely played past 2010, so it's fucked up I had to start anew.

Good question; how do we define "up" in a 3D universe? On Earth, we traditionally use the sky to mean "up", but the Earth is a sphere. We could use the ecliptic of the Solar System, which in turn is derived from the ecliptic of the Milky Way but even then, how do we define which side is up or down? Stars in the north could be used, but they come from the separation of hemispheres based on magnetic fields and the locations of who was making the maps in question.

And while the milky has a galactic plane, what about the local group? Does the universe itself have an ecliptic? Can there be a definitive up and down? What about in other dimensions? Can a fifth dimensional universe have an up?

Truly a fascinating question.

Quote from: BaconShelf on May 02, 2017, 05:23:21 AM

Good question; how do we define "up" in a 3D universe? On Earth, we traditionally use the sky to mean "up", but the Earth is a sphere. We could use the ecliptic of the Solar System, which in turn is derived from the ecliptic of the Milky Way but even then, how do we define which side is up or down? Stars in the north could be used, but they come from the separation of hemispheres based on magnetic fields and the locations of who was making the maps in question.

And while the milky has a galactic plane, what about the local group? Does the universe itself have an ecliptic? Can there be a definitive up and down? What about in other dimensions? Can a fifth dimensional universe have an up?

Truly a fascinating question.

He was clearly just asking about the critically acclaimed 2009 Disney Pixar movie "Up", in which an unlikely duo goes on an incredible adventure in a floating house.

that film was fucking kino