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[zombie urist]

Does anyone remember a documentary about the either the US Civil War or American Revolution that starts with a guy with a violin singing a folk song? If I remember correctly it was almost a mini-music video before the title screen.

[Lectorog]

I can assure you that more than war documentary starts that way.

[Scoops Novel]

Whenever I play games on my computer or Xbox, my entire room heats up by an uncomfortable number of degrees. Any way to stop this? There's a window, but it's even warmer outside.

I've been told that around about the time when Australia and Antarctica were the largest surviving remnant of Pangaea the south pole was tropical. Did it still have it's current day night cycle, and if so, do we know anything about how that worked?

"The south pole" meaning the Earth's actual south pole at the time, or the land that is now Antarctica?

Definitely Antarctica, and i think it was at *a* pole to whit.

[Descan]

Well, the land that is now Antartica... wasn't at the south pole. So, yeah.

If there was a time that the actual south pole was tropical and had a landmass, then it would have a 6 month day-night cycle.

[Scoops Novel]

A googling provides me with ample articles talking about "the south pole" and referencing Antartica instead, but if you have any more luck I'd be very interested.

[MagmaMcFry]

A googling provides me with ample articles talking about "the south pole" and referencing Antartica instead, but if you have any more luck I'd be very interested.

This Wikipedia article says that the axial tilt of the earth stayed basically the same for ~5 million years, which looks like the axial tilt during the entire phanerozoic era shouldn't really have varied that far. Wikipedia also says that the average temperature in the phanerozoic was only about 7K higher than today, which means that the south pole very probably never had any tropical climate for the entire duration of life on earth.

[Scoops Novel]

Damn. On the other hand, said wikipedia article has mentioned times when the ice faded completely, and that reminds me to ask about the mechanism's of marine life towards the seasonal daylight.

[Descan]

I highly doubt you'll ever get a tropical south pole. You MIGHT get a temperate south pole, though.

Also I think there were a few times where the -average- temperature wasn't much higher, butit  was more even across the globe. Carboniferous, I think.

[Scoops Novel]

I highly doubt you'll ever get a tropical south pole. You MIGHT get a temperate south pole, though.

Also I think there were a few times where the -average- temperature wasn't much higher, butit  was more even across the globe. Carboniferous, I think.

So..........................................................................................?

Also, i hate ellipses, and your esteem will forever be lowered in my eyes if i catch you with one. 

[MagmaMcFry]

Also, i hate ellipses, and your esteem will forever be lowered in my eyes if i catch you with one. 

So..........................................................................................?

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[Scoops Novel]

 

[MagmaMcFry]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsis

[Descan]

so what?

[Furtuka]

I'm getting flashbacks to the tilde wars now.

[Lectorog]

I'm getting flashbacks to the tilde wars now.

How many total casualties were there?