Relevant xkcd: https://what-if.xkcd.com/46/
Kansas is Flatter Than a Pancake (2003)
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Re: Kansas is Flatter Than a Pancake (2003)
#12I am only getting a search results page with no results. It was like this hours ago already when the submission was still in the second chance pool. Edit: seems to be a problem with my Firefox profile. A new profile works. My apologies for polluting the comment section with this and thanks to the commenters for helping me figure this out.
I had the same, seems to be a result of having HTTPS-Only Mode enabled. Looks like usu.edu is available over HTTPS but not this page.
Re: Kansas is Flatter Than a Pancake (2003)
#13I am only getting a search results page with no results. It was like this hours ago already when the submission was still in the second chance pool. Edit: seems to be a problem with my Firefox profile. A new profile works. My apologies for polluting the comment section with this and thanks to the commenters for helping me figure this out.
When the Firefox enhanced privacy protection is on, it redirects to the not found page. Weird. Some cookie confusion or redirection issue I guess.
Re: Kansas is Flatter Than a Pancake (2003)
#14I am only getting a search results page with no results. It was like this hours ago already when the submission was still in the second chance pool. Edit: seems to be a problem with my Firefox profile. A new profile works. My apologies for polluting the comment section with this and thanks to the commenters for helping me figure this out.
I click on it and I get a page talking about how Kansas is flatter than a pancake. I don't know why it didn't work for you.
Oh, please do not downvote them. The comment might be stating something obvious for you but it actually helped me notice that the problem was on my side.
Re: Kansas is Flatter Than a Pancake (2003)
#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
From what I understood from the video, the surface irregularities a general pancake can have when stretched to dimensions of the earth would lead to 10km high feature; Given even Mt. Everest is edit: Typo
If you stretch the pancake only to the dimensions of Switzerland, the vertical features would be a lot less high. And Switzerland has quite some height differences within a small area.
Or a more extreme example: If you stretched the pancake to just the width of Everest clearly Everest would be less flat.
Re: Kansas is Flatter Than a Pancake (2003)
#16There are places in Kansas where you can turn 360 degrees and see not a hill, tree, structure, or any landmarks at all (other than the road). You see the curve of the earth. It looks like a golden ocean.
Re: Kansas is Flatter Than a Pancake (2003)
#17There are places in Kansas where you can turn 360 degrees and see not a hill, tree, structure, or any landmarks at all (other than the road). You see the curve of the earth. It looks like a golden ocean.
Would love a good google street-view link too that.
[edit add] had a google, nowt special jumping out beyond some rather good jokes of which one I feel sums things up nicely "Kansas is so flat you can watch your dog run away for two weeks".
Re: Kansas is Flatter Than a Pancake (2003)
#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
I click on it and I get a page talking about how Kansas is flatter than a pancake. I don't know why it didn't work for you.
Oh, please do not downvote them. The comment might be stating something obvious for you but it actually helped me notice that the problem was on my side.
I was downvoted to an unreadable gray, was just sharing what worked for me on Firefox. Enhanced tracking protection makes the browser redirect to https when available and the server weirdly redirects to a 404 page when you try the same url with https. I don't understand why people dislike me just stating the fact? Given a reasoning I'd be more careful but...
Re: Kansas is Flatter Than a Pancake (2003)
#19Damn flat.
Re: Kansas is Flatter Than a Pancake (2003)
#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Oh, please do not downvote them. The comment might be stating something obvious for you but it actually helped me notice that the problem was on my side.
I was downvoted to an unreadable gray, was just sharing what worked for me on Firefox. Enhanced tracking protection makes the browser redirect to https when available and the server weirdly redirects to a 404 page when you try the same url with https. I don't understand why people dislike me just stating the fact? Given a reasoning I'd be more careful but...
It's weird sometimes but don't let this stop you from helping others, I appreciated your effort in any case.