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ColinWright
on June 18, 2012
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Falsehoods Programmers believe about Time
I've been on an airplane (on the flight deck - pre 2001) watching the sun rise in the West. Sometimes local time runs backwards.
jcarreiro
on June 19, 2012
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So, were you on the Concorde, or was it a Tu-144?
gregholmberg
on June 19, 2012
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The terminator is only that fast near the equator. Further north, " ... it is possible to walk faster than the terminator at the poles, near to the equinoxes. The visual effect is that of seeing the Sun rise in the west."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminator_(solar)
jeroen94704
on June 19, 2012
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Cool! So you could find a spot somewhere up north where you can take a stroll and experience an eternal sunrise/sunset. Very romantic :)
ColinWright
on June 19, 2012
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747-400, but a long way north.
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