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07 December 2006, 19:37

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Posted By Poly

But compass needles don't point North - they...

But compass needles don't point North - they align with the earth's magnetic field. So effectively they are aligned between the magnetic north and south poles but which direction the needle is...

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07 December 2006, 18:05

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Posted By Poly

I thought it was what you got the morning after...

I thought it was what you got the morning after 10 pints of guiness?:D

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06 December 2006, 07:40

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Posted By Poly

But (and I could be wrong here as I haven't put...

But (and I could be wrong here as I haven't put too much thought into this) - isn't that just because conventionally we describe the earth/rotation about the sun in a particular way. If we went back...

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05 December 2006, 22:04

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Posted By Poly

I think Hightower's question may be more...

I think Hightower's question may be more philasophical than that. We are near to one pole (which we call North) - but the issue is when/why did the convention arise that North is up/top?

Is it...

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