What's the highest mountain on earth?
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Its not Mauna Kea is 4,207 m and Mount Everest 8,848 m.
That's "above sea level": Mauna Kea is over 10,000m "tall" if you count the underwater portion. "Tall" is a relative concept; it needs a frame of reference to be accurate.
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Too bad that the highest known mountain is a volcano.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
Mountain, AFAIK, are formed when plates headbutt or whatever they do. While volcanoes are made when we have hot shiny liquid coming out of a crack. This liquid cools down and one day you get a cone. Is that wrong? Apart from fancy choice of words, of course.
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Is it Mauna Kea, Mount Everest or Chimborazo? And by which measure?
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Mt. Everest. 29K ft. above sea level. /ravi
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That's "above sea level": Mauna Kea is over 10,000m "tall" if you count the underwater portion. "Tall" is a relative concept; it needs a frame of reference to be accurate.
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Yeah, I see what you mean. It was only later that I read the comments below. Would've updated mine but as usual it was flagged! :sigh:
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Mountain, AFAIK, are formed when plates headbutt or whatever they do. While volcanoes are made when we have hot shiny liquid coming out of a crack. This liquid cools down and one day you get a cone. Is that wrong? Apart from fancy choice of words, of course.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[^]
As if there were no cracks and volcanos where the plates headbutt. As Sheldon always says: Geology is no real science. :-) Edit (stolen from Wikipedia):
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Mountains are formed through tectonic forces or volcanism
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Hey, I know that road. Why are you sending him straight to Mordor?
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Tolkein was from my neck of the woods, so he'd have been aware that Uluru is the world's biggest mountain, too!
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All tiny, compared to the majesty that is Olympus Mons[^] Which to the best of my knowledge is still unclimbed.
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Not at all, trust me. I'm just sending him to Weathertop, and from there to Rivendell. Mordor?? I'd never do that.
That's good. One can't simply walk into Mordor. Well, I could, but...
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Is it Mauna Kea, Mount Everest or Chimborazo? And by which measure?
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
The question is vague and must be improved before an answer may be provided.
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That's good. One can't simply walk into Mordor. Well, I could, but...
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Well, you being a wraith can surely go to Mordor, although I'm not sure about the walking part. Also, you're missing a ring.
Do you think the Orcs at the Black gate can tell a CodeWraith from a Ringwraith? They can't count to 9, much less to 0xDEADC0DE. Besides that, the Wraith Lounge at Mt. Doom is a great place to hang around.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Do you think the Orcs at the Black gate can tell a CodeWraith from a Ringwraith? They can't count to 9, much less to 0xDEADC0DE. Besides that, the Wraith Lounge at Mt. Doom is a great place to hang around.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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I think they can. Orcs were smart enough to forge weapons and armor, so counting wouldn't be a problem. But I suspect that you've been to Mt. Doom before, and that changes everything.
Believe me, they were still fighting over what comes after 9 when I walked back out of Mordor.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Takes me straight to the Beor Mountains[^].
Yes, but those are fictional. Sorry to break it to you so bluntly ...
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Yes, but those are fictional. Sorry to break it to you so bluntly ...
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The question is vague and must be improved before an answer may be provided.
Yes, and on purpose.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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Is it Mauna Kea, Mount Everest or Chimborazo? And by which measure?
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
Who cares? I am way too old to climb any of them. Also this sounds like a "Sheldon" question. You've been watching way too much "Big Bang" on TV. Finally, the mountain of debt the US Federal Government has created (lovingly referred to as the "Deficit" and created by both parties), is more insurmountable than any of those you referred to.
Slow Eddie. For those that don't get the reference watch the movie "The Hustler"
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Who cares? I am way too old to climb any of them. Also this sounds like a "Sheldon" question. You've been watching way too much "Big Bang" on TV. Finally, the mountain of debt the US Federal Government has created (lovingly referred to as the "Deficit" and created by both parties), is more insurmountable than any of those you referred to.
Slow Eddie. For those that don't get the reference watch the movie "The Hustler"
I am Sheldon.
Slow Eddie wrote:
You've been watching way too much "Big Bang" on TV.
I don't watch TV.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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