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Australia removes references to AD and BC from school curriculum

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    #62
    magicbastarder
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    Amateurish wrote: »
    Both actually i think. Magnetic definately moves and the earth wobbles on its axis, also the three gorges dam caused a slight tilt.
    but the earth wobbling does not change the direction the north pole is from you - which is the common definition of north (i assume this is what is used by the ordnance survey). few people would use the celestial north pole to define north.


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    Amateurish
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    magicbastarder wrote: »
    but the earth wobbling does not change the direction the north pole is from you - which is the common definition of north (i assume this is what is used by the ordnance survey). few people would use the celestial north pole to define north.

    sure mariners did for hundreds of years. Now we use gps which also is subject to drift since satellites are effected by lunar and solar gravity.


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    R P McMurphy
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    Columbia wrote: »
    Wow, now that is a truly a non-solution to a non-problem. As if dating everything from 1950 is any less arbitrary than dating it from Jesus's birth.

    Yeah it does seem a little unnecessary, maybe if it was from the year 2000 or something it might make more sense


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