Originally posted by kotsy
not sure why.. the seasons always start at a very specific (but different) time as well, like 3:04AM
it's just soooo... random lol.
like the person who came up with it was smoking BC special or something!
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Jan-08-2008 13:38
exstasie
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I'm pretty sure we just followed what the Americans came up with haha
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Jan-08-2008 13:47
Moral Hazard
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Originally posted by eRRaTiK
what's the explanation for that?
why not the first of the month?
Seasons are determined by the tilt of the earth. When the earth is tilted such that the position of the equator is on the same plane as that of the sun you have an equinox, this happens twice a year (March and September, on the dates given depending on the year). The time in which the earth begins tilting such that the hemisphere one is in moving toward the sun is called spring, the time from when the hemisphre is most tilted toward the sun until the next equinox is summer, the period it begins tilting away from the sun is winter, and from the date at which it is most tilted away until it returns to equinox is winter.
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Jan-08-2008 13:52
thesauce23
ahh SEEN SEEN!
Registered: Jan 2006
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quote:
Originally posted by exstasie
I'm pretty sure we just followed what the Americans came up with haha
lol so true
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Jan-08-2008 13:54
eRRaTiK
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Location: Toronto, Canada
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Originally posted by Moral Hazard
Seasons are determined by the tilt of the earth. When the earth is tilted such that the position of the equator is on the same plane as that of the sun you have an equinox, this happens twice a year (March and September, on the dates given depending on the year). The time in which the earth begins tilting such that the hemisphere one is in moving toward the sun is called spring, the time from when the hemisphre is most tilted toward the sun until the next equinox is summer, the period it begins tilting away from the sun is winter, and from the date at which it is most tilted away until it returns to equinox is winter.
I'm guessing that they teach that in school here. I'm also guessing 98% of students forget it by the end of the lesson lol
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Jan-08-2008 14:01
Moral Hazard
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Originally posted by eRRaTiK
I'm guessing that they teach that in school here. I'm also guessing 98% of students forget it by the end of the lesson lol
Maybe; however, it's been this way for thousands of years. The winter solstice is the start of winter, the spring equinox is the start of spring, the summer solstice is the start of summer, and the autum equinox is the start of autum.
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Jan-08-2008 14:06
chinamon
el shit disturbo
Registered: Nov 2000
Location: Markham, ON
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Originally posted by eRRaTiK
I'm guessing that they teach that in school here. I'm also guessing 98% of students forget it by the end of the lesson lol
i was never taught that useless bullshit in school.
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Jan-08-2008 16:01
LKD
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Registered: Aug 2001
Location: Its June 18th, 2005, I'm at the Skybar
may, June July, August - warmer season
rest of the year - frickin cold..