The SS Warrimoo, A Passenger Steamship Traveling From Vancouver To Australia, Was Silently Knifing Its

The SS Warrimoo, a passenger steamship traveling from Vancouver to Australia, was silently knifing its way across the mid-Pacific waters. The navigator had just finished calculating a star fix and handed the results to Captain John DS. Phillips.

The Warrimoo's coordinates were LAT 0º 31' N, LONG 179 30' W. The date was December 31, 1899. "Know what this means?" First Mate Payton announced, "We're only a few miles from the intersection of the Equator and the International Date Line."

Captain Phillips was prankish enough to seize the opportunity to do the nautical feat of a lifetime. He summoned his navigators to the bridge to double-check the ship's position. He altered his course slightly to focus directly on his target. He then altered the engine's speed.

The calm weather and clear night worked to his advantage. At midnight, the SS Warrimoo rested on the Equator, exactly where it had crossed the International Date Line. The ramifications of this odd arrangement were numerous.

The ship's bow was in the Southern Hemisphere, in the middle of summer. The stern was in the Northern Hemisphere, in the midst of winter. The date on the aft portion of the ship was December 31, 1899. The date on the forward half of the ship was January 1, 1900. The ship experienced multiple days, months, years, seasons, and centuries simultaneously.

The Blurting Method

What is the Blurting Method?

It is a revision techinique that consists of:

Write notes about the topic and read them until you undestand it and remember some of it

Write everything you remember about the topic (without using the notes)

Go back to your notes and with a different colour add what you missed and correct your mistakes

Repeat the process until you know it

Remember to take breaks!

Pros

This method uses active recall, which makes your memory work harder and helps you store information in your long-term memory

It is incredibly effective

Cons

It is a really intense study method and it takes a lot of time (remember to take breaks!)

Subjects we recommend for this method

All subjects that are more theorical than practical.

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mr-froggio

9 months ago

Sometimes you stress yourself out to the point of tears and then u have to coax urself off the ledge by reminding urself that nothing is ever that fucking serious . It works out how it works out the point is we put in the effort

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mr-froggio

8 months ago

“Change is hardest at the beginning, messiest in the middle and best at the end.”

— Robin S. Sharma

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