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    http://www.worldjumpday.org/[^] Maybe they should use elephants =P hehe hint_54

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    Shog9 0
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    Pussies. Real mad scientists trigger simultaneous volcanic eruptions in large mountain ranges...

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      http://www.worldjumpday.org/[^] Maybe they should use elephants =P hehe hint_54

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      Stan Shannon
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      Maybe you could just jump up and down repeatedly. Eventually, that should have the same affect. "You get that which you tolerate"

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        Jorgen Sigvardsson
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        Scientists are not needed. There are red buttons that will cause MAD. And maybe, with a little luck, a change in orbit. :)

        -- 100% natural. No superstitious additives.

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        • S Stan Shannon

          Maybe you could just jump up and down repeatedly. Eventually, that should have the same affect. "You get that which you tolerate"

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          Jorgen Sigvardsson
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          I think removing a person from the surface of the earth, has more effect than had that human jumped up and down a million times. There's a lot of loose and fluid stuff between earth's center of gravity and its crust. :)

          -- 100% natural. No superstitious additives.

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          • S Stan Shannon

            Maybe you could just jump up and down repeatedly. Eventually, that should have the same affect. "You get that which you tolerate"

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            Dan Neely
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            Nope. Equal and opposite forces from taking off and landing.

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              Nope. Equal and opposite forces from taking off and landing.

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              Stan Shannon
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              Wouldn't that constitute the "same affect" as doing it the other way? "You get that which you tolerate"

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                Nope. Equal and opposite forces from taking off and landing.

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                Rob Graham
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                dan neely wrote:

                Equal and opposite forces from taking off and landing.

                Not really. Jumping exerts a downward push sufficient to overcome gravity and jump x cm into the air. gravity then accellerates you body until it re-impacts the earth imparting (again) a downward force as the kinetic energy is dissipated. Granted, at the apex of your jump, your gravity acts on earth with the same force as it does you, but the mass difference make accellaration of the earth inconsequential. Even so, this sounds like bunk to me.

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                • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

                  I think removing a person from the surface of the earth, has more effect than had that human jumped up and down a million times. There's a lot of loose and fluid stuff between earth's center of gravity and its crust. :)

                  -- 100% natural. No superstitious additives.

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                  Rob Graham
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                  I think all the volunteers should climb to the top of the highest building in their vecinity and jump off (timing the leap so that all will strike the round together). That way we eliminate the most negative component to the human gene pool at once...

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                    The Weekly World News once uncovered a plot that the Chinese were all going to jump simultaneously, pushing the earth out of orbit and thus destroying our capitalistic way of life. I don't know if it worked.

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                    David Kentley wrote:

                    destroying our capitalistic way of life

                    It is happening, but they didn't need to jump to succeed


                    It is easier to make war than to make peace.

                    Fold with us! ¤ flickr

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                    • S Stan Shannon

                      Wouldn't that constitute the "same affect" as doing it the other way? "You get that which you tolerate"

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                      In practical terms they have the same non-effect. In more theoretical terms, jumps have to occur at specific places in the orbit so that they will have a combined effect and not cancel each other out. If the sun were not there and the Earth moving in unconstrained motion the Earth would shift slightly and then move back to the same path while you jumped. Similar to what would happen if the Earth split in 2 and and merged back together each part would have a little hump in it's path while it was seperated and then merge back to the same straight line. With the Sun's gravity that hump means that the Earth would experience slightly different gravity while it was displaced from its path. This would cause a slight change in its direction. If you time your jumps so that the motion of the Earth always moved it to an area with weaker gravity you could eventually change the orbit of the Earth. Some of the plans to divert asteroids use approaches like that, except it is much easier since they are soo much smaller.


                      I can imagine the sinking feeling one would have after ordering my book, only to find a laughably ridiculous theory with demented logic once the book arrives - Mark McCutcheon

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                        I think all the volunteers should climb to the top of the highest building in their vecinity and jump off (timing the leap so that all will strike the round together). That way we eliminate the most negative component to the human gene pool at once...

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                        Andy Brummer
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                        I think the effect might be greater if it involved a ship, the middle of the ocean and a heavy rock. Either that or a rocket getting them off the planet forever.


                        I can imagine the sinking feeling one would have after ordering my book, only to find a laughably ridiculous theory with demented logic once the book arrives - Mark McCutcheon

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                          David Kentley wrote:

                          destroying our capitalistic way of life

                          It is happening, but they didn't need to jump to succeed


                          It is easier to make war than to make peace.

                          Fold with us! ¤ flickr

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                          Francois Gasnier
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                          Actually, it kind of backfired since many chineese became the worst capitalist. Their hard and raw capitalism might just destroy are way of life...

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                            Actually, it kind of backfired since many chineese became the worst capitalist. Their hard and raw capitalism might just destroy are way of life...

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                            Wjousts
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                            François Gasnier wrote:

                            Actually, it kind of backfired

                            Perhaps they jumped the wrong way? :doh:

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                              http://www.worldjumpday.org/[^] Maybe they should use elephants =P hehe hint_54

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                              Conservation of momentum - people land again. The tigress is here :-D

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                                http://www.worldjumpday.org/[^] Maybe they should use elephants =P hehe hint_54

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                                This is so stupid, havent they heard of Newtons third law? Action reaction etc? In any closed system, it doesnt matter what the mass does if it isnt ejected form the system, it can have no action upon what is left of that system. Even Mt St Helens, if its ejecta is not thrown into space and away from the earth will not move the earth one millimeter. Nunc est bibendum

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