Moving the earth

nssone

I doubt the human race will even be around in a billion years. Probably not even in a million years. We'll either have died off or moved on to another planet by then. Maybe when we're sick of Earth we'll decide to play cosmic pool with her and see if we can make it ricochet off of Mars and Venus and land into the Sun. <--Signature begins here--> I am... Currently: A Programming Student/Intern. Working on an outside project: A game for the GamePark32 (GP32) portable gaming console. GamePark32 English(Engrish) site[^] Wishing to better learn: Graphical programming with C++. P.S. I'm not good with HTML, so don't expect something fancy in my sig. But I'm working on it, OK?

Lost User

Interesting idea but I don't see how it would work. If you jump then you are still within the earths pujll so its all cancelled out when you land again because gravity pulls you and the earth towards each other. Elaine :rose: The tigress is here :-D

dabs

I believe the jump itself was not the main reason why the earth would move but rather when everybody *land* on earth after the jump. I.e. all this people would act like a giant "hammer" that would tap the earth slightly away/closer from/to the sun.

Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beierhund das oder die Flipperwaldt gersput!

BadJerry

Hi Chinster, RChin wrote: I think we are in the right place I cannot believe you actually think that England has the perfect climate... Has a few days of intense heat make you loose your marbles? RChin wrote: Can't beat perfection. You did go mad!:wtf::wtf: Jerry

Kastellanos Nikos

I had a similar idea once, but it was about stopping the earth rotating. The aim was to freese the day-weather on 15-aug 19:00, which is a perfect time for going out for coffee with your buddies :cool: Of course this benefits only the cities near gmt+2 (athens,helsinki,berlin) ;P - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Memory leaks is the price we pay \0 01234567890123456789012345678901234

RChin

BadJerry wrote: Can't beat perfection. You did go mad! LOL. I have to admit, the fantastic weather seem to have lured me into a false sense of security and its only gonna get worse over this week. I've been taking advantage of this freak climate spell and spending long periods of time at the Pub at lunch recently:) So I guess I can claim temporary insanity!

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dandy72

Somehow my first thought when I read the subject line was, "man, it's gonna take forever to pack everything". :~

BadJerry

RChin wrote: spending long periods of time at the Pub some things don't change...

greghop

I read once that if you burped, farted and sneezed at the same time your heart would explode..... And the other one about masturbation causing hairy palms & baldness........ I tested these theories as a youth, and neither of them are true for me !!! However I sometimes wonder about another liberal thesis, that reality is independent of the observer (ie, that's why white people can't teach black history - no lie, recent US school fired whitey teacher because blacks complained), so perhaps you should test these theories yourself !!!!!!!!!! :):):)

Richard Stringer

BadJerry wrote: cannot believe you actually think that England has the perfect climate Compared to a nice spring afternoon on Venus ( 550 F and cloudy with a faint sulfuric smell ) or a nice summer afternoon on Mars ( -22 and windy )it probably ain't bad. Heck it was 103 in Dallas yesterday and expected to be 100 or better for the rest of the week and we are considering this to be a mild but dry summer. Its all relative I guess. Richard In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love; they had five hundred years of democracy and peace and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock. Orson Welles

Richard Stringer

Not real swift on those orbital mechanics formulas are we :) Richard Slow down to go up speed up to go low In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love; they had five hundred years of democracy and peace and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock. Orson Welles

Phil Speller

I don't think it's anything to worry about - they'll have built the DeathStar by then... Phil

R Jones

Ever hiccup and burp at the same time? Ouch X|

David Crow

So you wouldn't have to work against the sun's gravity, I suspect it would be easier to jump on the side opposite the sun.

Chris Maunder

:omg: Somebody wash this man's mouth out :D cheers, Chris Maunder

Jorgen Sigvardsson

Yes, but the speed of the earth around the sun? What's strongest? Sun gravity or the centripetal force due to the earths orbit? :~ -- Berlin rules.

dabs

What? Did I say something inappropriate?

Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beierhund das oder die Flipperwaldt gersput!

Tim Craig

The earth moved for me. Did it move for you? :rolleyes: