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ddvmor


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Steve the Temp wants to know:


If every person on the planet was gathered in one place, say Australia (which is plenty big enough - we know cos we worked it out), and jumped into the air at the same time, returning to earth at exactly the same moment, would the force of their combined mass be enough to alter the earth's orbit?


If not... what would it be enough to do?



-- Edited by ddvmor at 14:31, 2005-09-02

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Batman O'Leary


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No sure, but Ive mailed it in to 'Metro', our free newspaper you get on the bus & train each morning, guaranteed i'll have an answer by monday!


Its the same as if you were in a lift which was falling fast and just before it hit the floor you jumped up, would you avoid injury?



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You have to ask what the effect of the amount of people relocation to OZ in the first pace would have on the orbit of the Planet, given that the amount of people currently on the Planet does not affect the orbit I think that the entire planet's poulation jumping at the same time wouldn't make a blind bit of difference - place them on the California fault line and that may be another story.

There is a massive creater in new mexico that was the biggest planet impact, I think that knocked the planets orbit by a few hundredths of a degree but I could be wrong.

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ddvmor


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Very good points, both, but I'm afraid the boffins over at UA beat you to it!


Bow down to the evil skeleton king!



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Batman O'Leary


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Ach, no fair, the letter got printed this moning as well!


 



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ddvmor


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We get the Metro, too - but it's obviously a different edition to the one you get, cos it ain't in there. 


We need photographic evidence...



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Ah ha, The Straight Dope!


http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_155.html





Dear Robert:

Amazing as it may seem, I am actually going to answer this incredibly retarded question.




Sorry, DD.  



-- Edited by NateO at 23:37, 2005-09-06

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JonnyStead


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Just to add to this - you wouldnt need Oz or china - you can get the entire population of the world on to the Isle of White (wight, whight wotever) - standing room only -




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ddvmor


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I keep hearing this.  I ain't convinced.  This 'ere bears me out.



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bonniepirateanne


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WOW. some people have more time on their hands than i do.

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JonnyStead


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ddvmor wrote:

I keep hearing this.  I ain't convinced.  This 'ere bears me out.

That whole page fell apart at "For every obese American and European there are at least 10 under-nourished adults in the world"


Rendering anything after that point on the page as complete nads also - sorry mate.



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JonnyStead wrote:

That whole page fell apart at "For every obese American and European there are at least 10 under-nourished adults in the world"


Chris Rock wrote:

"You know before there was Reynolds Wrap, before there was refrigerators, before there was freezers, before there was seasonings, a pork chop might kill ya. That's right, one chop. But times have changed. That's right. Now we got freezers, we got Saran Wraps, we got Reynolds Wraps, now a pork chop is your friend. That's right, if you're starving a pork chop will save your life. Hell, I'll eat a pig's butt if they cook it right.


Too much food in America, man. We got so much food in America, we're allergic to food . . . allergic to food. Hungry people ain't allergic to sh*t. Do you think anybody in Ruwanda has got a freakin' lactose intolerance?


Don't eat no red meat, no, don't eat no green meat, okay? What're you talking about? If you're one of the chosen few people on this earth that are lucky enough to get your hands on a steak, bite the sh*t out if it."




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ddvmor


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Mmmmmmmm.... Steak.....

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Mmmm, steak and pork chops...

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