is the next Chiquita
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Take part in saving the world. Be a hero.
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Yarp
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Road Warrior
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PLASMONIC!
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Veteran Member
Join Date: May 2004
Location: New York City
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are they serious?!
crazy man... newton would be proud... but, WTF?! |
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Sucker for shiny objects
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Hey, its been scientifically proven. It must be true. I mean, if you cant trust whats posted on the internet what can you trust?
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Mr. Vieira
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tennessee
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Ohmigosh, how freaky. I've wondered about this very thing for years and years now (I think it came to me one morning in the shower, while I was still in high school). It's always been at the back of my mind and I think I even posted it at AppleInsider a long time ago (I might've been a little drunk - and therefore, fearless).
Kinda neat to see I'm not the only one whose mind it crossed. However, what if they did this and it went bad and really messed things up, sending us on a weird, decades-long collision course with the moon OR pushing us right into the path of that asteroid that's supposed to "barely miss us" in a few years? Nice going, assholes. Your jumping up and down will kill us all! |
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25 chars of wasted space.
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We could just jump again
I remember hearing a while ago that if everyone took a step in one direction at the same time we could change the rotation of the planet. |
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ಠ_ರೃ
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Minnesota
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I don't think you have anything to worry about, pscates. But as long as we still have all these nukes of ours, I say it's time to blow up the moon. You never know when it'll come and try to kill you! |
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Mr. Vieira
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tennessee
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What if everyone pooted at the same time? I know that comes across silly and flippant, but I'm actually being serious. Billions of people, all cutting loose with their best, within a 5- or 10-second period, worldwide?
That would HAVE to throw something out of kilter, wouldn't it? That terrifies me more than any jumping stunt. |
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Yarp
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Road Warrior
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If everyone worldwide did it, even assuming it could make a difference, then the people on one side of the globe would be negating people on the other side of the globe.
Although, our side would probably win, what with all the lardasses we have in this country. But then again, this is all... strictly theoretical And if everyone cut loose at the same time well... that'd stink. Last edited by Wrao : 2005-03-03 at 11:26. |
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¡Damned!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Purgatory
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ohmygod....I'm laughing so hard I'm crying. |
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2005
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I am laughing as well ... I just picture everyone going outside, and aiming their butts towards the sky at a 45 degree angle.
... and the sound of something like 1,000 dying elephants reverberates around the world. |
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¡Damned!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Purgatory
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I'm laughing at the 'terminology' 'scates chose. I love words like that.
I've got a friend who can't even bring himself to say anything when mentioning his girlfriend's nether-regions. He waves an index finger over his groin and whistles. A high pitched 'tweee-twooo' in mid-sentence. Cracks my shit up every time. So it goes. |
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Sucker for shiny objects
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"tweee-twooo" Thats classic.
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Fro Productions(tm)
Join Date: May 2004
Location: London Town
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Asked my physics teacher this when I was in school. The answer's: Won't make a difference, sorry.
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Member
Join Date: Feb 2005
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No, this won't make any difference at all. Even if all 6 billion people in the world jumped at once. Cecil actually addressed this awhile back I believe, check it out.
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_155.html It doesn't direct this exact claim, but a similar one. But really, to think that it would actually work is silly, considering the gravitational force of the sun and the mass of our planet. |
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ಠ_ರೃ
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Minnesota
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Yeah. First of all, my roommate has actually done the calculations himself, as a somewhat eccentric physics major (there really isn't any other type). And it wouldn't work.
Furthermore, the site doesn't have everyone jumping at once. You have to give your location on the planet and then it will tell you when to jump. So I will be jumping 12 hours apart from someone on the opposite side of the world. |
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superkaratemonkeydeathcar
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NEWS ITEM : JULY 21st 2006
The earth went spinning out of it's normal gravitational rotation around the Sun today, and scientists believe it will send the earth hurtling out of the solar system ensuring a frozen death for all of Earth's inhabitants. The reason is that two scientific communities could not come together and one half of the world jumped and the other half pooted, confusing all known natural laws and sending the Earth spinning towards it's eventual demise. Said the "Pooters" side leader, a Proffessor P. Scates, "I feel just awful about this.....I...I really believed in the power of the poot". Professor Scates went on to add that anyone wishing refunds on their "Poot Power" merchandise should "get requests in as soon as possible because of the whole we're doomed thing". "What's a Canadian farm boy to do?" |
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Sucker for shiny objects
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Hahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah ahahahahahahahahaa.........
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Damn...I think I just pooted about a year and 4 months early.....Hope I will have to reload....
Maybe if we 'toot' AND jump at the same time.....I wouldn't light up a cigarette for a while though..... "Have you hugged your Mac today?" |
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Hates the Infotainment
Join Date: May 2004
Location: NSA Archives
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Someone has too much time on their hands me thinks...
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me thinks you are right
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Veteran Member
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Promise Land of Trustafarians
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My French class at school has a pile of old tabloids in the back of the room. One of them has an article about how the Chinese are planning on all jumping at noon on Father's Day to knock us out of orbit, and that good ol' red blooded Americans were going to perform a counter jump at the same time.
Took a while to figure that out though, as it was a French tabloid. |
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la chat est vert!
only french i know........ |
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BANNED
I am worthless beyond hope. Join Date: May 2004
Location: Inner Swabia. If you have to ask twice, don't.
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You have to know the following as well
Le ver vert va vers le verre vert. The green worm goes towards the green glass. |
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Veteran Member
Join Date: May 2004
Location: San Francisco, CA
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"L'haleine de la baleine de laine est pleine de la heine. "
or in English, "The breath of the wool whale is full of hate." Try saying that ten times fast. |
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: New York City
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Rest In Peace
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Atlanta
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I read somewhere that the Saturn V rocket had so much thrust that if you were somehow able to tether about fifty of them together, you could actually move the earth.
It is with great regret that we say our farewells to Jack, who passed away on May 28th, 2005. Jack, you will be missed by all Superior thinking has always overwhelmed superior force. - Marine Corps Officers "You don't lead by hitting people over the head-that's assault, not leadership." - General Eisenhower |
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reticulating your mom
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Supposedly, if you set off a couple average-size nukes in the right places on earth, earth will wobble on its axis and cause worldwide destruction.
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reticulating your mom
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