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Started by Viking, November 09, 2009, 11:42:02 PM

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Maximus

#75
November 10, 2009, 06:08:08 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 10, 2009, 05:59:09 PM
How about if we all ran real fast due west?

That might work as long as we constantly accelerated.

Neil

#76
November 10, 2009, 07:37:16 PM
Quote from: Maximus on November 10, 2009, 05:09:53 PM
Quote from: Neil on November 10, 2009, 04:30:32 PM
I'm pretty sure that the Earth actually gains angular momentum from the Sun from tidal interaction, just as the moon does from the Earth.
How do you figure?

Wouldn't the tidal system tend toward entropy? Seems resistance to the tidal flow would be slowing us down, not speeding us up.
The angular momentum we steal from the sun increases our orbit rather than accelerating our spin.  It is thus conserved.
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Barrister

#77
November 10, 2009, 07:39:21 PM
Neil you need to post a question.
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Neil

#78
November 10, 2009, 07:47:53 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 10, 2009, 05:59:09 PM
Quote from: frunk on November 10, 2009, 05:57:20 PM
The best plan is to set up gigantic solar sails that would spin the earth faster.
How about if we all ran real fast due west?
Not enough mass.  Humanity only masses roughly 560 teragrams, whereas the Earth masses 5,900 yottagrams.  Better to use a large asteroid like Psyche or Juno, which mass about 25 zettagrams.
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Neil

#79
November 10, 2009, 07:49:54 PM
Quote from: Barrister on November 10, 2009, 07:39:21 PM
Neil you need to post a question.
Really?  I hate posting questions.

What is the name of the alleged giant impactor that is believed to have caused the formation of Earth's moon?
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Admiral Yi

#80
November 10, 2009, 07:51:47 PM
Quote from: Neil on November 10, 2009, 07:47:53 PM
Not enough mass.  Humanity only masses roughly 560 teragrams, whereas the Earth masses 5,900 yottagrams.  Better to use a large asteroid like Psyche or Juno, which mass about 25 zettagrams.
We stampede all our cattle due west at the same time. :)

Neil

#81
November 10, 2009, 08:01:23 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 10, 2009, 07:51:47 PM
Quote from: Neil on November 10, 2009, 07:47:53 PM
Not enough mass.  Humanity only masses roughly 560 teragrams, whereas the Earth masses 5,900 yottagrams.  Better to use a large asteroid like Psyche or Juno, which mass about 25 zettagrams.
We stampede all our cattle due west at the same time. :)
The total mass of the biosphere is in the exagram range.  Even if it were possible, it wouldn't be helpful, and couldn't be maintained in any event.
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Eddie Teach

#82
November 10, 2009, 08:09:37 PM
Quote from: Neil on November 10, 2009, 08:01:23 PM
The total mass of the biosphere is in the exagram range.  Even if it were possible, it wouldn't be helpful, and couldn't be maintained in any event.

Why do you hate America Canada Alberta?  :(
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Neil

#83
November 10, 2009, 08:59:58 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on November 10, 2009, 08:09:37 PM
Quote from: Neil on November 10, 2009, 08:01:23 PM
The total mass of the biosphere is in the exagram range.  Even if it were possible, it wouldn't be helpful, and couldn't be maintained in any event.

Why do you hate America Canada Alberta?  :(
Because they are so much less than I am.
I do not hate you, nor do I love you, but you are made out of atoms which I can use for something else.

Eddie Teach

#84
November 10, 2009, 09:04:16 PM
Ah, weight issues. :console:
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Razgovory

#85
November 10, 2009, 09:10:40 PM
Quote from: Neil on November 10, 2009, 07:49:54 PM
Quote from: Barrister on November 10, 2009, 07:39:21 PM
Neil you need to post a question.
Really?  I hate posting questions.

What is the name of the alleged giant impactor that is believed to have caused the formation of Earth's moon?

Jo-Jo.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

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HisMajestyBOB

#86
November 10, 2009, 09:21:43 PM
Quote from: Neil on November 10, 2009, 07:49:54 PM
Quote from: Barrister on November 10, 2009, 07:39:21 PM
Neil you need to post a question.
Really?  I hate posting questions.

What is the name of the alleged giant impactor that is believed to have caused the formation of Earth's moon?

Something silly from mythology.
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Viking

#87
November 10, 2009, 09:22:15 PM
Nemesis?
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Caliga

#88
November 11, 2009, 08:07:44 AM
Selene?
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Grey Fox

#89
November 11, 2009, 08:44:51 AM
The day fake-Mars crashed into Earth?
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