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Mr_GTR
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| phunk wrote: |  define the earth |
That big hunk of rock we live on.
Im pretty sure, anyway 
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Oli
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| Posted: Tue 1st Jul 5:23pm Post subject: |
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| mr_gtr wrote: | | Oli wrote: | | It's not the Earth's rotation that causes gravity - it's the Earth's mass. |
Im aware of that, but thats irrelevant in this case. Im talking about the atmosphere's momentum/friction with the earth ... |
I was talking to Spokes. 
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E Dogg Capizzle
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| phunk wrote: | | define the earth |
Exactly. 
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james
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| Posted: Tue 1st Jul 5:40pm Post subject: |
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like the atmosphere its over their heads.
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Mr_GTR
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| Posted: Tue 1st Jul 5:43pm Post subject: |
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| james wrote: | | like the atmosphere its over their heads. |
You could be more general and say only mine ...
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james
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| Posted: Tue 1st Jul 5:45pm Post subject: |
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sing it we're all in this together
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Roma
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Isn't this what the Mayan calendar predicts will happen in 2012? Or that the earth is going to be thrown off its axis and spin faster or slower or something?
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Oli
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Maya's still struggling with motherhood - I don't think she's got time to make a calendar.
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E Dogg Capizzle
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It's already happened. Velikovsky wrote a book about it. Also, see the Bible.
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Mr_GTR
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| Posted: Tue 1st Jul 5:49pm Post subject: |
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Oooooh, just thought of another thing ... Would the oceans spill out of their places, all over all the land?
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mudguard
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| dh_winner wrote: | | i believe you would be ringt. It would have to be one mutherkcufer of a force to stop the world spinning though! |
Big asteroid, the perfect size, and weight hitting in the right spot from the opposite direction?
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Roma
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| mr_gtr wrote: | | Oooooh, just thought of another thing ... Would the oceans spill out of their places, all over all the land? |
It would get sucked up into the atmosphere along with everything else on land minus conspiracy theorists who will already be safe in their underground bunkers.
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happybaboon
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| Posted: Tue 1st Jul 5:53pm Post subject: RE: If The Earth Stopped Spinning ... |
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| mr_gtr wrote: | Today during physics class, I was in my own dream world, and I stumbled across a thought. If the world stopped spinning on axis, would we all suddenly be overcome by 1440km/hr winds?
My reasoning: As we speak, the earth is rotating on axis, with the equator moving at about 400 m/s (400 x 3.6 = 1440 km/hr). However, the atmosphere spins along with the earth, and so if the earth stopped in an instant, would the atmosphere's momentum keep it spinning, thus moving past us at 1440 km/hr (at least initially)?
I dunno. What do you guys think? |
Y'all being in one of them hoighty-toighty big city-folk physics class oughtta been able to figure that y'all are gonna need one heck of a big ol' force to stop the earth from spinning in an instant. Not gonna happen bub.
Y'all are just about three pounds of stupid in a two pound sack is what I reckon.
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E Dogg Capizzle
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| mr_gtr wrote: | | Oooooh, just thought of another thing ... Would the oceans spill out of their places, all over all the land? |
Interestingly, Galileo had a theory of the tides that worked something like what you are imagining. He thought that the velocity of the Earth's orbit around the Sun and the Earth's rotation were additive, and so when a spot on the Earth was counteracting the orbital velocity, the oceans would slosh into a crest. 
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Oli
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| happybaboon wrote: | | mr_gtr wrote: | Today during physics class, I was in my own dream world, and I stumbled across a thought. If the world stopped spinning on axis, would we all suddenly be overcome by 1440km/hr winds?
My reasoning: As we speak, the earth is rotating on axis, with the equator moving at about 400 m/s (400 x 3.6 = 1440 km/hr). However, the atmosphere spins along with the earth, and so if the earth stopped in an instant, would the atmosphere's momentum keep it spinning, thus moving past us at 1440 km/hr (at least initially)?
I dunno. What do you guys think? |
Y'all being in one of them hoighty-toighty big city-folk physics class oughtta been able to figure that y'all are gonna need one heck of a big ol' force to stop the earth from spinning in an instant. Not gonna happen bub.
Y'all are just about three pounds of stupid in a two pound sack is what I reckon. |
 He's not saying the Earth WILL stop spinning, he's imagining what might happen IF IT COULD stop spinning. I don't think it makes him stupid - I think it shows he has imagination and a questing mind.
And writing in a "Southern" accent just makes you look like a kcid...
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