Dagobahn Eagle Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 World Jump Day Theory: If 600 million people jump at the same time at just the right time, it'll shift Earth's orbit and save us from global warming. Now who's gonna be jumpin' tomorrow:cool:? ...No. Not me. (It might set off an earthquake that you can actually feel, though. So it won't be for nothing. And hey, you're burning fats:p). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toms Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Now who's gonna be jumpin' tomorrow:cool:? The Day After Tomorrow. Actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 That's a pretty interesting concept, will it actually work even if enough people did it? I know I'll forget about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Char Ell Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 How do people come up with this stuff? No, I'm not jumping since 1) I don't think 600 million people will be jumping at the same time tomorrow and 2) I don't think 600 million people jumping at the same time will have any effect on global warming. Hey, WTF? is leading WTF? by one vote! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_hill987 Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Why don't we just put a giant ice cube in the sea like they did on futurama? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Writer Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Here's an added twist to this bizarre idea: if the same number of people jump on opposite sides of the earth, won't it stay in the same place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagobahn Eagle Posted July 18, 2006 Author Share Posted July 18, 2006 That occured to me, too: What if they do it wrong? "Goddamn it, the Aussies weren't supposed to be jumping:eek:!" [Earth goes 50 000 km closer to the Sun and starts rotating slower]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Lion54 Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Here's an added twist to this bizarre idea: if the same number of people jump on opposite sides of the earth, won't it stay in the same place? OMG!!! It would cause the Earth to implode in on itself!! I'll wake up in China! Crap. I don't speak Chinese... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagobahn Eagle Posted July 18, 2006 Author Share Posted July 18, 2006 Would you believe me if I said Slate Magazine actually answered that one (though on a smaller scale, namelly cooling down a swimming pool by means of many ice cubes)? Answer: It'd take way too much ice. I know you were joking, but hey... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 So it's been awhile since my physics classes, but don't we constitute something of a closed system? (We being us and the earth) And therefore no amount of jumping by any amount of people would be able to affect our current trajectory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagobahn Eagle Posted July 18, 2006 Author Share Posted July 18, 2006 Yesh. But tell the jumping people, not us:). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSR Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 ha. fools. i, on the other hand, much prefer to hop. that makes a much bigger impact on nthe floor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagobahn Eagle Posted July 18, 2006 Author Share Posted July 18, 2006 Not enough of an impact. I propose running 600 million tankers filled with gasoline off a high cliff at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Here's a better idea: Detonate every nuke in the world in the exact same place at the exact same time. All the conventional explosives, too. Let's just see what that does. Now we just need to decide on a place... Hmmm... New Jersey, maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrion Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Speaking of which, wouldn't the detonation of the Tsar Bomba(Largest nuclear bomb ever detonated -50 megatons of TNT- create more force than 600 million people jumping? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narfblat Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Here's a better idea: Detonate every nuke in the world in the exact same place at the exact same time. All the conventional explosives, too. Let's just see what that does. Now we just need to decide on a place... Hmmm... New Jersey, maybe? No, it should be Massachusetts. Even if we could change earth's orbit, it wouldn't be a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datheus Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Speaking of which, wouldn't the detonation of the Tsar Bomba(Largest nuclear bomb ever detonated -50 megatons of TNT- create more force than 600 million people jumping? The math is actually pretty simple. It's just a matter of comparing the mass of Earth versus the force needed to accelerate it against the gravity of the sun. However, I'm too lazy to look up the formulas and the numbers. But given how much force it takes to accelerate a space shuttle (109,000 kg) up out of the atmosphere takes god only knows how much force.. When you compare that to 5.9742×10^24 kg (the mass of the Earth), the Earth is 54,809,174,311,926,605,505 (or 54.8 quintillion, or 54 millions of millions of millions) times more massive than the space shuttle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joetheeskimo Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 The Day After Tomorrow. Actually. Ah, hahahaha! This isn't a very original idea. I've seen a million "Ask Mr. Science" questions asking, "If everyone in China jumped off a chair at the same time, would anything happen?" People are too tiny compared to good ol' Earth. *pat pat* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seph Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 I might miss the time by 2 seconds and screw it all up... If they were smart they would've done this on a day where they set up a bunch of hard rock and metal shows so people would actually be jumping. more jumps, more people is probably better than 5 people at the same time. At least you'd have good music to listen too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWally Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 ..w..t..f..? Who is to say that the earth won't go in the other direction, if it DID actually move, I mean? I mean, then it would speed up global warming and we'd be screwed even faster. I mean, scientists already are saying that because of global warming all plant life will die off within 100 years, do you really want it to be even sooner? GAH people are stupid. That's of course, assuming that anything like this is remotely possibly But you do gotta admit, they've gotten LOTS of believers. 599 Million people? Holy crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight of Keno Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 This is so old. There was one already at some point, if I remember correctly. Besides, if 600 million people jump at the same time al laround the world, it won't cause anything to the orbit as every jump neutralises the one on the other side of the world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWally Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Except, they're probably counting on the fact that half of the world will be sleeping while the other half is jumping? Because it's happening at midnight for me, so most (normal ) people wouldn't bother staying up just to jump. EDIT: Wow they're popular, every time you refresh the page the members counter goes up O_O Watch it all be a scheme just to get 600,000,000 email addresses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSR Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 i've just given the second option a nudge into the lead. i think it's values and such are much more clearer than the first. >_> i for one am not doing this... much more conventional and realistic ideas catch me. Why dont we all just turn the bl**dy lights off when we leave a room? and just for the fun of it : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagobahn Eagle Posted July 19, 2006 Author Share Posted July 19, 2006 But yes, it could be a "fake" counter. And then when the countdown his 0 they publish the names and e-mails of all the poeple they fooled:p. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jebbers Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 posted this along time ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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