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- From: birdman@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Christopher Kush)
- Subject: Re: >>>><I DON'T KNOW!><<<<
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- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 05:03:12 GMT
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- >>Imagin that there is a hole 5ft in diameter in the center of Kensas going
- >>through the earth all the way to China. What would happen if farmer Bob from
- >>Kesas would jump in the hall at the same time as Mou Yoeung from China? Who
- >>would get there first? What will happen? Will they bounce back and forth
- >>like yo yos or just stick to the core?
- >
- >The strong gravitational pull at the center of the earth would keep them
- >bonded together as if by Krazy Glue, although neither would be alive to notice.
- >
-
- There *is* no net gravitational pull at the center of the earth. Bob and Mou
- Yoeung would be flying towards each other at around 8 km/sec apiece,
- approximately 27 times the speed of sound. With a relative approach velocity
- of Mach 54, there wouldn't be enough of either left to bounce off of or stick
- to anything.
-
- >>Is the color blue that you see thesame as the blue I see? Maybe you see what
- >>is yellow to me, but we both recognize it as being blue.
- >
- >Blue is blue. You just gotta know the blues.
-
- On a similar note, you've noticed the perceived "relatedness" of two notes an
- octave apart. What would two *colors* an octave apart look like? (we see a
- little less than one octave.)
-
- >>Why is the earth and everything else in space round? Why can't they be
- >>squares or trapezoids or something?
-
- Because office cubicles and prison cells are square, and God hates offices.
-
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