Why do you need them to jump at all? If you got all the Chinese to just stand on a chair, it would increase the Moment of Inertia of the earth a smitch, and it would slow the rotation because of the Conservation of Angular Momentum.
-John =============== > On 7/14/2011 2:02 PM, Steve Rooke wrote: >> >> Well, if everyonel climbed Everest and we all jumped up and down >> together, perhaps we could achieve that :) >> >> Cheers, Steve >> >> > > I can't resist moving this off-topic thread by a giant leap. > > I have a 1969 R. Crumb comic book starring Fritz the Cat. In one story, > Fritz discovers the Chinese have a rocket program. The rocket is powered > by the vast population blowing into tubes. > > I didn't think this was practical but it did occur to me that they could > have a workable WMD (although the term wasn't yet popular) if they got > all the Chinese to climb up on a chair and jump down at exactly the same > time (give or take a few milliseconds). Back in 1969 this wasn't > workable because there was no way to get everyone jumping in sync. We > all know that devices that could coordinate this event are becoming > common and pretty cheap. You could reduce the required number of > accurate clocks by gathering the jumpers into large venues like > auditoriums or sporting arenas. Or just broadcast a count down from > local radio stations with good clocks. > > Seems most of us are making our recent purchases of accurate timing > devices from sellers in China. Is that just a coincidence? > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.