If I dig a hole, will I end up in China?
doylnea
25-01-2007 07:36:42
For me, no, but I get kinda close. Another neat app.
http//map.pequenopolis.com/
with review here http//credibility.stanford.edu/captology/notebook/archives.new/2005/09/index.html
Excel
25-01-2007 07:48:27
I end up a few miles south of Australia.
Godrockdj
25-01-2007 07:55:13
Sweet I'm off the southwest tip of Australia in the Indian ocean!
[quote1d464b5017="Godrockdj"]Sweet I'm off the southwest tip of Australia in the Indian ocean![/quote1d464b5017]
just noticed that where every u start in the US, u'll end up close to Australia in the Indian Ocean. I end up at the same place as u
doylnea
25-01-2007 09:14:28
[quote11df1aa4b0="GCY"][quote11df1aa4b0="Godrockdj"]Sweet I'm off the southwest tip of Australia in the Indian ocean![/quote11df1aa4b0]
just noticed that where every u start in the US, u'll end up close to Australia in the Indian Ocean. I end up at the same place as u[/quote11df1aa4b0]
Not so much - dig in texas, you end up several hundred miles south of india
freaky1718
25-01-2007 09:25:30
ended up dead in the water like 100km off the the cost of western australia
egyptianruin
25-01-2007 09:25:43
[quote1fe04f961a="GCY"][quote1fe04f961a="Godrockdj"]Sweet I'm off the southwest tip of Australia in the Indian ocean![/quote1fe04f961a]
just noticed that where every u start in the US, u'll end up close to Australia in the Indian Ocean. I end up at the same place as u[/quote1fe04f961a]
Lets all dig holes and have an Indian Ocean party when we get there... I hope there arent any stingrays.
Tsmith10803
25-01-2007 09:43:47
only some parts of the world don't end up in the water. For instance, south america- You'd have to dig in the water to end up in china- I think
freaky1718
25-01-2007 09:51:01
sucks i really did want to end up in china
EatChex89
25-01-2007 10:29:53
i'm in the indian ocean in between africa and australia, like dead center, but a little closer to africa
mnx12
25-01-2007 10:47:17
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You know what I've always thought about that is, with gravity, at some point you would be digging up, and not down. You would think that then you would almost be stuck there, cause you cant fall back up or down...
samz465
25-01-2007 11:01:39
I end up south west of Western Australia
freaky1718
25-01-2007 11:15:32
isnt that in the middle of auzzie
johnjimjones
25-01-2007 11:36:21
If I started the hole in my backyard I'd end up in the Indiana Ocean just southeast of Austrailia.
CollidgeGraduit
25-01-2007 11:52:59
On a sidenote, if you want to end up in China, start in Argentina
JennyWren
25-01-2007 12:14:03
I should show this to my cat. She's always trying to dig through the earth, starting in her litterbox. Don't think she wants to end up in the southern Indian Ocean though, from how she reacts to baths.
johnjimjones
25-01-2007 12:45:40
What would happen if we did get a hole deep enough from, lets say anywhere in the US to the Indian Ocean.....like water would pour through the hole to the other side or something.....
bruman
25-01-2007 12:52:49
[quotedcfb71dc8d="johnjimjones"]What would happen if we did get a hole deep enough from, lets say anywhere in the US to the Indian Ocean.....like water would pour through the hole to the other side or something.....[/quotedcfb71dc8d]
Well, first of all, that's not possible. Do you know what the earth is made of?
It's not just dirt all the way down
J4320
25-01-2007 12:55:12
[quote7b1258e18c="johnjimjones"]What would happen if we did get a hole deep enough from, lets say anywhere in the US to the Indian Ocean.....like water would pour through the hole to the other side or something.....[/quote7b1258e18c]
I don't think...
If we could somehow make a hole through both sides the water would poor in and burn up.
I dug and I ended up a little south of mnx.
johnjimjones
25-01-2007 13:12:46
[quote652c05fb20="bruman"][quote652c05fb20="johnjimjones"]What would happen if we did get a hole deep enough from, lets say anywhere in the US to the Indian Ocean.....like water would pour through the hole to the other side or something.....[/quote652c05fb20]
Well, first of all, that's not possible. Do you know what the earth is made of?
It's not just dirt all the way down[/quote652c05fb20]
It's a hypothetical situation, no shit it isn't made out of dirt.
ajasax
25-01-2007 13:23:29
Smack dab in the middle of the Indian Ocean. A little closer to Madagascar than Australia.
justinag06
25-01-2007 13:24:49
lol
what if you dug a hole all the way through, then tried to jump through it. Neglecting fall damage, and the molton core what would happen?
phriq
25-01-2007 13:29:11
just say you could dig though? would those holes be exaust pipes from the earths core and propell the earth?
phriq
25-01-2007 13:31:03
[quote34f8246a7c="justinag06"]lol
what if you dug a hole all the way through, then tried to jump through it. Neglecting fall damage, and the molton core what would happen?[/quote34f8246a7c]
i think you would constantly be slingshot back and forth inside the earth untill you became still in the center. .......then.....hmmm would you just float in the middle? ...maybe in the core the gravity is so strong it would just rip you apart? or maybe becuase the earth is spinning, you would fall and then be shot out the other side into space through centripical force.,,,what a thought
justinag06
25-01-2007 13:33:48
see centripetal force makes it a tough problem, we suggested you build a curved hole like when you draw a ying/yang to account for the centripetal acceleration.
but I think your estimation is right about the oscillation
phriq
25-01-2007 13:46:40
i deffinataly the world should take the brightest brains to test this one.....and i think all of us at FIPG would be the best peolpe for the job...i mean just look at our theries....i say out with scientists and in with us!
dug from my backyard, ended up in Madagascar