NationStates Jolt Archive

Take a look at this

http://www.worldjumpday.org/

I think it's bullshit.

yeah probably...worth a shot though:D

LOL!

Scientific research has proven that this change of planetary positioning would very likely stop global warming, extend daytime hours and provde a more homogeneous climate

... and possibly cause the extinction of all plant life on Earth :D

yeah probably...worth a shot though:D

Not.

ahh who needs plants anyway;)

Oh come on, all you have to do is jump. So what if nothing happens, the point is you tried.

By this logic, a simple rain shower could do a lot more than people jumping. Trillions of rain droplets falling to earth would deliver quite a large amount of momentum.

Oh come on, all you have to do is jump. So what if nothing happens, the point is you tried.

Not unless you are Chuck Norris.

When Chuck Norris downs his opponent with spinning roundhouse kicks, satellites have to be recalibrated to account for the changes in the Earth's rotation.

I think it's bullshit.

Quite right. In an isolated system such as a planet, conservation of momentum applies. When you jump, you move one direction, and the planet moves the other (immeasurably), but the center on mass of the system, you + the planet remains in the same place. When the planet pulls you back down, the the process is reversed and everything is back where it started. without some outside force acting on the planet, it will not move.

Surely the problem with this is that the world is round so the force would be coming in from all directions towards the centre, or did I miss something.

Will give it a go though.

total bullshit. Kind of a funny idea though

I prefer Hoodehoo Day..

I prefer Hoodehoo Day..

que es el Dia de Hoodehoo?

the moron who came up with this should be deported.

What he is basically discribing is the ol "jump up when an elevator falls fast trick" If you are in an elevator and it freefalls, they say you should jump. But it doesnt work, why, because of gravity. You are still going to hit the bottom really hard.

Let me explain this: If everyone on earth jumped, it would not, in the slightest, decreast the weight of the people on earth, with its respective mass. The Earth has mass, and the mass of the earth includes everything within its gravatational pull. Thus if every bird in the air landed at the same time, it would not effect anything. Jumping all at the same time woudl do nothing, because the earth still has ahold of you, and gravity is going to make sure of it. Now, if every single person on earth were to get in a rocket and fly into outerspace, then maybe (probably not), but maybe something would happen. Furthermore, how would the earth tilt more on its axis? if everyone jumpted up, then you would allhit the earth again at the same time, so if the earth were to "fly out of its axis" for a split second, the weight of the people landing would surely knock it back into place, just as before. I find this fully because I sit here imaging the palestinians just stopping their war to jump. Starving children in Africa forgetting all about their hunger just to Jump once. whatever. pure nonsence, You can thank Gravety for that!

que es el Dia de Hoodehoo?
Sí, honramos este día usando los sombreros estúpidos y gritando "HOOOOOOODEHOOOOOOOOO!" muchas veces.

Sí, honramos este día usando los sombreros estúpidos y gritando "HOOOOOOODEHOOOOOOOOO!" muchas veces.

Bueno, mucho gusta.

Not unless you are Chuck Norris.

When Chuck Norris downs his opponent with spinning roundhouse kicks, satellites have to be recalibrated to account for the changes in the Earth's rotation.

Chuck Norris once jumped 600000000 times in one second and changed the Earth's orbit.

Bueno, mucho gusta.
Soy feliz a por favor. ¿Sonaba como una derecha de la puta allí?

Chuck Norris once jumped 600000000 times in one second and changed the Earth's orbit.
Chuck Norris killed himself after he found out he wasn't cast in "Snakes on a Plane"

Where's your god now?

Soy feliz a por favor. ¿Sonaba como una derecha de la puta allí?

Pardonnez-moi s'il vous plais, mais je ne parle pas beaucoup d'Espanol, seulment un petit peu.

Aussi, Chuck Norris est un putin de merde.

Just call me Thread Killer.

Chuck Norris killed himself after he found out he wasn't cast in "Snakes on a Plane"

Where's your god now?

Giving you a flying roundhouse kick to the face, that's where. :D

But seriously, I love that line when Riddick said it to the Imam in Pitch Black. Just pure classic awesomeness. ;)