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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 09:59 PM Original message |
When all those giant space ships crashed in Independence Day did it slow down the Earth's rotation? |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. The Earth weighs 6 sextillion tons.... |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Everything has SOME effect, but it would depend on their total vectors... nt. |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Of course it has an effect. Everything has an effect. |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 03:49 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Of course it has a measureable effect. Everything has a measurable effect |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Despite that, I think it would be a great to get into alien salvage |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. The Ships were also moving with the earth. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
6. If you jump up and land to the east of where you started, |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. according to the latest models |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
8. It was but like a DJ scratching a record. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
9. No more effect than them coming down low in the atmosphere had already. |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Gravity is a tricky sumbitch nt |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
11. They were all made out of crepe paper, so no. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
12. I'm still trying to figure out why squids installed bucket seats in their spacecraft. |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
13. The Earth gains around 40000 tons every year from interstellar debris crashing into us. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
14. No, because of conservation of momentum. |
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