At 02:14 AM Wednesday 7/19/2006, Matt Grimaldi wrote:
It seems to me that they got the physics wrong. If everyone in the
world were to jump at the same exact moment, won't most of them
either be useless (adding energy in a direction that does not add to
the orbital momentum) or counterproductive (actually *subtracting*
orbital energy? I would think that each time zone should jump at
the same (magic) time of day, so that they can ensure that they're
adding their energy to the earth's orbit. Instead of one useless
"big" push in all directions at once, the Earth can get 24-39
"small" pushes in the same direction.
-- Matt
All this so we might add some infintessimal fraction of a second to
the length of a year.
"Humor...it is a difficult concept."
--Lt. Saavik (Kirstie Alley) to Admiral Kirk (William Shatner) in
_Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn_
<<http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/news/worldjumpday.html>>
--Ronn! :)
I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon.
I never dreamed that I would see the last.
--Dr. Jerry Pournelle
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