Comments on: Jumping Into a Tunnel Through the Center of the Earth.

By: Shamrock

Shamrock — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:52:34 +0000

I’m busy digging a hole to work. Forty-two minutes is a helluva lot shorter than my present commute.

By: keeskennis

keeskennis — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:52:04 +0000

9.86 meter per second per second (9.8 m/s/s) Easy actually. That is gravity. On the surfacing side that would be -9.8m/s/s
Beside the roasting you would get halfway, Mrs,Mz,Miss,Mr,Ms,Sir,Ma’m DMerriman is correct and you would never get to the other side because of friction.
Not between churches or race, but the friction between you and the air in this hole that have dug.
Why do we use lawyers to legislate on technical matters?
Yeah I know, we use peaceniks to legislate on gun control, what’s wrong with that?
I do believe gun control is the ability to shoot a 3 inch group at 200 meters, as they are running away.
That way they can’t regroup to shoot at you the next day.

The MAGIC of 42 passed when I got older than that and the number of my conquests got more.
Sela

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:09:58 +0000

…. according to “The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy”, you have proved their equation….. 42, my friend….. that IS the answer…..

By: Teresa

Teresa — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 03:41:16 +0000

I read this on my treo earlier today when my brain was even mushier than usual and totally missed it. I think Dogette has come directly to the point.

My question is… where are the mice in all this? I think we should adjourn to the nearest Italian Bistro and discuss it.

[/yet another nerd reference]

By: RT

RT — Sat, 31 May 2008 22:00:16 +0000

So, umm…you can dig to China?

By: Erica

Erica — Sat, 31 May 2008 21:00:27 +0000

Jerry “I’d suggest wearing something summer-ish” Wiley, you are just TOO much. Dat made me LOL.

You know, my sweet, gentle and most tolerant Hairboy, what else 42 is the number of? A certain someone for whom gravity + very high speed were integral forces ensuring that he slid SAFE-ly into home plate.

I think it may possess some mystical powers, that #42.

By: gregor

gregor — Sat, 31 May 2008 18:18:05 +0000

Sounds like Vincent Price and Doug McClure should be involved…

By: GUYK

GUYK — Sat, 31 May 2008 13:21:48 +0000

I KNEW I should went to law school..then I could sit around and think about stuff like this..and there has to be a tort looking for a place to happen if this ever becomes possible..and if it can be thought of it do be possible if one could just figure out how to do it…

By: Jerry

Jerry — Sat, 31 May 2008 12:53:59 +0000

Wouldn’t you be traveling through hot molten lava at the center of the Earth? I’d suggest wearing something summer-ish.

By: Joan of Argghh!

Joan of Argghh! — Sat, 31 May 2008 12:40:14 +0000

Well, you might arrive at your destination but not without looking like Flat Stanley before you got there. Or something.

As long as Star Trek needs inertial dampeners to make Warp drive feasible…