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KyleL

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Re: Test Your Intelligence: Question for Everybody
« Reply #15 on: June 12, 2013 »
7 Billion people at 150lbs per person, that's a lot of weight, why aren't we pulled out of orbit?


/troll.

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Re: Test Your Intelligence: Question for Everybody
« Reply #16 on: June 12, 2013 »
Quote from: KyleL on June 12, 2013
Okay so now the light one that Dowser mentioned. A very good one I hadn't thought of before but I have some initial issues on it. First of all according to the almighty Google, it is still debated whether or not a photon actually has any mass. Also, if you shine a torch toward the sky, does the light go into space? And surely the earth is emitting (and reflecting) light all the time up into the galaxy. Apparently plants only absorb 1% of the suns' light as so much is reflected of clouds, water, and other non-green plant objects. If that is the case then we are actually reflecting 99% of the sunlight back into space - The other 1% is absorbed, and maybe offset by man-made light that we give off into space?

I love a good nonsense chat about nothing :P

Yes. Sure satellites can take pictures of the tiniest detail...it's just a matter of sensitive enough instruments to record it (and a clear pathway - no clouds etc).
Light is just electro-magnetic radiation of a particular frequency/wavelength... it comes and goes in various forms: gamma rays, microwaves, infra-red (heat), radio waves etc. Energy is just converted.
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Re: Test Your Intelligence: Question for Everybody
« Reply #17 on: June 12, 2013 »
Quote from: KyleL on June 12, 2013
7 Billion people at 150lbs per person, that's a lot of weight, why aren't we pulled out of orbit?


/troll.

LOL - you can't troll your own post! You mean 668.9N per person if you're talking about weight (150/2.2 x 9.81)... which is quite a high average - most of the population are children and smaller/less-nourished than us.
Besides, we've already argued how we are a closed system  :P

/somehow accepting troll attempt D'oh!
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Re: Test Your Intelligence: Question for Everybody
« Reply #18 on: June 12, 2013 »
Or at least slid around slightly in the direction of America :P

Quote from: KyleL on June 12, 2013
7 Billion people at 150lbs per person, that's a lot of weight, why aren't we pulled out of orbit?


/troll.
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Re: Test Your Intelligence: Question for Everybody
« Reply #19 on: June 12, 2013 »
If the entire population of China were to jump at the same time, would we be sent hurtling across the galaxy?


The Chinese are quite organised you know.
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Re: Test Your Intelligence: Question for Everybody
« Reply #20 on: June 12, 2013 »
What would you rather bee or a wasp  ::) ::) ::)
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« Reply #21 on: June 12, 2013 »
How is a fish when it swims?
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