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"Captain Compassion" |
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18 Jul 2006 10:05:48 AM |
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Jump to Prevent Global Warming |
Jump to Prevent Global Warming
German Artist Claims World Jump Day Could Save the Planet
By getting 600,000,000 people around the world to jump at the same
time, a German artist hopes to nudge Earth into a different orbit.
By ALEXANDRA LEO
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=2202916&page=1
July 17, 2006 -- Hans Peter Niesward, from the Department of
Gravitationsphysik at the ISA in Munich, says we can stop global
warming in one fell swoop — or, more accurately, in one big jump.
The slightly disheveled professor states his case on WorldJumpDay.org,
an Internet site created to recruit 600,000,000 people to jump
simultaneously on July 20 at 11:39:13 GMT in an effort to shift
Earth's position.
Niesward claims that on this day "Earth occupies one of the most
fragile positions in its orbits for the last 100 years." According to
the site, the shift in orbit will "stop global warming, extend daytime
hours and create a more homogeneous climate."
The Man Who Wasn't There
Niesward's theory has at least one major flaw: Niesward doesn't really
exist. He is a character created by Torsten Lauschmann, a German-born
artist living in Scotland. Lauschmann — a live performer, filmmaker,
DJ and photographer — may be best known for his work "Misshapen
Pearl," described as a "phenomenological investigation of the
streetlamp's function in our consumer society."
Lauschmann's multimedia approach has allowed him to explore a wide
variety of subjects, including butterflies, paparazzi photos and, now,
a flash-mob experiment.
In 2005, Lauschmann encouraged scientists and bloggers from around the
world to discuss World Jump Day.
"He thought it would just circulate among friends, but it quickly
seemed to morph. Within weeks it was global — people in Australia were
talking about it on the radio," said Neil Mulholland, a reader in
contemporary art theory at Edinburgh College of Art. "The more it was
discussed, the more people joined the site, and it crashed several
times."
The site now claims to have just under 600 million jumpers registered
for the cause. But will people jump out of environmental activism or a
commitment to the bizarre? Is the jump as important as the buzz it's
created?
The Anti-Jumpers
Members of the online environmental site treehugger.com have been
debating not only the physical possibility of the jump's promise but
the morality of its outcome.
Some believe it's risky to alter Earth's orbit, while others fear the
jump will make the Gregorian calendar obsolete because of the length
of Earth's new orbit. Others doubt the ability of the world's
population to synchronize an event like this.
The folks at madphysics.com have constructed an anti-World Jump Day
manifesto, complete with equations drawn up to dispute the validity of
Niesward's — or Lauschmann's — theories.
Supposedly based on "seismographic recordings ranging from impacts of
comets to the simultaneous movement of the audience at the 2002 World
Cup Final," the site uses graphs, bell curves and diagrams to support
its hypothesis and directs the user to several prestigious science and
environmental sites, none of which mention World Jump Day or support
any of its assertions.
One word of caution: The site tells those of us living in the eastern
part of the United States to jump at 6:39:13 because we are five hours
behind GMT, but that is not true in July. Because of daylight savings
time, Lauschmann has a part of the United States jumping an hour
early.
--
"Science is the record of dead religions." -- Oscar Wilde
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilization is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
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19 Jul 2006 12:46:26 AM |
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Captain Compassion wrote:
Jump to Prevent Global Warming
German Artist Claims World Jump Day Could Save the Planet
By getting 600,000,000 people around the world to jump at the same
time, a German artist hopes to nudge Earth into a different orbit.
By ALEXANDRA LEO
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=2202916&page=1
July 17, 2006 -- Hans Peter Niesward, from the Department of
Gravitationsphysik at the ISA in Munich, says we can stop global
warming in one fell swoop - or, more accurately, in one big jump.
The slightly disheveled professor states his case on WorldJumpDay.org,
an Internet site created to recruit 600,000,000 people to jump
simultaneously on July 20 at 11:39:13 GMT in an effort to shift
Earth's position.
Niesward claims that on this day "Earth occupies one of the most
fragile positions in its orbits for the last 100 years." According to
the site, the shift in orbit will "stop global warming, extend daytime
hours and create a more homogeneous climate."
The Man Who Wasn't There
Niesward's theory has at least one major flaw: Niesward doesn't really
exist. He is a character created by Torsten Lauschmann, a German-born
artist living in Scotland. Lauschmann - a live performer, filmmaker,
DJ and photographer - may be best known for his work "Misshapen
Pearl," described as a "phenomenological investigation of the
streetlamp's function in our consumer society."
Lauschmann's multimedia approach has allowed him to explore a wide
variety of subjects, including butterflies, paparazzi photos and, now,
a flash-mob experiment.
In 2005, Lauschmann encouraged scientists and bloggers from around the
world to discuss World Jump Day.
"He thought it would just circulate among friends, but it quickly
seemed to morph. Within weeks it was global - people in Australia were
talking about it on the radio," said Neil Mulholland, a reader in
contemporary art theory at Edinburgh College of Art. "The more it was
discussed, the more people joined the site, and it crashed several
times."
The site now claims to have just under 600 million jumpers registered
for the cause. But will people jump out of environmental activism or a
commitment to the bizarre? Is the jump as important as the buzz it's
created?
The Anti-Jumpers
Members of the online environmental site treehugger.com have been
debating not only the physical possibility of the jump's promise but
the morality of its outcome.
Some believe it's risky to alter Earth's orbit, while others fear the
jump will make the Gregorian calendar obsolete because of the length
of Earth's new orbit. Others doubt the ability of the world's
population to synchronize an event like this.
The folks at madphysics.com have constructed an anti-World Jump Day
manifesto, complete with equations drawn up to dispute the validity of
Niesward's - or Lauschmann's - theories.
Supposedly based on "seismographic recordings ranging from impacts of
comets to the simultaneous movement of the audience at the 2002 World
Cup Final," the site uses graphs, bell curves and diagrams to support
its hypothesis and directs the user to several prestigious science and
environmental sites, none of which mention World Jump Day or support
any of its assertions.
One word of caution: The site tells those of us living in the eastern
part of the United States to jump at 6:39:13 because we are five hours
behind GMT, but that is not true in July. Because of daylight savings
time, Lauschmann has a part of the United States jumping an hour
early.
--
"Science is the record of dead religions." -- Oscar Wilde
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilization is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
It's a shock that anyone able to speak coherently took this joke
seriously. Don't they teach Isaac Newton's laws of physics in school
anymore?- A. McIntire
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19 Jul 2006 01:00:12 AM |
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On 18 Jul 2006 22:46:26 -0700, wrote:
Captain Compassion wrote:
Jump to Prevent Global Warming
German Artist Claims World Jump Day Could Save the Planet
By getting 600,000,000 people around the world to jump at the same
time, a German artist hopes to nudge Earth into a different orbit.
By ALEXANDRA LEO
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=2202916&page=1
July 17, 2006 -- Hans Peter Niesward, from the Department of
Gravitationsphysik at the ISA in Munich, says we can stop global
warming in one fell swoop - or, more accurately, in one big jump.
The slightly disheveled professor states his case on WorldJumpDay.org,
an Internet site created to recruit 600,000,000 people to jump
simultaneously on July 20 at 11:39:13 GMT in an effort to shift
Earth's position.
Niesward claims that on this day "Earth occupies one of the most
fragile positions in its orbits for the last 100 years." According to
the site, the shift in orbit will "stop global warming, extend daytime
hours and create a more homogeneous climate."
The Man Who Wasn't There
Niesward's theory has at least one major flaw: Niesward doesn't really
exist. He is a character created by Torsten Lauschmann, a German-born
artist living in Scotland. Lauschmann - a live performer, filmmaker,
DJ and photographer - may be best known for his work "Misshapen
Pearl," described as a "phenomenological investigation of the
streetlamp's function in our consumer society."
Lauschmann's multimedia approach has allowed him to explore a wide
variety of subjects, including butterflies, paparazzi photos and, now,
a flash-mob experiment.
In 2005, Lauschmann encouraged scientists and bloggers from around the
world to discuss World Jump Day.
"He thought it would just circulate among friends, but it quickly
seemed to morph. Within weeks it was global - people in Australia were
talking about it on the radio," said Neil Mulholland, a reader in
contemporary art theory at Edinburgh College of Art. "The more it was
discussed, the more people joined the site, and it crashed several
times."
The site now claims to have just under 600 million jumpers registered
for the cause. But will people jump out of environmental activism or a
commitment to the bizarre? Is the jump as important as the buzz it's
created?
The Anti-Jumpers
Members of the online environmental site treehugger.com have been
debating not only the physical possibility of the jump's promise but
the morality of its outcome.
Some believe it's risky to alter Earth's orbit, while others fear the
jump will make the Gregorian calendar obsolete because of the length
of Earth's new orbit. Others doubt the ability of the world's
population to synchronize an event like this.
The folks at madphysics.com have constructed an anti-World Jump Day
manifesto, complete with equations drawn up to dispute the validity of
Niesward's - or Lauschmann's - theories.
Supposedly based on "seismographic recordings ranging from impacts of
comets to the simultaneous movement of the audience at the 2002 World
Cup Final," the site uses graphs, bell curves and diagrams to support
its hypothesis and directs the user to several prestigious science and
environmental sites, none of which mention World Jump Day or support
any of its assertions.
One word of caution: The site tells those of us living in the eastern
part of the United States to jump at 6:39:13 because we are five hours
behind GMT, but that is not true in July. Because of daylight savings
time, Lauschmann has a part of the United States jumping an hour
early.
--
"Science is the record of dead religions." -- Oscar Wilde
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilization is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
It's a shock that anyone able to speak coherently took this joke
seriously. Don't they teach Isaac Newton's laws of physics in school
anymore?- A. McIntire
If you are not part of the solution then you are part of the problem.
--
"Science is the record of dead religions." -- Oscar Wilde
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilization is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
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| User: "f. barnes" |
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20 Jul 2006 01:23:44 PM |
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Captain Compassion wrote:
Jump to Prevent Global Warming
German Artist Claims World Jump Day Could Save the Planet
By getting 600,000,000 people around the world to jump at the same
time, a German artist hopes to nudge Earth into a different orbit.
By ALEXANDRA LEO
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=2202916&page=1
July 17, 2006 -- Hans Peter Niesward, from the Department of
Gravitationsphysik at the ISA in Munich, says we can stop global
warming in one fell swoop - or, more accurately, in one big jump.
The slightly disheveled professor states his case on WorldJumpDay.org,
an Internet site created to recruit 600,000,000 people to jump
simultaneously on July 20 at 11:39:13 GMT in an effort to shift
Earth's position.
Niesward claims that on this day "Earth occupies one of the most
fragile positions in its orbits for the last 100 years." According to
the site, the shift in orbit will "stop global warming, extend daytime
hours and create a more homogeneous climate."
The Man Who Wasn't There
Niesward's theory has at least one major flaw: Niesward doesn't really
exist. He is a character created by Torsten Lauschmann, a German-born
artist living in Scotland. Lauschmann - a live performer, filmmaker,
DJ and photographer - may be best known for his work "Misshapen
Pearl," described as a "phenomenological investigation of the
streetlamp's function in our consumer society."
Lauschmann's multimedia approach has allowed him to explore a wide
variety of subjects, including butterflies, paparazzi photos and, now,
a flash-mob experiment.
In 2005, Lauschmann encouraged scientists and bloggers from around the
world to discuss World Jump Day.
"He thought it would just circulate among friends, but it quickly
seemed to morph. Within weeks it was global - people in Australia were
talking about it on the radio," said Neil Mulholland, a reader in
contemporary art theory at Edinburgh College of Art. "The more it was
discussed, the more people joined the site, and it crashed several
times."
The site now claims to have just under 600 million jumpers registered
for the cause. But will people jump out of environmental activism or a
commitment to the bizarre? Is the jump as important as the buzz it's
created?
The Anti-Jumpers
Members of the online environmental site treehugger.com have been
debating not only the physical possibility of the jump's promise but
the morality of its outcome.
Some believe it's risky to alter Earth's orbit, while others fear the
jump will make the Gregorian calendar obsolete because of the length
of Earth's new orbit. Others doubt the ability of the world's
population to synchronize an event like this.
The folks at madphysics.com have constructed an anti-World Jump Day
manifesto, complete with equations drawn up to dispute the validity of
Niesward's - or Lauschmann's - theories.
Supposedly based on "seismographic recordings ranging from impacts of
comets to the simultaneous movement of the audience at the 2002 World
Cup Final," the site uses graphs, bell curves and diagrams to support
its hypothesis and directs the user to several prestigious science and
environmental sites, none of which mention World Jump Day or support
any of its assertions.
One word of caution: The site tells those of us living in the eastern
part of the United States to jump at 6:39:13 because we are five hours
behind GMT, but that is not true in July. Because of daylight savings
time, Lauschmann has a part of the United States jumping an hour
early.
--
"Science is the record of dead religions." -- Oscar Wilde
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilization is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
If this jump day doesn't work we should should try this:
If, all at the same time, everyone on one side of the planet were to
climb atop a six foot ladder it would shift the Earth's center of
gravity and cause the planet to wobble out of orbit.
Experimentation may be necessary to determine where in the planet's
spin (what time) would cause a wobble into an orbit farther from the
sun. In fact, repeating this maneuver over and over could bring us into
an orbit closer to Mars making a trip there and back much simpler.
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20 Jul 2006 02:15:04 PM |
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On 20 Jul 2006 11:23:44 -0700, "f. barnes" <fredlb@centurytel.net>
wrote:
Captain Compassion wrote:
Jump to Prevent Global Warming
German Artist Claims World Jump Day Could Save the Planet
By getting 600,000,000 people around the world to jump at the same
time, a German artist hopes to nudge Earth into a different orbit.
By ALEXANDRA LEO
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=2202916&page=1
July 17, 2006 -- Hans Peter Niesward, from the Department of
Gravitationsphysik at the ISA in Munich, says we can stop global
warming in one fell swoop - or, more accurately, in one big jump.
The slightly disheveled professor states his case on WorldJumpDay.org,
an Internet site created to recruit 600,000,000 people to jump
simultaneously on July 20 at 11:39:13 GMT in an effort to shift
Earth's position.
Niesward claims that on this day "Earth occupies one of the most
fragile positions in its orbits for the last 100 years." According to
the site, the shift in orbit will "stop global warming, extend daytime
hours and create a more homogeneous climate."
The Man Who Wasn't There
Niesward's theory has at least one major flaw: Niesward doesn't really
exist. He is a character created by Torsten Lauschmann, a German-born
artist living in Scotland. Lauschmann - a live performer, filmmaker,
DJ and photographer - may be best known for his work "Misshapen
Pearl," described as a "phenomenological investigation of the
streetlamp's function in our consumer society."
Lauschmann's multimedia approach has allowed him to explore a wide
variety of subjects, including butterflies, paparazzi photos and, now,
a flash-mob experiment.
In 2005, Lauschmann encouraged scientists and bloggers from around the
world to discuss World Jump Day.
"He thought it would just circulate among friends, but it quickly
seemed to morph. Within weeks it was global - people in Australia were
talking about it on the radio," said Neil Mulholland, a reader in
contemporary art theory at Edinburgh College of Art. "The more it was
discussed, the more people joined the site, and it crashed several
times."
The site now claims to have just under 600 million jumpers registered
for the cause. But will people jump out of environmental activism or a
commitment to the bizarre? Is the jump as important as the buzz it's
created?
The Anti-Jumpers
Members of the online environmental site treehugger.com have been
debating not only the physical possibility of the jump's promise but
the morality of its outcome.
Some believe it's risky to alter Earth's orbit, while others fear the
jump will make the Gregorian calendar obsolete because of the length
of Earth's new orbit. Others doubt the ability of the world's
population to synchronize an event like this.
The folks at madphysics.com have constructed an anti-World Jump Day
manifesto, complete with equations drawn up to dispute the validity of
Niesward's - or Lauschmann's - theories.
Supposedly based on "seismographic recordings ranging from impacts of
comets to the simultaneous movement of the audience at the 2002 World
Cup Final," the site uses graphs, bell curves and diagrams to support
its hypothesis and directs the user to several prestigious science and
environmental sites, none of which mention World Jump Day or support
any of its assertions.
One word of caution: The site tells those of us living in the eastern
part of the United States to jump at 6:39:13 because we are five hours
behind GMT, but that is not true in July. Because of daylight savings
time, Lauschmann has a part of the United States jumping an hour
early.
--
"Science is the record of dead religions." -- Oscar Wilde
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilization is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
If this jump day doesn't work we should should try this:
If, all at the same time, everyone on one side of the planet were to
climb atop a six foot ladder it would shift the Earth's center of
gravity and cause the planet to wobble out of orbit.
Experimentation may be necessary to determine where in the planet's
spin (what time) would cause a wobble into an orbit farther from the
sun. In fact, repeating this maneuver over and over could bring us into
an orbit closer to Mars making a trip there and back much simpler.
Could work. I would like to see all dark surfaces of the earth painted
white thus increasing the earths albedo and decreasing warming. White
buildings and roads. Everyone dressed in white with white houses and
roofs driving white SUVs. White mountains nd deserts. White jungles.
Perhaps develop some sort of white bacteria to cover the ocean.
--
"Science is the record of dead religions." -- Oscar Wilde
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilization is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
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"Captain Compassion" <daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net> wrote in message
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On 20 Jul 2006 11:23:44 -0700, "f. barnes" <fredlb@centurytel.net>
wrote:
Captain Compassion wrote:
Jump to Prevent Global Warming
German Artist Claims World Jump Day Could Save the Planet
By getting 600,000,000 people around the world to jump at the same
time, a German artist hopes to nudge Earth into a different orbit.
By ALEXANDRA LEO
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=2202916&page=1
July 17, 2006 -- Hans Peter Niesward, from the Department of
Gravitationsphysik at the ISA in Munich, says we can stop global
warming in one fell swoop - or, more accurately, in one big jump.
The slightly disheveled professor states his case on WorldJumpDay.org,
an Internet site created to recruit 600,000,000 people to jump
simultaneously on July 20 at 11:39:13 GMT in an effort to shift
Earth's position.
Niesward claims that on this day "Earth occupies one of the most
fragile positions in its orbits for the last 100 years." According to
the site, the shift in orbit will "stop global warming, extend daytime
hours and create a more homogeneous climate."
The Man Who Wasn't There
Niesward's theory has at least one major flaw: Niesward doesn't really
exist. He is a character created by Torsten Lauschmann, a German-born
artist living in Scotland. Lauschmann - a live performer, filmmaker,
DJ and photographer - may be best known for his work "Misshapen
Pearl," described as a "phenomenological investigation of the
streetlamp's function in our consumer society."
Lauschmann's multimedia approach has allowed him to explore a wide
variety of subjects, including butterflies, paparazzi photos and, now,
a flash-mob experiment.
In 2005, Lauschmann encouraged scientists and bloggers from around the
world to discuss World Jump Day.
"He thought it would just circulate among friends, but it quickly
seemed to morph. Within weeks it was global - people in Australia were
talking about it on the radio," said Neil Mulholland, a reader in
contemporary art theory at Edinburgh College of Art. "The more it was
discussed, the more people joined the site, and it crashed several
times."
The site now claims to have just under 600 million jumpers registered
for the cause. But will people jump out of environmental activism or a
commitment to the bizarre? Is the jump as important as the buzz it's
created?
The Anti-Jumpers
Members of the online environmental site treehugger.com have been
debating not only the physical possibility of the jump's promise but
the morality of its outcome.
Some believe it's risky to alter Earth's orbit, while others fear the
jump will make the Gregorian calendar obsolete because of the length
of Earth's new orbit. Others doubt the ability of the world's
population to synchronize an event like this.
The folks at madphysics.com have constructed an anti-World Jump Day
manifesto, complete with equations drawn up to dispute the validity of
Niesward's - or Lauschmann's - theories.
Supposedly based on "seismographic recordings ranging from impacts of
comets to the simultaneous movement of the audience at the 2002 World
Cup Final," the site uses graphs, bell curves and diagrams to support
its hypothesis and directs the user to several prestigious science and
environmental sites, none of which mention World Jump Day or support
any of its assertions.
One word of caution: The site tells those of us living in the eastern
part of the United States to jump at 6:39:13 because we are five hours
behind GMT, but that is not true in July. Because of daylight savings
time, Lauschmann has a part of the United States jumping an hour
early.
--
"Science is the record of dead religions." -- Oscar Wilde
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilization is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
If this jump day doesn't work we should should try this:
If, all at the same time, everyone on one side of the planet were to
climb atop a six foot ladder it would shift the Earth's center of
gravity and cause the planet to wobble out of orbit.
Experimentation may be necessary to determine where in the planet's
spin (what time) would cause a wobble into an orbit farther from the
sun. In fact, repeating this maneuver over and over could bring us into
an orbit closer to Mars making a trip there and back much simpler.
Could work. I would like to see all dark surfaces of the earth painted
white thus increasing the earths albedo and decreasing warming. White
buildings and roads. Everyone dressed in white with white houses and
roofs driving white SUVs. White mountains nd deserts. White jungles.
Perhaps develop some sort of white bacteria to cover the ocean.
*****
A well thought out plan; I'm enthusiastic about it. Makes as much sense as
what those enviromental-whackos are proposing. Good man, cap'n.
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Hoo-Waw!!
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Cheers,
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"Science is the record of dead religions." -- Oscar Wilde
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilization is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
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20 Jul 2006 02:55:51 PM |
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Captain Compassion wrote:
Jump to Prevent Global Warming
German Artist Claims World Jump Day Could Save the Planet
By getting 600,000,000 people around the world to jump at the same
time, a German artist hopes to nudge Earth into a different orbit.
By ALEXANDRA LEO
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=2202916&page=1
July 17, 2006 -- Hans Peter Niesward, from the Department of
Gravitationsphysik at the ISA in Munich, says we can stop global
warming in one fell swoop - or, more accurately, in one big jump.
The slightly disheveled professor states his case on WorldJumpDay.org,
an Internet site created to recruit 600,000,000 people to jump
simultaneously on July 20 at 11:39:13 GMT in an effort to shift
Earth's position.
Niesward claims that on this day "Earth occupies one of the most
fragile positions in its orbits for the last 100 years." According to
the site, the shift in orbit will "stop global warming, extend daytime
hours and create a more homogeneous climate."
The Man Who Wasn't There
Niesward's theory has at least one major flaw: Niesward doesn't really
exist. He is a character created by Torsten Lauschmann, a German-born
artist living in Scotland. Lauschmann - a live performer, filmmaker,
DJ and photographer - may be best known for his work "Misshapen
Pearl," described as a "phenomenological investigation of the
streetlamp's function in our consumer society."
Lauschmann's multimedia approach has allowed him to explore a wide
variety of subjects, including butterflies, paparazzi photos and, now,
a flash-mob experiment.
In 2005, Lauschmann encouraged scientists and bloggers from around the
world to discuss World Jump Day.
"He thought it would just circulate among friends, but it quickly
seemed to morph. Within weeks it was global - people in Australia were
talking about it on the radio," said Neil Mulholland, a reader in
contemporary art theory at Edinburgh College of Art. "The more it was
discussed, the more people joined the site, and it crashed several
times."
The site now claims to have just under 600 million jumpers registered
for the cause. But will people jump out of environmental activism or a
commitment to the bizarre? Is the jump as important as the buzz it's
created?
The Anti-Jumpers
Members of the online environmental site treehugger.com have been
debating not only the physical possibility of the jump's promise but
the morality of its outcome.
Some believe it's risky to alter Earth's orbit, while others fear the
jump will make the Gregorian calendar obsolete because of the length
of Earth's new orbit. Others doubt the ability of the world's
population to synchronize an event like this.
The folks at madphysics.com have constructed an anti-World Jump Day
manifesto, complete with equations drawn up to dispute the validity of
Niesward's - or Lauschmann's - theories.
Supposedly based on "seismographic recordings ranging from impacts of
comets to the simultaneous movement of the audience at the 2002 World
Cup Final," the site uses graphs, bell curves and diagrams to support
its hypothesis and directs the user to several prestigious science and
environmental sites, none of which mention World Jump Day or support
any of its assertions.
One word of caution: The site tells those of us living in the eastern
part of the United States to jump at 6:39:13 because we are five hours
behind GMT, but that is not true in July. Because of daylight savings
time, Lauschmann has a part of the United States jumping an hour
early.
I was unable to achieve lift-off. Too many hours sitting on my keister.
Whatever happened to the days when I could dunk a basketball? Maybe
when the earth moves, as 600 million people jump simultaneously, that
will put me airborn. ;-)
--
"Science is the record of dead religions." -- Oscar Wilde
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilization is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
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