http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/06/02/a-journey-through-the-center-of-the-earth/ tech, science, news and social issues for geeks Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:52:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/06/02/a-journey-through-the-center-of-the-earth/#comment-78125 MrDrifter Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:58:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=2778#comment-78125 One rather important thing they forgot to mention, all their calculations don't take into account friction, any type of friction at all, be it surface to surface friction or air friction will change the speed and the time to get from one end to the other, which will also mean you never quite make it right to the opposite end due to being slowed at least fractionally. One rather important thing they forgot to mention, all their calculations don't take into account friction, any type of friction at all, be it surface to surface friction or air friction will change the speed and the time to get from one end to the other, which will also mean you never quite make it right to the opposite end due to being slowed at least fractionally.

]]> http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/06/02/a-journey-through-the-center-of-the-earth/#comment-266860 MrDrifter Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:58:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=2778#comment-266860 One rather important thing they forgot to mention, all their calculations don't take into account friction, any type of friction at all, be it surface to surface friction or air friction will change the speed and the time to get from one end to the other, which will also mean you never quite make it right to the opposite end due to being slowed at least fractionally. One rather important thing they forgot to mention, all their calculations don’t take into account friction, any type of friction at all, be it surface to surface friction or air friction will change the speed and the time to get from one end to the other, which will also mean you never quite make it right to the opposite end due to being slowed at least fractionally.

]]> http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/06/02/a-journey-through-the-center-of-the-earth/#comment-76194 Kiltak Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:24:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=2778#comment-76194 Of course the answer is 42... because there are no other answers... Of course the answer is 42… because there are no other answers…

]]> http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/06/02/a-journey-through-the-center-of-the-earth/#comment-266859 Kiltak Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:24:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=2778#comment-266859 Of course the answer is 42... because there are no other answers... Of course the answer is 42… because there are no other answers…

]]> http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/06/02/a-journey-through-the-center-of-the-earth/#comment-76154 nick Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:41:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=2778#comment-76154 The answer is 42 The answer is 42

]]> http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/06/02/a-journey-through-the-center-of-the-earth/#comment-266858 nick Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:41:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=2778#comment-266858 The answer is 42 The answer is 42

]]> http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/06/02/a-journey-through-the-center-of-the-earth/#comment-76089 Fen Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:15:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=2778#comment-76089 This obviously wouldn't hold up for paths perpendicular to the Earth's gravity, but that's still pretty neat. Too bad it's pretty much it'll always either be undoable or impractical. This obviously wouldn't hold up for paths perpendicular to the Earth's gravity, but that's still pretty neat. Too bad it's pretty much it'll always either be undoable or impractical.

]]> http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/06/02/a-journey-through-the-center-of-the-earth/#comment-266857 Fen Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:15:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=2778#comment-266857 This obviously wouldn't hold up for paths perpendicular to the Earth's gravity, but that's still pretty neat. Too bad it's pretty much it'll always either be undoable or impractical. This obviously wouldn’t hold up for paths perpendicular to the Earth’s gravity, but that’s still pretty neat. Too bad it’s pretty much it’ll always either be undoable or impractical.

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