I remember wondering this and asking my dadAnd he didn't know.
As a consequence I still want to drill a hole through the middle of the earth and drop a marble down it to see if it will hover in the middle.
(As a consequence I still want to drill a hole through the middle of the earth and drop a marble down it to see if it will hover in the middle.
Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob,
Tue 27 Jan 2009, 13:27,
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There's an Ian M. Banks book which starts with a paragraph about an alien that lives in a globe of water, where you are weightless at the exact center. The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated,
Tue 27 Jan 2009, 13:35,
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WHat's the name of it?I've only read one Banks book - Song Of Stone - and while many of my friends rave about him, I found that one to be a shower of shite.
I understand his sci-fi to be better.
(I understand his sci-fi to be better.
Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob,
Tue 27 Jan 2009, 13:38,
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His sci-fi is much betterI think the book was Excession?
edit: Or maybe The Algebraist
(edit: Or maybe The Algebraist
The Coast Of Yemen,
Tue 27 Jan 2009, 13:40,
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I have a feeling that it was The Algebraist...aha - it was:
www.gencoreoperative.co.uk/water-moon.html
(www.gencoreoperative.co.uk/water-moon.html
The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated,
Tue 27 Jan 2009, 13:46,
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The Bridge is good.The Wasp Factory is a classic.
All of the Ian M. Banks (sci-fi) are great. Although Matter was slightly better than The Algebraist (apart from the Affront, who are the best aliens ever).
(All of the Ian M. Banks (sci-fi) are great. Although Matter was slightly better than The Algebraist (apart from the Affront, who are the best aliens ever).
The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated,
Tue 27 Jan 2009, 13:50,
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Super Mario Galaxy?You might be weightless, but handling the pressure wouldn't be much fun. Aren't most people weightless in water anyway? Last time I tried, I floated.
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joefish It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks,
Tue 27 Jan 2009, 14:21,
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...apparently:No, it won't hover: it will go right past, and gently come to a perfect stop at the antipodes...
And then start to fall back, and arrive back here about 90 minutes after you dropped it.
This seems plausible, but I haven't tried it yet.
Needs hole to have no air, and Earth not to be turning (I think). Or go between North pole and South pole. And have a 'marble' made of something like tungsten. And have the hole not fill up with water, magma, etc.
(And then start to fall back, and arrive back here about 90 minutes after you dropped it.
This seems plausible, but I haven't tried it yet.
Needs hole to have no air, and Earth not to be turning (I think). Or go between North pole and South pole. And have a 'marble' made of something like tungsten. And have the hole not fill up with water, magma, etc.
Bee Nice |-|,
Tue 27 Jan 2009, 14:08,
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