The Earth as we know it
23 March 2006, 11:53 AM
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...Unless, of course, all the interior mass of the Earth were squeezed in to a black hole. That way, you could get a hollow Earth, and still have gravity at the surface.
23 March 2006, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by fast bloke
if it suddenly became hollow, like a big balloon and then BP realised it was full of gas, they would drill deeper in the hopes of making an extra billionty billion quid next year. The main problem would be that when they hit the hollow bit, the Earth would shoot of into space in random directions, making a big farty noise, much like an untied balloon 
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23 March 2006, 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by OllyK
If the crust was thin enough that you could fall through it, then most of your other points are non isues as well as the whole planet would just crumble under the mass of the stuff on it, never mind its own mass.
Originally Posted by OllyK
You can perhaps see the point me asking about "how" it happened. If the mass remains, the gravitational effect of the "body" would remain the same as it is the mass not the distribution of the mass that's the issue.
23 March 2006, 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by JTaylor
WTF is this threads point?
What would happen if earth had no trees?
What would happen if earth was square?
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What would happen if earth had no trees?
What would happen if earth was square?
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and get your image tags sorted young james
23 March 2006, 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by SwissTony
thats what i thought !!
and get your image tags sorted young james
and get your image tags sorted young james
Seriously though. Are there not an endless stream of hypothesis? Feckin' hell! What would happen if the Earth was Mars? What would happen if the trees were animals? What would happen if the Sea was lead etc etc etc
23 March 2006, 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by JTaylor
Bollox. Tried to delete the post before I got caught up in it
Seriously though. Are there not an endless stream of hypothesis? Feckin' hell! What would happen if the Earth was Mars? What would happen if the trees were animals? What would happen if the Sea was lead etc etc etc
Seriously though. Are there not an endless stream of hypothesis? Feckin' hell! What would happen if the Earth was Mars? What would happen if the trees were animals? What would happen if the Sea was lead etc etc etc
damm right..u remember the post a while back as to how much of the earth under my house do i own ??
that went on for fecking ages...
I think the person who started this had nothing better to do on a thursday and so subjected us to all this pap ...no where is that unsubscribe button
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