"Welcome my son, welcome to the machine.
Where have you been? it’s alright we know where you’ve been."

Kiss him on the head for me Smijer. Always encourage him. Be a good Uncle.

Posted by Buck on January 27, 2006 08:08 AM Link to comment

Nice!

Speaking of the world getting heavier, my college roommates and I used to speculate about what would happen if everyone in China were to jump off a chair and land at the same time.

Posted by RSA on January 27, 2006 02:44 PM Link to comment

I calculate that at (guessing) average 65kg per individual, with a population of 1,306,313,812, the population of China together has a mass of roughly 8.9*10^7 metric tons. The earth itself has a mass of 5.9*10^21 tons.

With that in mind, I think the answer to the speculation from your youth would be "not much". Unless I figured wrong.

Posted by smijer on January 27, 2006 06:51 PM Link to comment

Or did you mean the same chair?

Posted by smijer on January 27, 2006 07:01 PM Link to comment