So the Earth IS flat

[Mango]

http://www.flat-earth.org/

[MayAMonkeyBeYourPinata]

I'm not sure if this is a joke or not.

[BlackWeenie]

"Does this fit in with the Hollow Earth theory?
Yes. Beneath the Earth, or hanging off the edges, is a land populated by either green-skinned women or Nazis.
20. Does Idaho exist
No. The existence of Idaho is a lie, fabricated by a conspiracy of cartographers, as is England (see question 10).
21. What about North Dakota?
That doesn't exist either.
22. Any other places which are believed to exist but really don't?
Yes, Australia. And then there are the cryptogeographica, places such as Kadath, Carcosa, Hobbiton, Narnia, Hy-Brasil, Hell and such whose existence has not been satisfactorily proven. "

[PyRo]

Idaho and austraila do not exist

[BobTheCow]

That "Springfield Paradox" page is funny... I live in a Springfield.

[Python14]

The Springfield paradox pretty much gives it away.....it's the answer to the ever problematic question that plagues civilized society.



Which Springfield do the Simpsons live in?

[teufelhunden]

Springfield, MA, IIRC.

[gimp]

The Simpsons have to live in springfield nh. They had the episode were the old man of the mountain fell down, and there is one where they go to santas village. Matt groening has a house in NH too.

[jpdgas]

Poorly thought out joke...as far as gravity is concerned. It's 330am so I might as well write it down.

#13. What about gravity?

Problem with inertia is that the earth would have to be continually accellerating in order for it to create the effect of gravity on its inhabitants. Acceleration by gravity is what, about 9ft/sec, so the earth would have to have a continual acceleration of 9ft/sec. multiply that by billions of years or even 6k years (depending on earth origion beliefs) and the speed would be astronomical. approx 23652000 mph gained per year. and unless there is a force driving the earth, the natural behavior of any object, even in the vacuum of space is to slow down. So if there is a propellant, where is the fuel? Fundamentally flawed.

And a turtles magnitism would have very little effect on anything on the surface that we live on considering that about 80% of everything is non-magnectic. but think how high we could jump if we learned to reverse our personal poles?
Its possible that my calculations are flawed, but i doubt it.

#20. my parents live in idaho, believe the myth!

and now, i sleep...

[Brak]

The Simpsons have to live in springfield nh. They had the episode were the old man of the mountain fell down, and there is one where they go to santas village. Matt groening has a house in NH too.

youre both wrong, its actually Illinois. in one episode they say it. principal skinner says something about how springfield elementary has the worst grades in the state of illinois

[MayAMonkeyBeYourPinata]

You are all wrong its in Oregon.

[Kevmaster]

Poorly thought out joke...as far as gravity is concerned. It's 330am so I might as well write it down.

#13. What about gravity?

Problem with inertia is that the earth would have to be continually accellerating in order for it to create the effect of gravity on its inhabitants. Acceleration by gravity is what, about 9ft/sec, so the earth would have to have a continual acceleration of 9ft/sec. multiply that by billions of years or even 6k years (depending on earth origion beliefs) and the speed would be astronomical. approx 23652000 mph gained per year. and unless there is a force driving the earth, the natural behavior of any object, even in the vacuum of space is to slow down. So if there is a propellant, where is the fuel? Fundamentally flawed.

And a turtles magnitism would have very little effect on anything on the surface that we live on considering that about 80% of everything is non-magnectic. but think how high we could jump if we learned to reverse our personal poles?
Its possible that my calculations are flawed, but i doubt it.

#20. my parents live in idaho, believe the myth!

and now, i sleep...

thats assuming the laws of phyics we know today are actually what makes up the real tendancys of things in this world. maybe they are right...and you don't need to accelerate when you weigh 9000000 lbs to create interia

[Warewolf50]

On the topic of which state they live in it is impossible to figure out, becasue none of the episodes really correspond. I mean in one episode they live near the ocean( the homer soul mate episode) another they live next to a lake and a bunch of corn fields( the homer starts working for the celebrities episode) soo there is really no way to tell excatly what state they like in.

btw here is a map o found of the simpsons springfield, tell me what region of the us it fits in wiht geographically.

link to full sized map http://www.csupomona.edu/~jelerma/sp...spring_map.png

[jpdgas]

thats assuming the laws of phyics we know today are actually what makes up the real tendancys of things in this world. maybe they are right...and you don't need to accelerate when you weigh 9000000 lbs to create interia

Since we have no other laws at this point, we either have to apply them or prove new ones.

The problem with earth inertia is that it would not create gravity. inertia is the tendancy for an object to risist change in it's state of motion. The acceleration and deceleration of the object has to work against the inertia of said object. So there must be a force to set the object in motion initially and then work against intertia to create positive or negative g's on the object.

So if the speed of the earth was static and on a linear course, then we would have no gravity. Ever feel g-forces on an airplane? same thing. When it drops and climbs you get positive and negative g's. If the earth was not accelerating it would not create the positive g's to hold us on the ground.

[oldsoldier]

heh, I had the same Springfield theory, like 10 years ago...lol