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Old Sep 15, 2005, 02:18 AM // 02:18   #1
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Default Digging To China (Another Oddity)
http://grad.icmc.usp.br/~cipriani/bighole.php?lang=en

So there's apparently no way to dig a hole straight through the planet and end up in China if you're in North America. In fact, you're more likely to end up somewhere in the Indian Ocean.

Just another potentially interesting web find.
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Old Sep 15, 2005, 02:20 AM // 02:20   #2
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No if you wantto get to china dig a hole in brazil
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Old Sep 15, 2005, 06:33 AM // 06:33   #3
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AWESOME... I can go on my OE to europe without paying for costly aeroplane tickets, I just need a really, really deep hole....

Now where can I get a big digger from...
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Old Sep 15, 2005, 06:35 AM // 06:35   #4
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AWESOME... I can go on my OE to europe without paying for costly aeroplane tickets, I just need a really, really deep hole....

Now where can I get a big digger from...
Eh, just start kicking the dirt, youll be there in no time
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Old Sep 15, 2005, 02:36 PM // 14:36   #5
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LOL! that rocks! Zoom in on the Uk on the south east and you'll see the towns Chelmsford and Ipswich, where I go clubbing... and zoom in once more and to the left of those you can see my town, Colchester!!!

...omg, zoom in even more and you can see Stanway lol. That's me!
Lol that is nuts, the max zoom for that area brings up London Road.. I'm like three minutes from there. McDonalds is along there! Near the A12 motorway.

Hmmm, it appears that if I start digging I can expect to connect with the sea bed just south of New Zealand.. right? Lol.. this maps' great.

Come on, people! point out where you live!
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Old Sep 15, 2005, 02:44 PM // 14:44   #6
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Oh, and you'll see how many towns in America were named after towns in the UK.

Just around New York I can see Manchester, Greenwich, Southampton, Guildford, Oxford.. SALISBURY!! That's where Stone Henge is lol.. Norfolk, Coventry.. COLCHESTER?!?!? Oh well.. I mean, even New York was named after our York lol.

TOWN STEALERS!!!
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Old Sep 15, 2005, 02:46 PM // 14:46   #7
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Heh, that's funny.

What I've always wondered, though.. Gravity pull you towards the center of the earth. Now let's say you go to the center of the earth (and leave out the fact that you'll suffocate/burn/whatever). Would you be floating? How would gravity work?
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Old Sep 15, 2005, 02:49 PM // 14:49   #8
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Heh, that's funny.

What I've always wondered, though.. Gravity pull you towards the center of the earth. Now let's say you go to the center of the earth (and leave out the fact that you'll suffocate/burn/whatever). Would you be floating? How would gravity work?

"we all float down here",

-Pennywise The Clown.
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Old Sep 15, 2005, 02:50 PM // 14:50   #9
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"we all float down here",

-Pennywise The Clown.
Lol.. God I hate that movie
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Old Sep 15, 2005, 03:11 PM // 15:11   #10
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Lol.. God I hate that movie

but the book,,,,,the book is another story,,,,,,get it?
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Old Sep 15, 2005, 06:27 PM // 18:27   #11
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Heh, that's funny.

What I've always wondered, though.. Gravity pull you towards the center of the earth. Now let's say you go to the center of the earth (and leave out the fact that you'll suffocate/burn/whatever). Would you be floating? How would gravity work?
Gravity is based on mass and distance, so assuming you're at the center of the earth, and that the earth is a perfect sphere, you'd be unaffected by gravity, as each part of the earth would be pulling on you at an equal force from opposite sides
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Old Sep 16, 2005, 04:54 AM // 04:54   #12
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I see where i live here down to the pool and everything but it helps to be living =in a giant apartment
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Old Sep 16, 2005, 05:18 AM // 05:18   #13
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i can see my roof, and where my hole ends if i dig in the front yard is the southern border of morocco a france length into the sea (Othe only directions i could think of.)
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Old Sep 16, 2005, 06:49 PM // 18:49   #14
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Oh, and you'll see how many towns in America were named after towns in the UK.

Just around New York I can see Manchester, Greenwich, Southampton, Guildford, Oxford.. SALISBURY!! That's where Stone Henge is lol.. Norfolk, Coventry.. COLCHESTER?!?!? Oh well.. I mean, even New York was named after our York lol.

TOWN STEALERS!!!
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Old Sep 16, 2005, 07:12 PM // 19:12   #15
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Well, if I never need to vacation, I can dig a hole 'till I get to the great barrier reef :3
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Old Sep 16, 2005, 09:33 PM // 21:33   #16
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Where do you start digging to get a hole that ends up in hell?
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Old Sep 16, 2005, 09:37 PM // 21:37   #17
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zehly, don't think like that
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Old Sep 16, 2005, 09:47 PM // 21:47   #18
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Sorry :/ Can't think of anywhere distant I'll be going.
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Old Sep 16, 2005, 10:29 PM // 22:29   #20
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Where do you start digging to get a hole that ends up in hell?
I'm pretty sure you can start digging in Lions Arch District 1.
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