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Anonymous Thu Sep 30 14:57:40 2010 No.1826923 [Reply] [Original]

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 30 15:00:40 2010 No.1826931 Won't work because when you pull, the rope will try to remain in a straight line and the Earth's surface is curved. The only way this could work is if the two people holding the string were in geosynchronous orbit around the Earth.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 30 15:05:40 2010 No.1826950 >>1826931 There is no stable orbit that could support the rope.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 30 15:06:40 2010 No.1826953 My brain is full of fuck

>>	Thu Sep 30 15:09:40 2010 No.1826966 File: 10 KB, 400x300, past and subsequent.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 30 16:16:40 2010 No.1827287 >>1826966 >implying that you're not a hueg faggot.