[ 3 / biz / cgl / ck / diy / fa / ic / jp / lit / sci / vr / vt ] [ index / top / reports ] [ become a patron ] [ status ]
2023-11: Warosu is now out of extended maintenance.

/sci/ - Science & Math

View post   
File: 56 KB, 457x835, 1285998615605.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
1841679 No.1841679 [Reply] [Original]

Okay /sci/ and im being fucking serious... Can someone please explain to me why this would not work?

Pic related.

>> No.1841682

>>1841679
Because we can already build trains like that, just choose not to due to the huge financial cost.

>> No.1841686

>>1841679
The rope would collapse under it's own weight, and the strain of something that massive.

>> No.1841687

>being fucking serious
and
>picture with trollfaces
doesn't really work well together.

Sorry.

>> No.1841688

>>1841682
that wasnt what i was looking for, i was referring to the rope like hypothetically if u had a rope long enough and kept it taut and tied it end to end, it would work?

>> No.1841689

>>1841686
Say you had a knot that couldn't break, it would be kept taut... and plus u didnt really answer my quesiton.

>> No.1841692

>>1841688

If you kept it taut, eventually it will with the ground, due to the curvature of the earth.

>> No.1841695

>>1841692

>will *make contact* with the ground

fix'd

>> No.1841696

Gravity

>> No.1841704

>>1841689
Fine.
It couldn't physically exist.
No "What if it did?" It just can't...Ever...No matter what...It will NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER exist.

>> No.1841710

>>1841692
wrong because the Rope to Earth ratio is so large, the rope would not even be touched by the ground because of the curvature.

The area is just way too large for that to happen.

Of course this wouldn't work but not because of the curvature or whatever.

>> No.1841720

>>1841704
fuk you and your kids.
>>1841692
is the right answer.

these kinds of thought experiments are the stuff of science, changing one variable and holding everything else constant. so shut your face.

>>1841710
i have no clue what youre saying. your brain to body ration must not be too big.

>> No.1841727

>>1841720
because of the earth's large area, the rope would appear to be straight instead of bend. You just can't even begin to comprehend the size of earth, so stfu dumbshit

>> No.1841750

>>1841682
Can I ask how the fuck people would build a train track over the ocean? You would need pillars that would go fucking deep and it's not exactly safe.

>> No.1841752

>>1841727
i think your brain doesnt work.

>> No.1841758
File: 27 KB, 300x393, troll doubt.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
1841758

>>1841727

>he thinks you can keep a rope taut, and expect it to bend with the earth

4/10 troll

>> No.1841781

So put it in geostationary orbit

>> No.1841794

>>1841781

are you fucking serious? a system of cables surrounding the earth held in geostationary orbit? where the fuck is the financial incentive? how are you supposed to raise enough capital to even attempt building such a system? for fucks sake, im high and you sound dumb as shit

>> No.1841809

Is it theoretically possible or not? If not, why.

>> No.1841820

>>1841809

Yeah. It's also theoretically possible to land on Jupiter, but that's never going to happen.

>> No.1841846

>>1841809
it's not theoretically possible.
if the rope is curving round the earth then it isn't taught is it!
something ridged on the other hand might make a massive arch like structure.
then it would definitely work

>> No.1841859

could work,
how heavy would the rope be?
also the earth is not flat.

>> No.1841882

>>1841859
what difference would it make what weight the rope is? is there some critical point where gravity kicks in?

>> No.1841903

Note the humans holding the rope. They are holding it ~1m above the earth. Let's assume that they can keep the rope taught and tie it in a knot. Once they let go of the rope, it will fall down to the Earth due to gravity. Now, if there was something holding the rope up like some type of station every certain number of ft, then it would work. Of course, if there was a station every certain number of ft, then we wouldn't need to tie a taught rope all the way around the world to keep it up in the beginning....