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Is there anyway to slow down the Earth's rotation?

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StormRider

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So that a day is 32 hours instead of 24? This would be good for me because it's 1:41 am now and I need to get up in the morning to go to work. I'm only gonna get 5 hours of sleep again. I'm always sleepy at work. I don't know why I can't force myself to go to bed earlier. I'm ruining myself with lack of sleep.

Anyways, with 32 hours/day, I can get an additional 4 hours of sleep and have an additional 4 hours to do fun stuff. With only 24 hours/day, I basically sleep, get up and go to work, come home and eat dinner, play with computer and repeat.
 
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yoda291

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Originally posted by: StormRider
So that a day is 32 hours instead of 24? This would be good for me because it's 1:41 am now and I need to get up in the morning to go to work. I'm only gonna get 5 hours of sleep again. I'm always sleepy at work. I don't know why I can't force myself to go to bed earlier. I'm ruining myself with lack of sleep.

Anyways, with 32 hours/day, I can get an additional 4 hours of sleep and have an additional 4 hours to do fun stuff. With only 24 hours/day, I basically sleep, get up and go to work, come home and eat dinner, play with computer and repeat.
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So let's get this straight, you want to alter the rotation of the entire planet, throwing most of the world into organizational chaos for 4 hours of sleep? Where do I sign up?
 
BrunoPuntzJones

BrunoPuntzJones

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I'm don't know what planet you are from, but I'm pretty sure most employers would expect you to work at leat 6 of those 8 :disgust:

;)
 
ed21x

ed21x

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get a giant spacecraft (understand it has to be HUGE) and use a line to pull on the side to slow the spin. easy as that :)
 
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conjur

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Let's just make a day 48 hrs and break each day into 4 parts instead of two.

AM(1), AM(2), PM(1), PM(2)
 
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ThisIsMatt

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Better yet, let's run a big cable all the way to the moon...the cable can be attached to to moon and then attached to a big generator on earth...the moon orbiting around the earth will turn the generator and we'll have all the electricity we'll even need!!!
 
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conjur

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Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
Can we figure out how to do this between Mon 8:00 to Fri 18:00?
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Screw that! Do it between Fri at 18:00 to Mon at 8:00!! Long weekends!!

No wait...what am I saying? I'm unemployed! EVERY day is a weekend! :D
 
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SOSTrooper

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Someone go start a petition. :)

I think if all 6 billion people on earth were to stop what they're doing on Dec. 20th @ 10AM PST (GMT -08:00) and do a run-athon towards the east. All 6 billion pairs (even babies and elders can help!) of running legs will soon decrease the rotation speed of Earth and we can have 32, 48, or even 60 hrs in a day!
 
Gooberlx2

Gooberlx2

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Originally posted by: KokomoGST
Fly around the world really fast backwards like Superman!!
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Heh I just saw that part last night on Sci-Fi. That's probably the best part of all the Superman movies.
 
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ThisIsMatt

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Originally posted by: SOSTrooper
Someone go start a petition. :)

I think if all 6 billion people on earth were to stop what they're doing on Dec. 20th @ 10AM PST (GMT -08:00) and do a run-athon towards the east. All 6 billion pairs (even babies and elders can help!) of running legs will soon decrease the rotation speed of Earth and we can have 32, 48, or even 60 hrs in a day!
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You forget that when the people slow down and stop, their momentum will then cancel out what they just did.
 
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ROTC1983

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Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt
Better yet, let's run a big cable all the way to the moon...the cable can be attached to to moon and then attached to a big generator on earth...the moon orbiting around the earth will turn the generator and we'll have all the electricity we'll even need!!!
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Hey, that is a good idea...I should patent that :D
 
silverpig

silverpig

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Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt
Better yet, let's run a big cable all the way to the moon...the cable can be attached to to moon and then attached to a big generator on earth...the moon orbiting around the earth will turn the generator and we'll have all the electricity we'll even need!!!
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Yeah, until the moon loses energy and plummets towards the earth... :)



Not to mention that the slowing of the earth's rotation would most likely result in the partial collapse of the earth's crust.
 
Analog

Analog

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The earth is losing something like 500uS per year of rotational time. So the short answer to your question is, that it is already happening.
 
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Electrode

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Slowing down the rotation of Earth would be a bad idea. I suggest widening its orbit. Get some really, really powerful spaceships, wrap some cables around Earth, and pull it a few hundred thousand kilometers away from the sun. Not only would we have a longer day, we'd be countering global warming. :)
 
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Nemesis77

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We could install massive rockets on Earth. We'd just have to make sure that they are firmly attached to the ground. And then we just ignite them. Hmmmm....
 
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Nemesis77

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Originally posted by: Electrode
Slowing down the rotation of Earth would be a bad idea. I suggest widening its orbit. Get some really, really powerful spaceships, wrap some cables around Earth, and pull it a few hundred thousand kilometers away from the sun. Not only would we have a longer day, we'd be countering global warming. :)
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Yeah, but we wouldn't have any summer! I'd say that we should bring Earth closer to the sun. And when the temperature rises, no-one would notice the global-warming anymore :D
 
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