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To: SampleMan

Not really. The mass of the oceans is trivial to the thickness of the Earth. With the Marianas trench and Mount Everest, the surface of the Earth is smoother than a brand-new cue ball.


63 posted on 06/16/2014 3:04:49 PM PDT by dangus
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To: dangus

Buckminster Fuller compared it to the thickness of the
ink on a 16” globe of the earth.
Glad I had a chance to hear him.


64 posted on 06/16/2014 3:08:30 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: dangus

I’m not sure you could even call it “water” at that depth
and pressure.


66 posted on 06/16/2014 3:13:27 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: dangus
I just did the math, and sure enough, its a much smaller factor than I at first assumed.

That said, I am now going to blame the Himalayas the next time I miss a straight in.

68 posted on 06/16/2014 3:22:11 PM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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