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5/24/12 at 8:12am

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I do thank you though Phaedrus for the attempt at educating us, mathematics was never my strong suit, so even with you spelling it out i read it and all i can think is "my favorite color is potato"

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5/24/12 at 8:34am

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Originally Posted by TheLastPriest

I do thank you though Phaedrus for the attempt at educating us, mathematics was never my strong suit, so even with you spelling it out i read it and all i can think is "my favorite color is potato"

I'm not sure if you were one of the people saying that going 4000MPH = death, but honestly I don't think you even need education to know going a certain speed won't kill you. Obviously at normal atmospheric pressure and if you are on the outside then yes you probably would die from the heat but you still won't die from the speed.

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5/24/12 at 8:42am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by lordikon

What you said, and the image below, convey my sentiments in their entirety:

To say that I agree with this post or its sentiments would be a great understatement.

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5/24/12 at 8:51am

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Originally Posted by andrews2547

I'm not sure if you were one of the people saying that going 4000MPH = death, but honestly I don't think you even need education to know going a certain speed won't kill you. Obviously at normal atmospheric pressure and if you are on the outside then yes you probably would die from the heat but you still won't die from the speed.

No, before my ranting about OCN as a community my only contribution to this thread was a joke. But yeah I would hope anyone would understand that going a certain speed isnt what hurts you...but I still dont understand the math behind it. and I am pretty ok with that

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5/24/12 at 9:02am

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Originally Posted by B-rock

What if you had to go to the bathroom or you really needed a cig? Cool concept regardless, I still see it being quite unfeasible for quite a while however.

E-cig bro, smoke em' anywhere lol

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5/24/12 at 9:26am

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To me those posts that read 4000MPH = death made a little sense (not scientifically) but emotionally and maybe that was the thought process behind them. To me, the thought of being in a tube traveling at 4000 mph is unnerving simply because small things can become serious real quick. So I read those posts and understood the point - not that simply traveling 4000mph will kill you - just the little things become the most important. Again, that is what I took away from the comment (and I even took physics - but 4000mph in a tube scares the crap out of me.)

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5/24/12 at 9:30am

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Originally Posted by ScribbyDaGreat

To me those posts that read 4000MPH = death made a little sense (not scientifically) but emotionally and maybe that was the thought process behind them. To me, the thought of being in a tube traveling at 4000 mph is unnerving simply because small things can become serious real quick. So I read those posts and understood the point - not that simply traveling 4000mph will kill you - just the little things become the most important. Again, that is what I took away from the comment (and I even took physics - but 4000mph in a tube scares the crap out of me.)

The extreme speed can be misleading. For example, you have a 1 in 10,000,000 chance of dying in a plane crash (planes normally going 200-660mph). There were literally NO deaths in 2011 within commercial aircraft accidents, but you have a 1 in 88 chance of dying in a car crash (going 20-80mph). If this new method of travel can be proven to be extremely safe then you're probably less likely to die in it going across the U.S. than you are going across your city in a car.

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5/24/12 at 9:33am

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Ok - so you made my point - the speed is the emotional trigger here regardless of what your brain tells you. I understand everything you said and know it - my heart doesn't. Every time I take off on an airplane that first 5 seconds with the couple of dips always makes me go "Uh oh, here we go. . . " even though my head is telling me lift is working, the engines are roaring, all is good.

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5/24/12 at 9:35am

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Originally Posted by lordikon

The extreme speed can be misleading. For example, you have a 1 in 10,000,000 chance of dying in a plane crash (planes normally going 200-660mph). There were literally NO deaths in 2011 within commercial aircraft accidents, but you have a 1 in 88 chance of dying in a car crash (going 20-80mph). If this new method of travel can be proven to be extremely safe then you're probably less likely to die in it going across the U.S. than you are going across your city in a car.

Deceleration is what kills.

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5/24/12 at 9:37am

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Originally Posted by ScribbyDaGreat

Ok - so you made my point - the speed is the emotional trigger here regardless of what your brain tells you. I understand everything you said and know it - my heart doesn't. Every time I take off on an airplane that first 5 seconds with the couple of dips always makes me go "Uh oh, here we go. . . " even though my head is telling me lift is working, the engines are roaring, all is good.

And that is how a roller coaster works. I don't think anyone has ever died because of a roller coaster crash. If this tube does get built (and I'm assuming it will be in the future) it will be the same as a roller coaster safety wise.

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