My Antipodal Point
When Harry Schwartz was a young lad, he used to wonder where you would go if you drilled a hole directly through the Earth and fell in. The answer is the Indian Ocean.*
In geography (and geometry) the antipodal point of a point on a sphere is the point opposite it, such that a line drawn through both points passes through the center of the sphere.
Assuming you live outside of Pennsylvania (in which case you, too, are opposite Perth), you can find your own antipodal point using this nifty tool.
*N.B.: The answer is actually damped oscillation, but that’s not nearly so whimsical.
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nadine said on October 9, 2008 at 7:33 am:
actually, since the question was “where you would go” rather than “how you would go” or (with slightly better symantics) “what would happen”, your original answer of “the indian ocean” is correct. “damped harmonic motion” answers the latter questions.
p.s. — i’m totally dressing up as a mathemagician for halloween.
p.p.s. — HOW ARE YOU?!