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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:03 PM Original message |
Could the whole population of the world fit into Texas? |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. Apparently that is the plan |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. Just wait til Super Bowl week |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. I feel your pain |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:47 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. At least I only have to drive about four miles to work. |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:31 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. you must live near my mom |
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xor (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 06:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
44. heh... yeah but at least it's not as bad here as it is in Houston in regards |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 09:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
49. that thing sounds like big talking, fitting six billion people into |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yeah but with all those people a-rubbin' up against one another Texas wouldn't hold them for long. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. Texas is 268,601 square miles. Asssuming 6 billion people, it's 1248 sq. ft. per person. |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. Wow, so it's (essentially) true. Thanks for the math. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. If by 'essentially' you mean '28% error', then yes! lol. |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:52 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Kind of a flash-mob thing? |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 01:30 PM Response to Reply #28 |
55. Would they really be busy cleaning up? |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Bazing! |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. Move on down |
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hamsterjill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Mine, too. |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I think I have that hat |
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hamsterjill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Stetson. |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #20 |
39. ... |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. Here's the math |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I'd check that math. NT |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Indeed! Check a few times! lol |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. According to the census bureau, we're approaching 7 billion world population. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
6. Not quite. |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. Please come - we need all the Democrats we can get! |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
30. LOL....you aren't kidding...especially where I live! |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
10. And if we put everyone in DC - we all get about 46 square inches. In Alaska, 3050 sq. ft. |
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LucySky (297 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
13. It could be mathematically true, but it would not work as a practical matter. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. (I'm pretty sure the OP wasn't offering this as a viable or doable idea) |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Correct. Although.... |
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earthside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. No. |
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LucySky (297 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. I know. I carried the scenario a step further to spur discussion. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Which means the Earth's population could fit in the continental US |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:05 AM Response to Reply #24 |
52. 7 billion people could fit in the entire US with about the same population density as taiwan. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 06:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
38. And no one is thinking about water and waste with that many people |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
19. An average person fits on a .7 x .6 meter rectangle = .42 square meters. |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
21. Only if they were very, very drunk. N.T. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
23. If this becomes some kind of Guiness Book of World Records thing, |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
25. Not for long |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
31. If they like cannibalism |
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rgbecker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
34. Here's another way to do it. |
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kimmerspixelated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
35. Interesting post, but I sense a sarcasm towards Texas. |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 06:11 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Nope, it was an actual statement that I heard |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
36. Remember the 1968 book "Stand on Zanzibar" by John Brunner |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 06:27 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. I sure do! |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 06:29 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. This is interesting... |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 06:41 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Lots of good SF on that list... |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 03:01 AM Response to Reply #36 |
50. GMTA! Saved me from posting that. ;^) nt |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
40. Maybe ... |
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xor (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
45. That sounds uncomfortable |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
46. If that were the case, I'm sure that these will really be popular: |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
47. At the density of Queens, the entire world could fit in New York City (nt) |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
48. (groan) KO is doing a "Texas Tea" segment |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 03:59 AM Response to Original message |
51. 6 billion people could fit into TX. Population density would be 22,304 people/m2, |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Infrastructure could be a problem ... |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
53. I'll be happy to ease the crowding by not going. I have no desire to ever return to that state. |
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