X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fcfb9,d0123b843bd8782d X-Google-Attributes: gidfcfb9,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,53f9f7cceb4d817f X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-27 11:34:06 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.ems.psu.edu!news.cis.ohio-state.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.stueberl.de!newsfeed.r-kom.de!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsmm00.sul.t-online.com!t-online.de!news.t-online.com!not-for-mail From: Peter =?ISO-8859-15?Q?K=F6hlmann?= Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: A question for those interested in physics... Followup-To: alt.ascii-art Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 20:26:32 +0100 Organization: SMP Lines: 42 Message-ID: <8d6t7a.m6e.ln@seneca.peternet.smp> References: <3CA1966B.605@_REMOVETHIS_erols.com> <3CA173D1.7487D861@csse.monash.edu.au> <3CA2179C.198B6F6F@greyREMOVErock.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: news.t-online.com 1017257578 03 7538 e112TyNSSEaOi5 020327 19:32:58 X-Complaints-To: abuse@t-online.com X-Sender: 06131986243-0001@t-dialin.net User-Agent: KNode/0.6.1 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:16324 comp.os.linux.advocacy:220098 Elizabeth wrote: > David Squire wrote: >> >> "Dr. Rev. Chuck, M.D., P.A." wrote: >> >> > David Squire wrote: >> > > >> > > "Dr. Rev. Chuck, M.D., P.A." wrote: >> > > >> > > > none wrote: >> > > > > >> > > > > As far as comparing them to rain... Lead is a lot heavier than >> > > > > water and will come down quite a bit faster, >> > > > >> > > > Nope. >> > > >> > > If its in a pellet the same size and shape it will. The force due to >> > > air resistance will be the same in both cases, whereas the force due >> > > to gravity will be higher on the lead pellet, due to its higher mass >> > > - it is more than 11 times more dense. >> > >> > Does the name "Galileo" ring a bell? >> >> Does "in a vacuum" ring a bell? >> >> Galileo's result is true only in the absence of air resistance. You can >> try it at home: drop a feather and a ball bearing from the same height >> and time their descents. >> >> D. > If you ring a bell in a vacuum does it make a sound? > Elizabeth Sure it does. You just must be somehow attached to it to hear it. The absence of a transport medium is just that, no way to *transport* the sound, which is still there (at the bell) Peter -- Get the new Windows XP. Now with eXtra Problems included