Ron Hitler Barrassi wrote:
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> Kevin Gowen wrote:
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>> Ron Hitler Barrassi wrote:
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>>> Kevin Gowen wrote:
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>>>> Ron Hitler Barrassi wrote:
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>>>>> Kevin Gowen wrote:
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>>>>>> Ron Hitler Barrassi wrote:
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>>>>>>> Kevin Gowen wrote:
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>>>>>>>> Ernest Schaal wrote:
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>>>>>>>>> in article apjb111jq9usblq1742go3h6duj9ihfj19@4ax.com, Michael 
>>>>>>>>> Cash at
>>>>>>>>> mikecash@buggerallspammers.com wrote on 2/18/05 8:20 PM:
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>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 06:11:53 +0900, Ernest Schaal
>>>>>>>>>> <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> brought down from the Mount tablets
>>>>>>>>>> inscribed:
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>>>>>>>>>>> Frankly, when I read your message about why you stay in 
>>>>>>>>>>> Japan, I felt sorry
>>>>>>>>>>> for you. Stasis is not a fun reason to stay here.
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>>>>>>>>>> I meant it as an answer as to why Rev. Ed is still here.
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>>>>>>>>>> But when you come right down to it, being settled in any location
>>>>>>>>>> involves stasis. So what does it matter whether stasis has 
>>>>>>>>>> overtaken
>>>>>>>>>> me here or elsewhere? I'm just as content right where I am 
>>>>>>>>>> right now
>>>>>>>>>> as I imagine I would be anywhere else.
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>>>>>>>>> Sorry if I read too much into your answer. Stasis involves 
>>>>>>>>> conflicting
>>>>>>>>> forces, and I took it to mean that you were caught in the 
>>>>>>>>> middle of those
>>>>>>>>> conflicting forces.
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>>>>>>>> You are in stasis most of the time. As you sit in your chair, it 
>>>>>>>> is pushing up against you with the exact same force with which 
>>>>>>>> gravity pulls you down.
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Are you a good or even moderately competent lawyer? I certainly 
>>>>>>> hope so.
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>>>>>> Sorry that I can't write a longer reply, but my chair is pushing 
>>>>>> up against me with a force greater than that of gravity's pull 
>>>>>> upon me, so I am slowly drifting away from my keyboard into the 
>>>>>> strato.......
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>>>>> I'M SHOUTING SO YOU CAN HEAR ME.
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>>>>> AS THE CHAIR WAS PUSHING WITH A FORCE THEN IT HAS PROBABLY NOW 
>>>>> EXPLODED. 
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>>>> No, the chair is remarkably intact and continues to push up against 
>>>> me with a force that is a function of my mass times the acceleration 
>>>> of gravity.
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>>> Can you measure this "force" with a forcographer?
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>> I have no idea what a "forcographer" is,
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> Maybe you know it as a forcometer.

Or a forcemeter, yes.

>> but this force could be measured with a bathroom scale that can be 
>> purchased in any number of retail outlets. Such devices measure 
>> forces, you see.
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> no, that would measure the force exerted by you, not the chair.

Yes, it would. The chair and I are exerting the same magnitude of force 
in opposite directions. The scale would be useless if this were not the 
case. When you step on a scale, it can only tell you your weight if it 
has a floor to push against. If you wish to verify this empirically, 
jump out of a tall window while standing on a scale. While I hate to 
ruin the experiment, the scale will register no weight.

As I sit in this chair, I am at rest. This fact means that the net force 
acting upon me is zero. This means one of two things:

1. No forces are acting upon me.
2. For every force acting upon me, there is an equal and opposite force.

Since even you would admit that gravity exerts a force upon me, choice 
#1 is clearly not true. Therefore, it must be that the chair is pushing 
on me with a force equal and opposite to that of gravity. Some people 
like to call this "Newton's Third Law of Motion".

Most high school physics texts cover Newton's laws in the first chapter. 
You may wish to pick one up. Or, you could just do some Googling.
http://tinyurl.com/4foqu

- Kevin