Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!gcd.org!vda-gw!news.moat.net!in.100proofnews.com!in.100proofnews.com!newscon06.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.net!newsmst01a.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr14.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!9a2493fe!not-for-mail From: "necoandjeff" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan References: <1112u2n8u7lleb2@corp.supernews.com> <84ler39g5dl3$.1874oruux44k1$.dlg@40tude.net> <1lt3119gk47qt7l0mj5k8bqeei70q3hl1t@4ax.com> <37nhjtF5h1p83U1@individual.net> <37su73F5fof1eU2@individual.net> <37sv9qF5fof1eU3@individual.net> <37t59sF5fof1eU4@individual.net> <37tandF59j9rtU1@individual.net> <37u021F5jh7qiU1@individual.net> <37vivgF5k0ae8U1@individual.net> <37vslrF5k0ae8U8@individual.net> Subject: Re: Gifu Lines: 34 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1478 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1478 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 219.118.122.54 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr14.news.prodigy.com 1109061622 ST000 219.118.122.54 (Tue, 22 Feb 2005 03:40:22 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 03:40:22 EST Organization: SBC http://yahoo.sbc.com X-UserInfo1: FKPO@SNDPRWYCFH[OZK@_TDAYZOZ@GXOXZ\@LWQHBATBTSUBYFWEAE[YJLYPIWKHTFCMZKVMB^[Z^DOBRVVMOSPFHNSYXVDIE@X\BUC@GTSX@DL^GKFFHQCCE\G[JJBMYDYIJCZM@AY]GNGPJD]YNNW\GSX^GSCKHA[]@CCB\[@LATPD\L@J\\PF]VR[QPJN Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 08:40:22 GMT Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:25652 Ron Hitler Barrassi wrote: > necoandjeff wrote: >> Ron Hitler Barrassi wrote: >> >> >>>>> Nice try but I didn't say "200kg of mass". >>>> >>>> >>>> Yes, but it would have been better if you did. >>> >>> No. It's 200kg of force not mass. This force comes from >>> accleration. Newton's First? F=ma. >> >> >> Hey Brett. Even Kevin's little poodle understands that you have >> consistently been talking about mass as if it were a force. Mass is >> measured in kilograms buddy., acceleration is measured in meters per >> second squared, and force is measured in Newtons (not, >> unfortunately, Einsteins, though we may understand if you were >> confused by this.) A Newton is, surprisingly enough, equal to the >> force required to accelerate 1 kilogram, one meter per second >> squared, as suggested by F=ma. It's good of you to throw out that >> equation 3 or 4 times in the same thread, but you might want to take >> the time to understand it first. Arf, arf!! >> > > g=1 That was a beautiful butsurigaku non-sequitor, Brett. What does the gravity constant have to do with the fact that you are consistently confusing the units used to measure mass and force in this thread? Arf, arf!! Jeff