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Article #3348Re: The Farce of Physics
From: Michael Ko
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 03:39
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 03:39
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hatcher@msupa.pa.msu.edu wrote:
: In article <3k1rn0$k9s@miner.usbm.gov>, greg@silver.usbm.gov (Greg Cole) writes:
: >: Bryan Wallace (wallace@acasun.eckerd.edu) wrote:
: >: : I'm an optimist, I think both gravity and the world exists.
: >: : Bryan
: > You can defy gavity. The trick is to throw yourself at the ground and
: >miss. Or more precisely, you must get distracted at the crucial moment when
: >you are falling to make you forget you are, then viola! Gravity is canceled.
: >Very simple really.
: The trick is to NOT throw yourself _directly_ at the ground, but off at an
: angle (typically perpendicular to the ground). If you go fast enough you
: _will_ miss ... it's called going into orbit.
Or, you could try to follow the old paradox. Jump off the building and
then fall half way to the ground. Then fall half of the remaining
distance to the ground. And repeat this. The person will never reach the
ground. :)
Michael Ko | Current project: Scanning Digital Sky Survey
ko_mike@jhufos.pha.jhu.edu | Goal: To construct the best object classifier
Physics/Astronomy Dept. | and to beat out U. Chicago and Princeton
The Johns Hopkins University | Current status: Falling behind...
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