Re: 336 access from Birmingham Cable

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From: Richard Sobey
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 1996 00:00

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On Wed, 04 Dec 1996 10:51:16 GMT, Andrew@gebbie.demon.co.uk (Andrew
Gebbie) told everyone about:

>1.  Sid, because two 5kg things both fall at the same rate.  Somebody
>proved this while making the tower of Pisa lean over, didn't they?

In which case, the feathers will win, won't they. If they get dropped
first, and your Pisa argument is correct, and they both weigh 5kg,
then they fall at the same rate, thus hitting the ground at
proportional times from their release.

Unless you want to bring wind resistance into the equation.. any
physicists here?

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Richard Sobey
<richard@conad.demon.co.uk>
<http://www.conad.demon.co.uk>

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From: richard@conad.demon.co.uk (Richard Sobey)
Subject: Re: 336 access from Birmingham Cable
Date: 1996/12/05
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