If this is an automated test, then the one controlled by
Slackware will result in all objects hitting the ground
simultaneously. The one controlled by Debian will have results
that are undefined. ;^)
How can 1 pound of one thing be a different weight than 1 pound
of something else?
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1/18/2001 9:51:26 AM >>>
I think a pound of feathers is heavier than both!
Which of these three pounds hits the ground first when dropped
from the same height, simultaneously, in a vacuum?
On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 08:09:07AM -0800, Bob Crandell wrote:
> A British Thermal Unit (BTU) is a measurement of the amount
of
> heat of something. A BTU of sunlight has the same amount of
heat
> as a BTU of fossil fuel. Which is heavier, a pound of rocks
or a
> pound of water?
>
> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1/17/2001 10:40:09 PM >>>
> On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Dexter Graphic wrote:
>
> > of the power now being generated by fossil fuels. In short,
> the
> > end of oil signals the end of civilization, as we know it."
> >
> > http://www.dieoff.org/synopsis.htm
> Judging by his attrocious grammar, I wouldn't take the
> dieoff.org guy too
> seriously:
> "A BTU of sunlight is fundamentally different than a BTU of
> fossil fuel."
>
> Yikes!
>
> The "we will live forever" guy has much better grammar:
> http://www.formal.stanford.edu/jmc/progress/
>
> -Chris
