That's obviously what he had in mind, Gene -- at least to me. Otherwise
he might have randomly picked some number such as 2.718.
Jim
On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, Gene Mechtly wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, James R. Frysinger wrote:
>
> > ... 9.8 m/s2 is neither "universal" nor a "constant",...
> Agreed, Jim, if you substitute the symbol g (a variable) for the
> number 9.8 (which *is* a constant, just as 9.80665 is a numerical constant).
>
> Gene.
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