I would just like to make a contribution to this ongoing physics debate.......... WHOOOOP-WHOOOOOP, ARRRGHHH, EEEEK, BLUB'L'LUB'L'LUB'L'LUB, GAAAARGH, SPROING, SPROING, WHEEEEE!!! Apologies to you all, but this is what happens to my brain when I read all this complicated physics stuff. I'm afraid my understanding of the subject ends with, "for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction." I couldn't even tell you who it was discovered this; was it Newton, perhaps? Earlier, someone mentioned a unit called an 'epsilon.' I've absolutely no idea what it happens to be, but doesn't it happen to be the German language spelling of the letter 'Y'? That is assuming that both words are spelt the same. I have a question, though. Can any of you explain why toast ALWAYS falls onto the carpet butter-side-up? That is something that must have puzzled scientists for generations. Regards, Steve. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "James R. Frysinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 5:22 AM Subject: [USMA:14452] Re: Fwd: Physics 106, Spring, 2001 homework > Thanks for doing that search, John. The weird units are due to leaving > out the units for epsilon, as you said. Somehow I think that I'll get > either no answer or a condescending one. > > Pretty sure that the composer wasn't who he meant though! ;-) > > Jim > > On Tuesday 17 July 2001 0007, kilopascal wrote: > > 2001-07-16 > > > > I for sure was confused by the first part. In esu, is capacitance > > measured in distance? His first example gives a "capacitance of 796 > > cm. I know this means centimetres, as the formula he gives divides > > area (100 mm) by the 4pi times the plate separation. In other words, > > square centimetres divided by centimetres. > .... > > Other links were to a composer Henry Purcell (1659-1695) > .... > > -- > James R. Frysinger University/College of Charleston > 10 Captiva Row Dept. of Physics and Astronomy > Charleston, SC 29407 66 George Street > 843.225.0805 Charleston, SC 29424 > http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cert. Adv. Metrication Specialist 843.953.7644 >
