Glad you're finally getting through, Michel. BTW. Harry tends to lay down on the job so to speak, hence assumes what WalMart calls their "entry level" position.
OTOH, I hear that missionary positions abound in Amsterdam if you tend to have a religious bent. Fred > [Original Message] > From: Michel Jullian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 11/24/2006 2:54:25 AM > Subject: Re: [Vo]: weight and charge > > LOL > > BTW my posts to Vortex are getting through again since I swapped ISP's, I am quite glad. Maybe the list server is equipped with some whimsical antispam software blocking all posts from my previous ISP's smtp server? > > Michel > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Frederick Sparber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 10:20 AM > Subject: Re: [Vo]: weight and charge > > > > Harry wasn't kidding Michel. He knows this from his experience > > moonlighting as a speed-bump at WalMart. > > > > Fred > > > >> [Original Message] > >> From: Michel Jullian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Date: 11/24/2006 2:00:09 AM > >> Subject: Re: [Vo]: weight and charge > >> > >> I guess Harry was teasing us by referring to apparent weight = weight > > minus centrifugal force. This obviously can be zero when traveling at the > > right velocity over the surface of the Earth, in the same way as people in > > orbit or in free fall are weightless, but only apparently since they > > obviously still experience the Earth's gravitational attraction (weight). > >> > >> Michel > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Robin van Spaandonk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 3:14 AM > >> Subject: Re: [Vo]: weight and charge > >> > >> > >> > In reply to Harry Veeder's message of Thu, 23 Nov 2006 14:25:19 > >> > -0500: > >> > Hi, > >> > [snip] > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >>If charged particles have weight then they would weigh less when > >> >>moving in a horizontal plane. > >> >> > >> >>Why? Because the faster you travel over the surface of the Earth, the > > less > >> >>you weigh. > >> >>Weight is maximum when you are not travelling. > >> >>Weight is minimum ( ~ zero ) when you are travelling at ~ 17000 mph. > >> >> > >> >>Harry > >> > > >> > Charged particles obviously have weight. Everything is made of > >> > them. > >> > > >> > Regards, > >> > > >> > Robin van Spaandonk > >> > > >> > http://users.bigpond.net.au/rvanspaa/ > >> > > >> > Competition provides the motivation, > >> > Cooperation provides the means. > >> > > > > > > > >
