Newton's law of gravitational attraction
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From: Inertial on 5 Jan 2010 17:21 "Greg Neill" <gneillRE(a)MOVEsympatico.ca> wrote in message news:4b4397f4$0$1592$9a6e19ea(a)news.newshosting.com... > Autymn D. C. wrote: > >> Um uh-oh, this is another pop misconception. > > Something to do with soft drinks? > > ? Mass and energhy do not >> interconvert, and neither does E=mcc imply they do. > > Dunno what energhy is. > >> However, >> potential energhy becomes cinetic energhy, > > So, this potential energhy has something to do with > movies? > >> and the mass of the s�stem >> stays--but mass then becomes within another set of bodies. > > Sounds like a porno film. Are you sure you're posting > in the right newsgroup? BAHAHA .. a beautiful retort to Autymn's tortured misuse of language by deliberately ignoring current English usage. Hilarious ! :):)
From: waldofj on 6 Jan 2010 01:43 > Actually, the law of gravitational attraction is just a metaphor for romantic > love. The closer two bodies are to each other, the stronger the romantic > attraction, and the attraction diminishes with distance. At least, that's > what Bob Heinlein told me. I'm familiar with most of his writings but I don't recollect that one. Where's it from?
From: Inertial on 6 Jan 2010 02:08 "waldofj" <waldofj(a)verizon.net> wrote in message news:2ee3c00c-9cd5-4f77-aeb5-8315a3cee072(a)c34g2000yqn.googlegroups.com... > >> Actually, the law of gravitational attraction is just a metaphor for >> romantic >> love. The closer two bodies are to each other, the stronger the romantic >> attraction, and the attraction diminishes with distance. At least, >> that's >> what Bob Heinlein told me. > > I'm familiar with most of his writings but I don't recollect that one. > Where's it from? Fat people are more attracted to each other than skinny people?
From: Androcles on 6 Jan 2010 04:44 "waldofj" <waldofj(a)verizon.net> wrote in message news:2ee3c00c-9cd5-4f77-aeb5-8315a3cee072(a)c34g2000yqn.googlegroups.com... > Actually, the law of gravitational attraction is just a metaphor for > romantic > love. The closer two bodies are to each other, the stronger the romantic > attraction, and the attraction diminishes with distance. At least, that's > what Bob Heinlein told me. I'm familiar with most of his writings but I don't recollect that one. Where's it from? ============================================ "Force always attracts men of low morality." -- Einstein.
From: J. Clarke on 6 Jan 2010 07:29
waldofj wrote: >> Actually, the law of gravitational attraction is just a metaphor for >> romantic love. The closer two bodies are to each other, the stronger >> the romantic attraction, and the attraction diminishes with >> distance. At least, that's what Bob Heinlein told me. > > I'm familiar with most of his writings but I don't recollect that one. > Where's it from? "Orphans of the Sky" IIRC. |