Re: Lightspeed constant...

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From: SERPENT
Date: Mon, 09 Dec 1996 00:00

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Well what these people are thinking of is Velocity or speed.
Velocity is the speed and directon, ie:  6.4 m/sec toward center of =
earth.
Speed is the relationship of time and distance, ie:  3 m/sec
Acceleration is the gaining of speed.

Just to be technical.  Gee look at all the newsgroups this thing has =
made it to!

This thread was started sometime in June or July I think.

> maybe its just me, but i always thought that acceleration meant the
> change in one's speed and/or direction, therefore if i am sitting in
> this chair, the only acceleration i am doing is due to the earth
> spinning and orbiting the sun. since my speed toward the center of the
> earth is zero, and does not change unless i fall out of the chair
> (which has been known to happen), so whether i am at sea level or
> 10000 meters, as long as i am not going up or down, acceleration
> towards the center of the earth is always zero.
>=20
> again, maybe its just me
>=20
>=20
>

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From: "SERPENT!" <dav...@hal-pc.org>
Subject: Re: Lightspeed constant...
Date: 1996/12/09
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