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To: neolib who wrote (19922)1/30/2008 4:54:23 PM
From: maceng2  Respond to of 36918
 
Downhill

I'm just looking up my old battered copy of Nelkon and Parker.

It really depends on the angle of the slope. F=mg sin(theta).

Lets hope static friction has a chance to kick in.



To: neolib who wrote (19922)1/30/2008 5:41:25 PM
From: Thomas A Watson  Respond to of 36918
 
There is nothing sloppy in the English System of units. There are liars or neolibs who lie to themselves and others about sloppy this and sloppy that as an excuse for their own stupidity and ignorance of basic understanding of science and technology.



To: neolib who wrote (19922)1/31/2008 8:16:53 AM
From: HPilot  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 36918
 
Stupid Neolib thinks work can only be in Joules. I guess this explains how the Egyptians built the pyramids so easily, pushing large stones weighing thousands of deben thousands of cubits was not work!