Re: Eijiro: quirky or wrong?
From: Kevin Gowen (kgowenNOSPAM_at_myfastmail.com)
Date: 02/27/05
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Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 19:51:40 -0500
necoandjeff wrote:
> Kevin Gowen wrote:
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>>necoandjeff wrote:
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>>>Kevin Gowen wrote:
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>>>>jim_breen@hotmail.com wrote:
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>>>>>Kevin Gowen <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> dixit:
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>>>>>>I just checked EDICT. $B$F$3$-(B is missing. It means "hand job".
>>>>>
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>>>>>Hmm. Yes. Usually $B<j%3%-(B according to Google.
>>>>>
>>>>>Etymology anyone? Is the $B%3%-(B from $B8F5$(B?
>>>>
>>>>As others have said, from $B07$/(B. You may also be familiar with the
>>>>related expression $B0lH/$rH4$/!#(B
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>FAB = -FBA
>>>>It's not just a good idea; it's the law.
>>>
>>>
>>>Okay, I'll bite, what the hell does your sig mean?
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>>It's Newton's Third Law of Motion. If a body A exerts a force FAB on a
>>body B, then B exerts a force FBA on A
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> I'll bet it is equal and opposite too.
You would be correct, sir, as is conveyed by the formula. For example,
when a book weighing one pound is at rest on a table, the table is
pushing up on the book with one pound of force.
- Kevin
-- FAB = -FBA It's not just a good idea; it's the law.
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