Re: O'Barr's Thousand Dollars (Take 1 of 3?)!


"Gerald L. O'Barr" <globarr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> kenseto <kens...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >Gerald L. O'Barr" <globarr...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> O'Barr's Thousand Dollars (Take 1 of 3?)!
> >>
> >> Who would like to win a thousand dollars? I do
> >> not have any money to give to anyone, but let us
> >> play like I do, and offer it to anyone who will
> >> solve this simple problem:
> >> . . . .
>
> Ken Seto wrote:
> >It"s not that hard. But you need to have good aim.
> >The cannon ball must hit the far side of the target
> >(the side of the target that is away from you) to
> >make the target move toward you (the cannon).
> >Now how about mail me the check?
>
> Gerald L. O'Barr" <globarr...@xxxxxxxxx> comments:
> I am sorry, Ken. I do not have your address.
> Better luck next time?
> Look, in our real world, with all of our
> imaginations, yes, we can do anything. You could hit
> that target so hard that you put it into orbit, and
> in the right orbit, it would zoom around the earth
> and hit right back at your feet. Or you could roll a
> few cannon balls onto the ice just in front of the
> target, and make the ice bend, and the target would
> roll right towards you. And yes, you could shoot
> almost straight up, and gravity would cause the
> cannon ball to fall back, and if, in falling, the
> cannon ball hit right at the back edge of the target,
> it could cause the target to move towards you as the
> cannon ball continued to fall to the earth. But you
> cannot use the force of gravity to explain gravity.
> That would not be fair.
> It would be nice if we were more serious, because
> of course, if there are no answers, we are in
> trouble. We must find a way to hit this target so
> that it will return to us! And this must be a way
> that can be applied in the deepest of space!

You only asked how the cannon ball hits the target and make it moves toward
you. If you want a new theory of gravity why don't you say so? The following
link give a description of a new theory of gravity:
http://www.geocities.com/k_nseto/2005cosmologybasedonabsolutemotion.doc

Ken Seto



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