Re: Relativists Conclusively Prove They Are a Bunch of Morons
- From: "Sorcerer" <Headmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 09:04:08 GMT
"Pax" <SherriFWhite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:Qoshh.9324$Ga1.4352@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| How? Inertia is inertia... well, one would assume. A mouse on a spinning
| turntable is thrown off due to its inertia.
Not if it's friction free.
| The turntable only applies a
| steady rotation, the body-weight of the mouse with its corresponding inertia
| determines the rest.
|
Friction throws it off as the turntable tries to accelerate it.
Acceleration requires a force.
Here's a mouse on turntable juggling a frictionless wine bottle.
http://www.androcles01.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/SpinMickey.gif
No friction, no force. The bottle is inertial.
Here's a ball on a turntable for real, not getting thrown off.
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/fw/gifs/coriolis.mov
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