Re: No wind in my backyard....

[maury <maury@webtexas.com>]

Dear Prairie Dog,

I wonder if this topic has become so breezy that some of you are getting mixed

up on proper units. Please recall from your kindergarten physics the universal

definition -- Fig Newton: The force required to accelerate a fig 39.37 inches

per sec. per sec.  I don't see anything here about C squared????



And don't forget Ruth's Law:   2+2=4 except for very large values of 2!

humbly,

Maury        maury@webtexas.com

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Vincent King wrote:



> So, Mountain Dog....

>

> You start out by pompously correcting a simple definition of radiation as "a

> transfer of energy," saying it was technically incorrect, giving us the hint

> "gamma radiation," and suggesting we consult our freshman college physics

> books.

>

> Then you give us the ABCs of x-ray production.

>

> Then you invoke "E=mc**2" as if it pertains only to gamma ray production and

> not to other forms of radiation, or as if it somehow eliminates gammas from

> being considered a form of radiation, or....what? - I can't follow your

> mystical logic here, but it sounds like you fell asleep in physics class at



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