I Have No Clue - Need An Answer

Aaarrgghhhh...there is a HUGE thread on this right here on A2k. I am not sure what it was called though....


Try the search facility, and I am sure you will find it.

Thanx dlowan. I didn't know.

Hey, Momma, I'm glad you're here. I have a joke for you.

Christ was on the cross. He had that thing of thorns around his head and his head was tilted slightly to the side. Suddenly he cries in a muffled voice, "Peter!"

His voice carries down to the bottom of the hill where Peter hears it. Peter starts up the hill. The guards beat him back with their clubs.

Christ again calls, "Peter!"

Peter is determined to reach the top of the hill, so he fights his way through the guards. Beaten and bloodied Peter collapses halfway up the hill. As he gasps for breath and the guards continue their merciless beating, Christ's voice once again carries through the air...."Peter! Peter!"

Peter draws up the last ounce of strength in his body and fights his way to the base of the cross. He looks up and says, "What is it, Jesus?"

Christ looks down and says, "Peter.... I can see your house from here."

Got it!!!!


http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6686

3 pages does not a huge thread make.

Thanx dlowan. I appreciate you finding that for me!

Depends how excited it was....

Yeah, Tico. Anyway, it's huger than this one.

I noted the low thread number on that link. Here's the earliest post I could locate:

http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=21

http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=10

This is strange, as I'm reading Brian Greens "Fabric of the Cosmos" right now, and just finished the section about gravity.

MA - you might be interested in that book - slow reading, but mind boggling.

anyway, on that other thread dlowan linked to....I liked ebrowns answer on page 2.



OK - may get this not exactly right, but here's my take on it....

The only time an object is weightless, is when it is in freefall, in other words, "giving in" to the power of gravity. when we are standing, sitting, etc. we are actually accelerating in a upward direction, away from the pull of gravity.

So, the fly flying around the cabin, is not weightless, as it is maintaining an altitude, it is accelerating upwards, pushing downwards.

So yes, it contributes to the weight (pull of gravity) of the plane.

make sense?

Chai Tea,

Perfect sense! Thank you. I am going to pick up that book too!

Thanx!

Re: I Have No Clue - Need An Answer


Hi Momma,

Yes. The Fly adds weight.

In very simplistic terms, when a fly flies, it pushes down on the air around it to keep itself up. That air in turn pushes down on the floor of the aircraft, adding weight.

Physics purists may point out additional complications to the fluid movement of the air and the dispersal of forces, but that's essentially the answer.

Best Regards,

Gus, you're killin me

The little detail about the crown of thorns was perfect.

Thank you Rosborne!

Happy Holidays!