From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Mar 17 22:40: 9 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 951C737B840; Fri, 17 Mar 2000 22:40:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (kris@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id WAA50499; Fri, 17 Mar 2000 22:40:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: kris owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 22:40:07 -0800 (PST) From: Kris Kennaway To: Rahul Siddharthan Cc: Kris Kennaway , Brett Taylor , Mark Ovens , Paul Richards , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Useful Metric Conversions In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: > > I think you meant 'inertial frame'. In an accelerating frame your inertial > > mass (and gravitational mass, by the equivalence principle) will be > > different. > > No, your mass is the same, your weight changes. You are Oops, you're right of course (dammit, I made (almost) the same mistake I get angry at my lab students for doing!). Sometimes it's easier to calculate with these things than to interpret them ;-) Kris ---- In God we Trust -- all others must submit an X.509 certificate. -- Charles Forsythe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message