Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: IDE freeze for seconds | Date | Wed, 02 Dec 1998 18:56:47 -0500 | From | "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <> |
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In message <Pine.LNX.4.05.9812021022370.194-100000@lo-pc3035a.hitc.com>, Alex B uell writes: +----- | What is the first thing that ceases when you spin down a planet? That's | right, gravity. Everything not tied down would just fly out into space, | and that includes the atmosphere. Simple. +--->8
Sheesh. "Kids these days can't tell their gravity from their rotating frames of reference."
OTOH spinning down the Earth *would* cause the ultimate hurricane....
-- brandon s. allbery [os/2][linux][solaris][japh] allbery@kf8nh.apk.net system administrator [WAY too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu carnegie mellon / electrical and computer engineering KF8NH Kiss my bits, Billy-boy.
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