Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: linux kernel hackers discover new theory of relativity! | Date | 3 Dec 1998 23:06:08 GMT |
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Followup to: <199812031516.KAA20055@mailboy.risq.qc.ca> By author: Christophe Dupre <duprec@risq.qc.ca> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > > > I blame it on all those space cadet shows that have their space craft > > spinning sections of their bodies supposedly to create artificial gravity. > > I've always wondered though, if the spinning resulted in artificial gravity > > (I assume because of the direction of the floor in relation to those inside) > > then what about when this spinning object is travelling in a direction > > different from the spin direction. > > Babylon 5 is closer to the reality of physics - the spinning station > creates artificial gravity, but only for people standing on the > inside walls of the cylinder. Those who are near of rotation axis > are in zero-gravity. This is not gravity guys, it's centrifugal > force, the same that pushes you against your car's window when you > take a sharp turn. -- >
Actually, it *is* gravity. Read up on general relativity if you don't believe me.
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