Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 4 Dec 1998 10:38:47 -0600 (CST) | From | Oliver Xymoron <> | Subject | Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: linux kernel hackers discover new theory of relativity! |
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On 3 Dec 1998, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > 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.
What GR says is that the local effects of gravity are indistinguishable from acceleration, not that they are the same. Gravity is the name for a force acting between two bodies proportional to their masses, yada yada yada, not a generic term for the effects of acceleration.
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