Subject: | Re: A bundle of pigs?
| Date: | Sat, 26 Jul 2003 12:44:20 -0500
| From: | Blue_Eyed_Devil <Blue_Eyed_Devil@mindspring.com>
| Newsgroups: | alt.acme.exploding.newsgroup
|
On 25 Jul 2003 04:37:03 GMT, danehog@aol.comradical (Dane Martin)
wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>> and why do you think mass has anything to do with the
difference
>>>>>>>>>> between internal and external pressure or the amount
of
>>>>>>>>>> wide-spreadedness some matter can sustain till it gets
>>>>>>>>>> ripped apart? IMHO it's the matter which matters, and
>>>>>>>>>> not any kind of "weight" the whole body would have.
am
>>>>>>>>>> I wrong that no general-purpose formula does exist
which
>>>>>>>>>> would only depend on mass and not on material, and
which
>>>>>>>>>> would tell when something is about to get ripped apart?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Mass is a measure of the matter in something.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Weight is a product of mass and an acceleration (/gravity).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> So, something's density is its mass over its volume, and
>>>>>>>>> so on.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I think that's what you're asking?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>no, it doesn't tell me when and where things break/explode...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Isn't there a formula or algorithm for that?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>no, at least not for ants...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>but then, if you know where I could find such an algorithm,
>>>>>>maybe I could extend it to ants?
>>>>>
>>>>> Ants are made from atoms.
>>
>>>>Ants aren't the only things made from atoms.
>>>
>>> Of course they are. Didn't you ever pay attention to Hanna-Barbara?
>>
>>Of course I did! I just don't remember much... I'm getting old, you know.
>
>Fair enough. It's not like their cartoons were horribly memorable... except for
>Hong Kong Fooey, of course! Number one superguy!
>
>Hong Kong Fooey is the only reason the Cartoon Network should exist.
What about the viewers?
Bed
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