On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 13:30:47 -0400, Mike Nute <nilrem112@netzero.com>
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...
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Guess and run.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Ahh! An implementation of a "trial and error" algorithm!
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Don't sAaAaaAaAaah-EY that word in my presense! Or presents! I
do so
>>>>>>> hate to hear th-that WORD in my presents!
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Especially the large ones!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>ALGORITHM! ALGORITHM!
>>>>> 
>>>>> AaAAaaAAaAAaARRRGHGHHGHG!!!
>>>>> 
>>>>> You're not my replacement running mate anymore.
>>>>
>>>>*sniffle*  Well at least I won't have to feign interest and/or competence
>>>>in politics.
>>>
>>>I almost said, "AW; I STILL WUV YOU," but then I remembered that I still
>>>have a thread of masculinity left, since I don't (always) wear tassled
>>>dresses.
>>>
>>>If "tassled" isn't a Real Verb, then a Real Verb just doesn't exist.
>>>
>>>(You can be my running mate again. If you don't eat c*nnamon bear-shaped
>>>cookies. Ever.)
>> 
>> Do you own and wear a hat with dingle balls all around the brim?
>
>Me? No.

I was asking Dane but thanks for the answer.  I'll note it in your
dossier.

Bed