MSNBC is probably regretting putting the poll up. In the past, MSNBC has produced fair reporting, (in the sense that it is not any worse than any other news service), and, as Taco points out, I doubt they intentionally did this themselves. I mean, what is the purpose of such a poll? They had nothing to gain by putting it up and now they have a lot of credibility to lose from this silly controversy. ---
You need MULTIPLE particles to manifest a gravitional force, force is not a property of anything.
Sure, gravity is a function of mass, but it's also a function of distance. To have a distance you need multiple particles.
So, the Earth does not have a "gravity". It has a mass, other objects have mass, and as a result there is "gravity" acting between the earth and another object.
Christ, take any simple physics class, I'm not your teacher... ---
I agree. But the article does not mention the charge of the earth, the magnet, nor the pin. They are relying solely on the reader's perception of things as "big" and "small" to illustrate a point that happens to be true for other reasons. ---
You don't get it. The article is basically comparing the mass of the magnet to the mass of the earth. The mass of the magnet is irrelevant: it's the charge that matters. And the article doesn't say how much charge the magnet has, just how much mass it has. So it's a totally stupid argument. ---
Also, that goddamn coke commercial. Err, sorry, "Pepsi". God that commercial pisses me off. I'd like to kill the twits that came up with that along with their families and pets.
That must've taken you, what, 5 seconds to copy and paste? This adds nothing to the discussion. Why didn't you just give us a link to the links you copied?
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I thought it was a board made of air. sorry.
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Maybe the book wasn't finished when it went to press? That disclaimer is pretty standard for enclosed software.
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Maybe cuecat?
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Japanese people are WEIRD.
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Anyone can just come up with theoretical solutions to prevent these kind of things. If anything gets implemented, though, then that's news.
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MSNBC is probably regretting putting the poll up. In the past, MSNBC has produced fair reporting, (in the sense that it is not any worse than any other news service), and, as Taco points out, I doubt they intentionally did this themselves. I mean, what is the purpose of such a poll? They had nothing to gain by putting it up and now they have a lot of credibility to lose from this silly controversy.
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You need MULTIPLE particles to manifest a gravitional force, force is not a property of anything.
Sure, gravity is a function of mass, but it's also a function of distance. To have a distance you need multiple particles.
So, the Earth does not have a "gravity". It has a mass, other objects have mass, and as a result there is "gravity" acting between the earth and another object.
Christ, take any simple physics class, I'm not your teacher...
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Maybe you should take a better physics course, dipshit.
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Secondly, objects have MASS, dumbass, not gravity. Gravity is an attraction between particles, not a property of an individual particle.
Maybe you should go back to sixth grade?
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Where does he live? :)
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I agree. But the article does not mention the charge of the earth, the magnet, nor the pin. They are relying solely on the reader's perception of things as "big" and "small" to illustrate a point that happens to be true for other reasons.
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Couldn't you have used "Overrated?"
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So now, individual objects have a "gravity" associated with them, I suppose.
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But, it's not actually on Slashdot. Slashdot is merely "metareporting."
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You don't get it. The article is basically comparing the mass of the magnet to the mass of the earth. The mass of the magnet is irrelevant: it's the charge that matters. And the article doesn't say how much charge the magnet has, just how much mass it has. So it's a totally stupid argument.
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Who's with me?
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Yeah, Saturn is only a part of the BIGGEST CAR MANUFACTURER IN THE WORLD.
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The constitution does not limit rights by age at all. That is a myth high scool administrators like to use to rationalize abusing their students.
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"Cleaning your gun" == (male) masturbation
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... from a person who doesn't know the difference between "average" and "minimum."
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That must've taken you, what, 5 seconds to copy and paste? This adds nothing to the discussion. Why didn't you just give us a link to the links you copied?
Good try, though.
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Index page won't load? "Died at Slash.pm line 998"
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