It was Newt Gingrinch... I read somewhere his idea of the future was honeymoons in space (outer). You'll find a good critcism of this idea in Al Frankin's "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat ID10T..."
From reading articles in the past, the current research isn't about anti-gravity, but rather, gravity blocking. The article uses the term "Gravitation Shielding" as well as "anti-gravity", but anti-gravity would be a graviton (force carrying particle) which repelled matter, rather than attracted it. At this time, no such-anti particle is known to exist. However, gravity blocking is still pretty damn kool.
Something I'd like to add: copying isn't illegal. There is nothing illegal about making a copy. Its the distribution which is illegal. Figure I can make as many copies of something I've bought as I like. Its when I start distributing those copies that I get into trouble.
On top of schools not realizing the potential economic benefit of GPL'd software, my first thought when I saw the Free Documentation Liscense was to use it for textbooks. Any college student knows about the outrageous prices of textbooks. I think the FDL would be perfect for all sorts of Math/Physics and other science texts. They could easily be updated, students could contribute, and I can't imagine the high schools would turn away from the opportunity of getting free texts.
When rotating, we're talking about rotation about an axis. WWWebster Dictionary - rotation: "1 a (1) : the action or process of rotating on or as if on an axis or center". And rotation/can/ continue forever, as long as the object in question is not acted upon by an outside force.
If by "circular rotation" you mean orbital motion, as long as it is not acted upon by an outside force can't such an object also continue indefinitely? Keeping in mind the object in orbit does experience the force of gravity, which keeps it in orbit. But as long as its tangential (linear) velocity remains above/at a given level, shouldn't it remain in orbit?
I guess one could say the Earth is rotating circularly. Since it is in rotation about its axis, and in orbit around the Sun. Although such orbits aren't circles, they're elipses.
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It was Newt Gingrinch... I read somewhere his idea of the future was honeymoons in space (outer). You'll find a good critcism of this idea in Al Frankin's "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat ID10T..."
From reading articles in the past, the current research isn't about anti-gravity, but rather, gravity blocking. The article uses the term "Gravitation Shielding" as well as "anti-gravity", but anti-gravity would be a graviton (force carrying particle) which repelled matter, rather than attracted it. At this time, no such-anti particle is known to exist. However, gravity blocking is still pretty damn kool.
Something I'd like to add: copying isn't illegal. There is nothing illegal about making a copy. Its the distribution which is illegal. Figure I can make as many copies of something I've bought as I like. Its when I start distributing those copies that I get into trouble.
On top of schools not realizing the potential economic benefit of GPL'd software, my first thought when I saw the Free Documentation Liscense was to use it for textbooks. Any college student knows about the outrageous prices of textbooks. I think the FDL would be perfect for all sorts of Math/Physics and other science texts. They could easily be updated, students could contribute, and I can't imagine the high schools would turn away from the opportunity of getting free texts.
What exactly does it mean to "rotate circularly"?
/can/ continue forever, as long as the object in question is not acted upon by an outside force.
When rotating, we're talking about rotation about an axis. WWWebster Dictionary - rotation: "1 a (1) : the action or process of rotating on or as if on an axis or center". And rotation
If by "circular rotation" you mean orbital motion, as long as it is not acted upon by an outside force can't such an object also continue indefinitely? Keeping in mind the object in orbit does experience the force of gravity, which keeps it in orbit. But as long as its tangential (linear) velocity remains above/at a given level, shouldn't it remain in orbit?
I guess one could say the Earth is rotating circularly. Since it is in rotation about its axis, and in orbit around the Sun. Although such orbits aren't circles, they're elipses.