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attaboy

Doesn't one of Newton's Laws discuss countervailing forces? Isn't there something about a body or a substance will continue to expand unless there is a countervailing force?

Norts?

Sabang?

Somebody?

Takeovers

Newtons laws don't discuss expansion (of gases). It is the laws of movement.

The third law however states

Newtons Laws in Wikipedia

attaboy

Okay, maybe it's not one of Newton's laws. Isn't there a physics theory about expansion and countervailing force? A body will continue to expand unless there is a countervailing force?

Takeovers

With expansion you are talking of gases, correct?

I am not aware of any physical law regarding expansion and countervailing force. However the laws about gases give properties of gases under a given pressure where the pressure could be seen be the countervailing force.

pysics of gases

DrB0b

Newton's first law of motion states that every object in a uniform state of motion will remain in motion unless a countervailing external force is applied to it.

Takeovers

Attaboy mentioned expansion and I took it as meaning gases. Maybe that interpretation was wrong and he was thinking of movement of objects not expansion?

BaitongBoy

I think it's Boyle's Law(s) you need to reference...
One is that the volume of a gas varies inversely to pressure applied...
Apply pressure to a gas in a container and as the pressure increases, the volume of the gas decreases...

Hope this helps...

crippen

Thought this was going to be about my waist line!! (100 kgs and rising)

sabang

You are referring to Newtons third law of dynamics Atta.
Now, what is the Issue?

DrB0b

That doesn't sound right That's nothing to do with either expansion or (in my guess above) movement.

1st Law: Every object in a uniform state of motion will remain in motion unless a countervailing external force is applied to it
2nd Law: When a force acts upon a body, it imparts an acceleration proportional to the force and inversely proportional to the mass of the body and in the direction of the force
3rd Law: Every action has an equal and opposite reaction
4th Law: A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm
(not sure about that last one )

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sabang

"equal and opposite reaction". Atta can no doubt confirm wot 'e really meant.

Takeovers

Have a green for Asimovs Law.

Sir Wilson

That's Asimov, not Newton.

Edit : Just mentioned above already. ^

Sir Wilson

As DrBob mentioned, the OP is confusing Newtons laws of motion with Boyles laws of gases.

DrB0b

No? Really? Gosh!



It was baitongboy who pointed that out, not me.

Sir Wilson

And turns out it is the Zeroth Law, not Fourth.

Aeh, he did mention Boyle's Law and you corrected articulated Newton's Law which is counter-intuitive to humans, because we live on a planet with forces of gravity, friction and so on, that cause objects to slow down and stop moving.

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attaboy

Thanks everyone for the input. I was thinking of expanding gases and the need for a countervailing force to contain it.

We need science to combat these people. If we can't establish a countervailing force within the city limits, we must establish a containment field at the county line. Any suggestions on how to keep this mindset from expanding? I mean what's next anti-circumcision laws?

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Boon Mee

Fek science and just impeach Jerry Brown - Govenor Moonbat...

Takeovers

That depends on how you look at it.

It is the Zeroeth Law as it is the higher law in the series of laws. However it is the fourth law as it has been amended much later to the three Laws Of Robotics initially introduced by Isaac Asimov.

1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey any orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

attaboy

Can I count you to belly bump any control-crazed San Franciscan who tries to expand outside the city?

attaboy

And when it comes to arguing with them at the next city council meeting, logic and reasoning won't work. It must be science, raw naked unadulterated science, so they have nowhere to turn, so they have nowhere to hide. Do you think they will face science? Or will they spontaneously combust their ashes sucked into a rent in the earth?

Sir Wilson

eh ????

Mr Earl

I'm down to 85 kilo from 95 kilo.
Without the contravening force of beer the waistline shrinks. Physics is easy sometimes.

attaboy

What? You've never heard of the anti-circumcision law on the city ballot? It wasn't mentioned in Boon's epic San Francisco Values topic?

You've never heard of Foreskin Man? The super hero who fights evil mohels? He's the brainchild of the anti-Semitic who wrote the proposed anti-circumcision law.