Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 15:37:49 +0200 From: Borja Marcos <borjamar@sarenet.es> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: Gary Jennejohn <fbsd@jennejohn.org>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IBM Active Protection System Approach Message-ID: <34E57F6C-EDF8-4E51-86AC-863109217B85@sarenet.es> In-Reply-To: <200508232155.02444.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> References: <200508221720.j7MHKpNb022773@peedub.jennejohn.org> <430B11B0.20702@pacific.net.sg> <200508232155.02444.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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> mmm.. There is a static 1G force on the laptop while it is on your
> desk. When
> it falls it goes to 0G as it is in free fall.
>
> Still.. "delta G == park laptop heads" :)
It's not a "force meter", but an acelerometer. It measures
acceleration. If the computer is sitting on your desk, as it has
already been said, it detects nothing. When falling, the acceleration
is 1 G, ie, 9.8 m/s^2
Borja.
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