Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 16:55:44 -0800 (PST) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org> To: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.runet.edu> Cc: Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Useful Metric Conversions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003171228110.47816-100000@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003161718160.58779-100000@peloton.runet.edu>
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On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Brett Taylor wrote:
> I'll stick w/ mass - at least I'll buy the same amount on each planet or
> in an accelerating frame. :-)
I think you meant 'inertial frame'. In an accelerating frame your inertial
mass (and gravitational mass, by the equivalence principle) will be
different.
The moral of the story: buy your sugar in a freely-falling elevator car.
Kris
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