Posts by Caedes

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the flood, mammoths, elphants, and food.

by Crazyguy in

my question is since it looks as though mammoths were alive after the flood and we know elephants are then how much food was needed to feed just these four animals for the time they were on the ark.

also was the ark, 500 feet long, big enough to hold the amount of food needed for just these 4 animals.. .

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Caedes

Caedes: As I wrote in my previous posts, it depends on the definition of when there is gravity. In my mind defining no gravity as meaning "the gravitational field is zero" is a reasonable definition, however you are free to disagree and say the phrase "no gravity" by definition refer to one being infinitely far away from any mass.

That isn't what shell theorem states, it is saying the forces on one side of the mass are balanced by the forces on the other. If you look at the equations on the link it shows the gravity force (G as per usual) all the way down the page, the fact that the equations sum to zero doesn't mean there is no gravity. I would agree that it is a small distinction but the equations are only telling you what the net effect of gravity is on a mass. Those equations are not telling you that gravity is zero just that there is no net effect of the gravity on your mass.

You are a clever person Bohm and I normally agree with your posts, I just think you have your definitions on this a little mixed up.

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the flood, mammoths, elphants, and food.

by Crazyguy in

my question is since it looks as though mammoths were alive after the flood and we know elephants are then how much food was needed to feed just these four animals for the time they were on the ark.

also was the ark, 500 feet long, big enough to hold the amount of food needed for just these 4 animals.. .

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Caedes

Winner winner, chicken dinner.

Excellent, you cooking?!

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Article: If God saved an American doctor with Ebola, why did he let 1,200 Africans die?

by AndersonsInfo in

jw
friends

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/aug/25/ebola-africans-die-god-american-doctorif god saved an american doctor with ebola, why did he let 1,200 africans die?it must be lovely for people such as dr kent brantly to be so sure of god's existence.

for the rest of us, it's not so easy.

ebola survivor dr kent brantly.

Caedes

I think there is much, much more to this Ebola virus than they are telling us, like where it came from and why. Remains to be seen.

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs103/en/

Jeanette,

There you go more than you could ever wish to know about the ebola virus. Wikipedia has a good article as well telling you where it came from and why.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola_virus_disease

If there is anything else you wish to know please do ask.

Thanks

THEY

280

the flood, mammoths, elphants, and food.

by Crazyguy in

my question is since it looks as though mammoths were alive after the flood and we know elephants are then how much food was needed to feed just these four animals for the time they were on the ark.

also was the ark, 500 feet long, big enough to hold the amount of food needed for just these 4 animals.. .

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Caedes

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/mechanics/sphshell2.html

The maths on that link is fairly straightforward and usefully it diagrammatically shows why your net force is zero. It isn't because there is no gravity it's because the forces are balanced.

280

the flood, mammoths, elphants, and food.

by Crazyguy in

my question is since it looks as though mammoths were alive after the flood and we know elephants are then how much food was needed to feed just these four animals for the time they were on the ark.

also was the ark, 500 feet long, big enough to hold the amount of food needed for just these 4 animals.. .

.

Caedes

Bohm,

I would say that the question of whether there is no gravity or it being cancelled out is at the outer edges of my knowledge. The reason I would tend to go with it being cancelled is because I am looking at it from an engineering problem point of view. Since gravity acts as if from the point centre of the mass then at a delta distance away from that centre there would be some very small gravitational force. This is because as per the shell theorem that mass beyond the radius of your test dummy does not act upon it. In other words if your test dummy was halfway to the centre of the earth all of the earth's mass that sits above that radius has no net effect on it.

On that point I would agree with Viviane that it is merely that your acceleration is zero. It would seem to me to be a fairly meaningless distinction from a practical point of view however since it is a single point in space.

280

the flood, mammoths, elphants, and food.

by Crazyguy in

my question is since it looks as though mammoths were alive after the flood and we know elephants are then how much food was needed to feed just these four animals for the time they were on the ark.

also was the ark, 500 feet long, big enough to hold the amount of food needed for just these 4 animals.. .

.

Caedes

Because of any friction, the almost weightless floater would start falling from lower and lower heights from the center, would be moving slower and slower, come to a standstill or hangstill at the center, ceased to be accelerated, for there is no gravitational pull in either direction at the center of such an ideal sphere.

Prologos,

Not at all, as I have said previously your acceleration would be zero, however your velocity would be at it's maximum at the centre.

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I phones...I dont understand it?

by new hope and happiness in

is it worth queing two weeks for a phone?

i mean why que two weeks for something we already have a phone?.

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Caedes

You mean to tell me there is nothing in your life you are passionate about? I can't say I would ever queue up for a phone but I have camped out overnight to get tickets for a festival. I have sat on the computer waiting for gig tickets to go on sale. Other people might think that was a waste of time too. Perhaps some people spend a lot of time doing their garden or doing up an old car or knitting or painting. Some people spend a lot of time drinking and smoking, what makes one leisure activity acceptable and another not?

280

the flood, mammoths, elphants, and food.

by Crazyguy in

my question is since it looks as though mammoths were alive after the flood and we know elephants are then how much food was needed to feed just these four animals for the time they were on the ark.

also was the ark, 500 feet long, big enough to hold the amount of food needed for just these 4 animals.. .

.

Caedes

So... how is there no gravity at the center if gravity is decelerating the object? See my previous post.

Once past the centre your velocity would decrease as gravity started to decelerate you. Eventually the gravity would reduce your velocity to zero and then would start accelerating you back towards the centre. Hence your velocity would still be at it's maximum when you go through the centre.

Because at the instant you were at the centre (bearing in mind it's an instant due to your velocity) the gravity would be acting equally on each point of your body pulling towards a point you already occupy. The net effect would be that your acceleration due to gravity would be zero, not that there would be no gravity. Once your velocity is taking you away from the centre the acceleration due to gravity would be acting in the opposite direction (decelerating you) and reducing your velocity. Eventually that deceleration would reduce your velocity to zero and then start pulling you back towards the centre.

Obviously this is all assuming you can engineer a tube that could be run all the way through the earth of course! Which is quite impossible with any technology we currently possess.

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poll, why would you hide it your buisness/job

by sowhatnow in

how many people on here who were or are jws, owned or ran a buisness who would not willingly let people at the k hall know, maybe to avoid feeling like you had to give your fellow brothers and sisters a discount, or free help, or out of fear of being judged.

did you only help out the pioneers?

and not the poor ones?

Caedes

Caedes, what I'm noticing about WTWizard is how he (and others) take Jehovah's name in vain (jokehovian).

"...Jehovah will not leave the one unpunished who takes up His name in a worthless way." (Exodus 20:7)

A watcher,

Well I am an atheist so I am pretty unconcerned about the feelings of fictional characters. In fact I am fairly sure I have compared jehovah with santa claus and the tooth fairy in the past so you would have to include me in your list. I don't believe anyone benefits from having their ideas protected from criticism. Incidently quoting the bible isn't going to get people who don't share your beliefs to agree with you.

As I said WTwizards goes beyond that into actively being negative about individual witnesses, people who are as much victims of the cult as those who have escaped it's clutches. This negativity does nothing to help those who are new to the site and who may think we as a group agree with wtwizard's viewpoint.

My view is that a more positive view of jws as individuals is more helpful in coming to terms with our shared past. I think WTwizard would particularly benefit from shaking loose from the grip that the wbts clearly still have over him/her.

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poll, why would you hide it your buisness/job

by sowhatnow in

how many people on here who were or are jws, owned or ran a buisness who would not willingly let people at the k hall know, maybe to avoid feeling like you had to give your fellow brothers and sisters a discount, or free help, or out of fear of being judged.

did you only help out the pioneers?

and not the poor ones?

Caedes

Apognophos,

You have me there!

To be fair my post was not really aimed at WTwizard but to lurkers who might think we all agree with him/her. Most people do ignore WTwizards posts but that could give an unfair impression to anyone who wasn't a regular.