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Old 18-10-08, 11:55 AM   #1081
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9m/sec per second?
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Old 18-10-08, 12:08 PM   #1082
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Acceleration due to gravitational pull is 10m/s2 in a vacuum.
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Old 18-10-08, 12:27 PM   #1083
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9.81m/s2 ish.
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Old 18-10-08, 06:27 PM   #1084
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the royal regiment of fusilers is the only regiment not allowed to show one of its battle honners given by the crown. the battle of the boyne, it was deemed politicly incorrect cause of the situation in northern ireland, us paddies are full of useless information.
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Old 18-10-08, 09:12 PM   #1085
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Did you know that in the original plans for the 1st Mersey Tunnel, they where going to have a train running under the road deck in what is called Central Avenue!!
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Old 18-10-08, 09:16 PM   #1086
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Then they realised the trains would be on bricks all the time and scrapped the idea
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Old 18-10-08, 09:24 PM   #1087
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Ha ha ha oh yes I like
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Old 18-10-08, 09:36 PM   #1088
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Fact: Weight (mass) doesn't affect the speed at which objects freefall.
Yes it does- objects with no mass don't freefall at all
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Old 19-10-08, 03:00 PM   #1089
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Yes it does- objects with no mass don't freefall at all
Where do they fall to then? and wots it cost??
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Old 19-10-08, 03:16 PM   #1090
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Yes it does- objects with no mass don't freefall at all
I think teriyakimonkey meant acceleration due to gravity.

PS. Photon's have no mass, yet light can be "bent" by extremes of gravity.
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