Re: phys-L deteriorating?

[sampere <sampere@SUHEP.PHY.SYR.EDU>]

I must not be getting all the phys-l entries.  I don't remember seeing anything on
3 (tablecloth, lightning rods, and 60 Hz mag field/Al ring) of these issues.  I
remember a lot of fighting not too long ago though.  That was interesting.

Sam

Chuck Britton wrote:

> Well, we've already determined that:
>
>         the tides aren't related to the moon
>
>         yanking a table cloth but leaving the dishes, has nothing to
> do with inertia
>
>         entropy is not related to disorder
>
>         Bernoulli has nothing to do with airfoils
>
>         lightning rods work just as well with spherical tops as with points
>
>         a 60 Hz magnetic field can't make an aluminum ring jump
>
>         etc. etc.
>
> as soon as we get this speed of light question settles, we can
> declare physics to be a past tense exercise and all go home ;-)