Mark Fitzsimmons
Supporting Actor
- Joined
- Aug 18, 2001
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- 539
you aren't revealing anything that everyone here doesn't already know.In three pages of discussion no one brought it up.
you aren't revealing anything that everyone here doesn't already know.In three pages of discussion no one brought it up.
And way to go Brian, you are learning that when the environment changes the results change.Huh? With respect, this is not something I'm currently learning. Indeed, I'm fully aware that environmental factors are always at play, which is why you must always account for them in your measurements. (Hence, my original statement to account for such things.) If you want a pound of feathers sans bouyancy, then pack them in a vacuum sealed bag, evacuate the air, measure the weight, and subtract the weight of the bag.
Oh, and don't forget to account for all that Carbon 14 decay. Or is that too insignificant to mention?
and we're talking only about the substances in question and not different gravities, containers, or wind velocities,I'm not personally attacking you. I just don't appreciate you assuming I edited my post based on your response.
Sorry for the mistake Brian, that should have been spelled Bryan. Woops.Don't act so condescending to me. You've taught me nothing. I've understood the fact that environment changes measurements since before you were in diapers.
gravities, containers, or wind velocitiesThis has nothing to do with buoyancy, as buoyancy is present in still air and I did state that my 'experiment' is to be done in still air so we do not have wind pressing the nails/feathers onto the scale or lifting them off.
Don't act so condescending to me.Was not trying to be condescending. I appologize, I was stating that you were missing the whole picture in that post.
Sorry for the mistake Brian, that should have been spelled Bryan. Woops.[John Cleese Voice] Indeed? Oh. Well then... Sorry. Best of luck to you, and all that.
Carry on, then. [/John Cleese Voice]
It's all in good fun, Mark. Thanks for the grand finale.
The question wasn't about one pound of feathers measuring differently. The question was about one pound of feathers (meaning one actual pound) being different.The actual pound is different because it measures different.
The question is just too vague for the answer given.Many questions are left intentially vague to stir the imagination and generate a wider variety of ideas.
(Edit: I have no idea how my post ended up above yours.)
I did state that my 'experiment' is to be done in still air so we do not have wind pressing the nails/feathers onto the scale or lifting them off.But the question said nothing about re-weighing the nails and feathers under a different environment after the initial measurement was taken. The question is just too vague for the answer given.
I clearly stated that no other substance incorporated into the weight measurement could be involved.I must have misunderstood you. I thought that you were suggesting that we could not add the weight of the air to the weight of the feathers, which is quite different than what I am doing. We are not necessarily incorporating or adding a substance. Because that substance is air, something indefinitely present in our atmosphere.
(Edit: I have no idea how my post ended up above yours.)No problem. Now I'd appreciate you not assuming I edited my post based on yours and making the claim that I was ignorant of what you were saying.
No problem. Now I'd appreciate you not assuming I edited my post based on yours and making the claim that I was ignorant of what you were saying.Again, not trying to sound condescending. But, everything that you have said thus far leads me to believe that you are still missing the big picture. You seem to focus on minute details and criticize specifics when they are really irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. Perhaps I am not communicating the idea well enough.