| From: | Richard Pieri <ratinox@***.NEU.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Re: Digressions |
| Date: | Thu, 24 Jun 1993 19:03:18 EDT |
J> I believe that whenit was said Inertia operates independent of gravity,
J> the writer was referring to the fact that an object outside a gravity
J> well (deep space) that is accelerated will have inertia, even though
J> there is no gravity.
Ummm... just to be a bit more precise, inertia has absolutely *nothing* to
do with gravity. Gravity is a fundamental force that exists between any two
objects that have mass; it causes said objects to be drawn towards each
other. Inertia is not a force, but a state of motion; an object that is
moving will continue to move in the same direction at the same speed unless
a force is applied, and an object at rest will continue to remain at rest
unless a force is applied. For an example of how gravitational force and
inertia cooperate, check any astronomy or physics text and look up "orbit".
J> But we digress from the subject at hand. Dead Zones, whether you like
J> them or not, are an option available to the GM to issue a new challenge
J> to the characters. We are all rather well entrenched in our positions
J> now; if anyone has anything new to ask or add, please do so, but let's
J> try to keep the discussions based on what would happen, rather than
J> debate the finer points of Newtonian Physics and Relativity.
It is my opinion that a Dead Zone *can't* exist, simply because of it's
nature. If none of the "Laws of Physics" function in a "Dead Zone"
then
*nothing* could survive. To wit, osmosis, the nature of a substance in
solution to penetrate a semi-permeable membrane to maintain equilibrium.
Common Law of Physics that any high school biology student learns. Without
osmosis, no cells could survive, which means no higher organisms could
survive. QED, and the Dead Zone vanishes in a puff of logic.
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