On 13/02/2008, David H Wild <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Their weight on the moon would be exactly the same as on earth if they used > a balance with weights on the other side of the fulcrum.
That is not measuring weight. That is measuring mass. To measure weight, you need a set, nonvariable reference, such as a spring. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list