On 09/09/2009 12:07 PM, David Nebenzahl wrote:
Nonetheless, it seems to me that this
distinction here between weight and mass is a bunch of irrelevant
nitpicking by pointy-headed scientist types. To *most* human critters on
the planet, they're the same thing, practically speaking. Sheesh.

Try and stop a submarine at flank speed and you'll care a lot about mass
vs weight.

Ditto figuring out the acceleration of a blimp.

Chris