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Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off?

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On Sun, 23 Jul 2023 11:18:37 +0100, Max Demian <max_demian@bigfoot.com> wrote:

> On 23/07/2023 04:53, Commander Kinsey wrote:
>> On Thu, 22 Jun 2023 10:05:36 +0100, Jeff Gaines <jgnewsid@outlook.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 22/06/2023 in message <u70tk1$37v7o$1@dont-email.me> The Natural
>>> Philosopher wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> For me, momentum is the technical refined description of what ordinary
>>>>>> people call 'inertia'
>>>>>
>>>>> There's a description of the difference here:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://byjus.com/physics/difference-between-momentum-and-inertia/#:~:text=Momentum%20is%20a%20vector%20quantity,any%20change%20in%20its%20velocity.
>>>>>
>>>> With respect that is mostly bollocks. And doesn't take into account the
>>>> inertia of bureaucracy or the inertia of a projectile hitting a tank.
>>>>
>>>> Inertia is a common usage term. Momentums is technical. And as I pointed
>>>> out, all motion is relative,  so your appeal to authority fails because
>>>> there is no such thing as 'an object at rest' or 'in constant motion'
>>>> unless you define a frame of interital. reference.
>>>
>>> It makes sense to me, perhaps you could give a link to something similar
>>> from a respected body?
>>
>> Inertia is illogical, because it's only related to mass.  How can you
>> have something you calculate from only one thing?  If I want to tell you
>> how difficult it will be to make the object move, I need only tell you
>> it's mass.
>
> Mass has other properties that inertia, like gravitational attraction.

I guess inertia is more of a description in a particular scenario than a property.

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Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? "Commander Kinsey" <CK1@nospam.com> - 2023-06-21 03:59 +0100
  Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? Jasen Betts <usenet@revmaps.no-ip.org> - 2023-06-21 06:57 +0000
    Re: Troll-feeding Senile HUGE ASSHOLE Alert! Peeler <trolltrap@valid.invalid> - 2023-06-21 09:53 +0200
    Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? jon <jon@nospam.cn> - 2023-06-21 09:14 +0000
      Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-06-21 17:05 +0100
        Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? Max Demian <max_demian@bigfoot.com> - 2023-06-21 19:45 +0100
          Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-06-22 08:11 +0100
            Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? jon <jon@nospam.cn> - 2023-06-22 10:22 +0000
            Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? Bing AI <bing_ai@example.com> - 2023-06-22 13:27 +0100
              Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? "Commander Kinsey" <CK1@nospam.com> - 2023-07-25 04:02 +0100
            Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? Jasen Betts <usenet@revmaps.no-ip.org> - 2023-06-24 00:27 +0000
              Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? "Commander Kinsey" <CK1@nospam.com> - 2023-07-25 04:03 +0100
      Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? Fredxx <fredxx@spam.invalid> - 2023-06-21 17:16 +0100
        Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? jon <jon@nospam.cn> - 2023-06-21 17:44 +0000
          Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? Fredxx <fredxx@spam.invalid> - 2023-06-21 20:02 +0100
          Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-06-22 08:11 +0100
            Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2023-06-22 07:22 +0000
              Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-06-22 08:35 +0100
                Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2023-06-22 09:05 +0000
                Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? "Commander Kinsey" <CK1@nospam.com> - 2023-07-23 04:53 +0100
                Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? Max Demian <max_demian@bigfoot.com> - 2023-07-23 11:18 +0100
                Re: Troll-feeding Senile HUGE ASSHOLE Alert! Peeler <trolltrap@valid.invalid> - 2023-07-23 16:56 +0200
                Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? "Commander Kinsey" <CK1@nospam.com> - 2023-07-23 23:30 +0100
                Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? John Larkin <jlarkin@highlandSNIPMEtechnology.com> - 2023-06-22 07:09 -0700
                Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-06-22 16:18 +0100
            Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? John Larkin <jlarkin@highlandSNIPMEtechnology.com> - 2023-06-22 07:08 -0700
              Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-06-22 16:17 +0100
    Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? "Commander Kinsey" <CK1@nospam.com> - 2023-07-25 04:01 +0100

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