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Re: E=M

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HGW... <hgw@....> wrote:
> On 01/06/17 00:09, Tom Roberts wrote:
>> On 5/31/17 5/31/17   8:11 AM, Serg io wrote:
>>>> Scientists well know that units of energy and mass are just
>>>> different representations of the same thing, and use whichever
>>>> unit is the most convenient.
>>> 
>>> nope.  They have different units.
>> 
>> In some systems of units mass and energy are different, such as MKS
>> and CGS. In other systems of units they are identical, such as all
>> units with c=1 (called "natural units").
> 
> HAHAHHAHHHA! Roberts again proves his complete ignorance of basic
> physics....No wonder he was silly enough to waste his whole life backing
> a loser....
> 
>>> The Particle Data Group reports particle masses in MeV, which is
>>> the
>> most common unit for mass and energy in particle physics. Geant4, the
>> most common particle-interaction toolkit, uses MeV for both energy
>> and mass.
> 
> mc^2 does not have the same dimensions as m.
> 
> The dimensions of energy are ML^2T^-2
> The dimensions of mass are just M.
> 
> Mass is NOT the same as energy.
> 
> You are just as much a moron as the rest of your dingleberry colleagues,
> Tom.
> 
> 
>> Tom Roberts
> 
> 

In natural units [L] and [T] are indistinguishable dimensions. Now, there
may be some people who recoil from that in horror, believing that the
entirety of physics would collapse if the sacred distinction between [L]
and [T] is breached. 

-- 
Odd Bodkin -- maker of fine toys, tools, tables

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E=M The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-05-27 11:12 -0700
  Re: E=M "David (Lord Kronos Prime) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2017-05-27 11:15 -0700
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    Re: E=M The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-05-27 22:28 -0700
  Re: E=M Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2017-05-31 14:41 +1000
    Re: E=M Serg io <invalid@invalid.com> - 2017-05-31 08:11 -0500
      Re: E=M Tom Roberts <tjroberts137@sbcglobal.net> - 2017-05-31 09:09 -0500
        Re: E=M "HGW..." <hgw@....> - 2017-06-04 19:33 +1000
          Re: E=M Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2017-06-04 11:58 +0200
            Re: E=M Prudence Youngs <usue@weuem.ge> - 2017-06-04 11:53 +0000
            Re: E=M "HGW..." <hgw@....> - 2017-06-05 08:58 +1000
          Re: E=M Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2017-06-04 13:25 +0000
            Re: E=M mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2017-06-04 06:43 -0700
              Re: E=M Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2017-06-04 21:21 +0000
                Re: E=M "HGW..." <hgw@....> - 2017-06-05 09:05 +1000
                Re: E=M Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2017-06-05 09:29 -0500
                Re: E=M mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2017-06-05 09:56 -0700
                Re: E=M Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2017-06-05 17:03 +0000
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                Re: E=M Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2017-06-05 20:14 +0000
                Re: E=M mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2017-06-05 13:27 -0700
                Re: E=M Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2017-06-05 22:13 +0000
                Re: E=M mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2017-06-06 00:09 -0700
                Re: E=M mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2017-06-06 00:17 -0700
                Re: E=M Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2017-06-06 14:13 +0000
                Re: E=M mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2017-06-06 08:40 -0700
                Re: E=M JanPB <filmart@gmail.com> - 2017-06-06 14:56 -0700
                Re: E=M mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2017-06-06 22:57 -0700
                Re: E=M Gerald Kelleher <kelleher.gerald@gmail.com> - 2017-06-06 02:16 -0700
                Re: E=M Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-06-06 16:32 +0200
                Re: E=M mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2017-06-06 08:15 -0700
                Re: E=M "HGW..." <hgw@....> - 2017-06-07 11:41 +1000
                Re: E=M Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2017-06-07 03:04 +0000
                Re: E=M "HGW..." <hgw@....> - 2017-06-07 15:02 +1000
                Re: E=M Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2017-06-07 12:19 -0500
                Re: E=M mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2017-06-07 10:45 -0700
                Re: E=M "HGW..." <hgw@....> - 2017-06-08 18:29 +1000
                Re: E=M Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2017-06-08 12:17 -0500
                Re: E=M mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2017-06-06 23:00 -0700
                Re: E=M JanPB <filmart@gmail.com> - 2017-06-06 14:52 -0700
                Re: E=M mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2017-06-06 22:55 -0700
            Re: E=M "HGW..." <hgw@....> - 2017-06-05 09:00 +1000
              Re: E=M Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2017-06-04 23:13 +0000
                Re: E=M "HGW..." <hgw@....> - 2017-06-05 11:10 +1000
      Re: E=M Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-06-01 01:49 +0200

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