On Wed, 8 Oct 2003 21:06:56 -0500, in a place far, far away, "Jon
Berndt" made the phosphor on my monitor glow
in such a way as to indicate that:

"Rand Simberg" wrote in message

Which doesn't mean that gravity is not acceleration. Nice diversion,
though.

Gravity is a force - the weakest of the four fundamental forces
(gravitational, electromagnetic, weak, and strong IIRC). The [gravitational]
force *causes* acceleration. Gravity is not acceleration. The value for the
acceleration *due*to*gravity* at sea level on earth is about 32.2 fps^2.

Well, if one wants to get pedantic, gravity is a quantitative
mathematical model invented by Newton to explain why apples fall from
trees and planets orbit suns.

In any event, the effect of it is an acceleration, something that
Stuffy seems to want to deny, or at least obfuscate.

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