Not quite on the Loo!

It's amazing how a passing thought lunchtime today has been resurrected by
the earlier "Loo" thread this evening.

I think I was reading the SaN article Cosmic Collisions when I realised that
so much in physics and cosmology seems to focus on speed and movement but I
can't remember reading anything on staying still.

There 's plenty of "apparent stillness", e.g. the vase on the mantlepiece,
but that and everything on the the planet is hurtling through space at a
hidden speed as is, we assume, the rest of the one eye verse! Perhaps you
can now see where I'm coming from? (cos I ain't staying still am I ;o) )

It may seem a silly qwezzie, but, is anything out there perfectly still? And
could we place a "perfectly stationary" object in space and know/prove it
wasn't moving?

I've scratched my head enough for now, let's see if the locals up the pub
have the answer!!


Laurence Eddy

51.39.57N
3.14.28W

Well I was there, but I may have moved now..... ;o)