Re: Why the 3rd skyscraper came freefalling down on 9/11

[gordonb.ejr3u@xxxxxxxxxxx (Gordon Burditt)]

>> Wrong. The acceleration due to gravity is ~9.8 meters per second per 
>> second. And that's for all objects, regardless of how much they weigh.
>
>incorrect. it's basic physics that the more massive an object is the greater 
>the acceleration due to gravity will be. 

What universe do you live in?  This is Road Runner Cartoon physics.

>therefore 9.8m/s for a 1 lb mass is 
>correct. this can be shown with a lead ball and a rubber ball of the same 
>area, the lead ball will fall faster because it is more massive. try it 
>yourself, the difference is there but not very noticeable to the naked eye. 

Clearly, then, a man wearing a parachute falls at the same speed
jumping out of an airplane regardless of whether the parachute opens
or not, and the man would fall slower if he didn't use a parachute
(which obviously weighs something) at all.  So why were parachutes
invented?