Thread: An object at rest cannot be stopped!

when you die, and are laid to rest, you cannot stop your body from eventully composing (moving very slowly and minutely) into dust.

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

Please explain the dependencies

Why are we bringing income taxes in to this?

Originally Posted by Seraphim

Discussion optional.

My irreverent thought was:

"If this is true, the Republicans are going to have more trouble with Ted Kennedy than they ever imagined."

Too soon?



You can't win, Darth. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.

I rest, therefore I am.



..unstopable.


--object

If an object is at rest and there is no one there to see it, is it really at rest?

You must be speaking of my dog.

Originally Posted by gugi

I rest, therefore I am.



..unstopable.


--object

How Cartesian you are, object!

The ambiguity of the initial statement makes it so.

Apart from the fact that no object is ever completely at rest in this swirling universe of ours I'd say that theoretical statement si correct.

Originally Posted by LX_Emergency

Apart from the fact that no object is ever completely at rest in this swirling universe of ours I'd say that theoretical statement si correct.

No object is ever at rest? That destroys the whole underpinnings of the laws of inertia as we know them!


Next thing you know, someone is going to mention dark matter to explain it all, and then this discussion will most certainly take a turn for the worse!