You are correct. There are no vectors in the real universe. Vector is a term of convenience used to describe the magnitude and direction of a force. I believe the force of gravity is real and it has a detectable magnitude and direction.

• and you have a point also - sagefr0g - April 22, 2003 - 02:15 UTC
  • Other points - jetty - April 23, 2003 - 12:26 UTC
    • alternative views.... hmm - sagefr0g - April 24, 2003 - 02:31 UTC
      • Heaver objects do fall faster. - duordi - April 24, 2003 - 03:45 UTC
        • perhaps in a universe with only two objects - sagefr0g - April 24, 2003 - 15:40 UTC
          • Other objects pull both ways. - duordi - April 24, 2003 - 17:30 UTC
            • those other massive objects "out there" - sagefr0g - April 24, 2003 - 19:44 UTC
              • Inertia is the attraction of a mass to its own gravity field. - duordi - April 24, 2003 - 22:49 UTC
                • basketballs do not fall consistently - sagefr0g - April 25, 2003 - 03:52 UTC
            • my bad - sagefr0g - April 25, 2003 - 02:32 UTC
            • still digging at your equation... - sagefr0g - April 25, 2003 - 18:31 UTC
              • I think I have a solution you will like. - duordi - April 25, 2003 - 20:49 UTC
                • another wrinkle is that - sagefr0g - April 27, 2003 - 14:20 UTC
                  • You lost me on that one. - duordi - April 27, 2003 - 20:19 UTC
                    • drop a basketball from height X - sagefr0g - April 28, 2003 - 01:18 UTC
                      • So your saying.... - duordi - April 29, 2003 - 01:53 UTC
                        • uhmm - sagefr0g - April 30, 2003 - 22:15 UTC