Re: [Paddlewise] Energy, force and work

Thanks Niels, for the much clearer and more detailed explanations of the
subject than I could give. Until I read your post, about the best example I
had come up with was to pick the kayak up and then let go of it again and
have it drop back to earth and then have to keep picking it up and dropping
it in order for it to spend an average of its time at just about one-half
the height you lifted it to.

Niels concluded:
>>>>>In the end: There is only one ultimate truth. It is fully explained in
"the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy", as "the Ultimate Answer to Life,
the Universe and Everything". The answer is 42.<<<<<<

I have to disagree with you here Niels, 42 was only the massive computer,
Deep Thought's, personal best answer to "Life the Universe and Everything"
not the one ultimate truth (although maybe it hints at it).
At one time years ago (but long after watching the TV version) the thought
struck me what Deep Thought's answer should have been. But I calculated 46
rather than 42. I told this (and my reasoning why) to a friend of my
daughters who was then a math student. She checked my calculations and found
that I had made a simple math error and that the answer (for Deep Thought)
that I was thinking about really was 42 just as Deep Thought had proclaimed.
My opinion of the author of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy climbed even
higher than it had been before. Answer the following question back channel
now (since this has gotten off the subject of kayaking and not everyone
cares or maybe they should only find it out for themselves). What was Deep
Thought thinking?

Matt Broze
http://www.marinerkayaks.com

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