5. YES - If the Earth was not orbiting the sun and the atmosphere was orbiting the sun. 6. YES - If the Earth was not orbiting the sun and the atmosphere was not orbiting the sun. 7. NO - If the Earth was orbiting the sun and the atmosphere was orbiting the sun. 8. NO - If the Earth was orbiting the sun and the atmosphere was not orbiting the sun. Bernie Bernie Brauer <bbrauer777@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 1. NO - If the Earth was still and the atmosphere was rotating. 2. YES - If the Earth was still and the atmosphere was still. 3. YES - If the Earth was rotating and the atmosphere was rotating. 4 NO - If the Earth was rotating and the atmosphere was still. Bernie Paul Deema <paul_deema@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Re: Moving Earth Deception Neville J, Bernie B From Neville Jones Mon Jul 23 18:37:26 2007 Okay, yes, within certain constraints. And your point? From Bernie Brauer Mon Jul 23 18:39:47 2007 ... then you could say,"Aha I've got you, you threw the ball up and as soon as the ball was at it's highest point, all of a sudden a strong wind came along and blew it away." Neville, thank you -- a simple straight forward answer to a simple straight forward question. Bernie, have a little faith. I'm not going to pull the rug out from under you -- I left childish games behind me long ago. I just want to know whether you think that a ball thrown up in still air will return to you hand regardless of whether you are moving at constant velocity in a straight line (which probably deals with Neville's 'constraints') or if you are standing still. The truth is, you've already said so. I'm simply trying to determine whether you actually meant what you said. Paul D --------------------------------- Yahoo!7 Mail has just got even bigger and better with unlimited storage on all webmail accounts. Find out more. --------------------------------- Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. --------------------------------- Get the Yahoo! toolbar and be alerted to new email wherever you're surfing.