On 1/20/2012 2:31 PM, Christopher M. wrote:
> > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 1/20/2012 9:18 AM, Steve Pope wrote:
>>> John > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Jan 20, 1:20 am, > wrote:
>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:47:57 +0000 (UTC),
>>>
>>>>>> Bob > wrote:
>>>
>>>>>>> It's a liquid. Like window glass.
>>>>>
>>>>>> It is urban legend that window glass is a liquid.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm pretty sure he was joking.
>>>>
>>>> Have you ever seen a broken window from a really old house? The pane
>>>> is thicker at the bottom, and it did not start out that way. How do
>>>> you explain it?
>>>
>>> Window glass deforms with time but that does not mean it's a liquid.
>>>
>>> In fact, when we had to replace a window in our house, we went out
>>> looking for old glass because a perfecty flat piece of glass would
>>> look out of place next to the other windows.
>>>
>>>
>>> Steve
>>
>> I've heard it described as a super-cooled liquid, but mostly, it's an
>> amorphous solid i.e., not crystalline in nature. Is it true that the
>> deformation of glass by gravity is detectable in old glass? Wouldn't that
>> mean that it is indeed a liquid? Thanks.
>
> I don't think scientists have all the answers. Scientists haven't even
> figured out the cause of gravity yet.
>
>
> W. Pooh (AKA Winnie P.)
>
>

Stop me if you've heard this befo Gravity occurs because the Earth
sucks!

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