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Re: Physics law confusion in ad copy



At 09:04 AM 4/4/96 -0500, you wrote:
In this week's edition of PCWeek (Apr.1, pg76), Novell leads off an ad
touting their network management tools with the following gem:

Newton's Second Law: Systems tend toward increasing disorder.

Has anyone comprised a list of similar abuses and confusions of physics
concepts that have appeared in the name of marketing?

George Watson | Gosh darn the torpedos,
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy | full speed ahead!
University of Delaware |
ghw@udel.edu | http://www.physics.udel.edu/~watson

No Problem. Look at the date.

Regards, Patrick.

Patrick Whippey EMail: pwhippey@julian.uwo.ca
Department of Physics Fax: 519-661-2033
University of Western Ontario Tel: 519-661-2111 x 6431
London Ontario Canada N6A 3K7