"Paul B. Andersen" <someone@somewhere.no> wrote in message
news:k0egea$9uc$1@news.albasani.net 

> Reality matters more than common sense.
> In reality, what is the speed of the ball before it is dropped?
> 0 m/s ?
> 464*cos(observer's latitude) m/s ?
> 29.78 km/s ?
> Anything else ?
> 
> Which of these speeds are apparent and which are real?

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Relative to what, Porkie?
The ball was dropped from an upward soaring bottle rocket and
so its speed was zero relative to the rocket and -100 fps
relative to the ground.

-- Lord Androcles, Zeroth Earl of Medway