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Sorry but numerous people keep changing the General Relativity article to try to explain why solid objects are solid, but they are invariably wrong when they invoke electromagnetic forces. Of course, these are involved in atomic structure (mainly as attractive but not repulsive forces) - the latter of which were invoked from this site, but the real reason is filled levels. The Fermi level in a typical metal, for example, is many thousands of degrees - meaning that the resistance to penetration by another object requires an energy-per-atom of that much. Wikipedia does not cover this very well under degeneracy - physics but the degenerate matter article does already refer to the application to solid bodies in ordinary experience.Carrionluggage 23:09, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

I will second Carrionluggage's comments. The fact of the mechanical resistance in what is important, not the underlying source. --EMS | Talk 00:25, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Otis Rush article

The liner notes of Jimi Hendrix CD Blues does not say that Otis Rush was an influence on Hendrix, just mentions that Hendrix would ask about Rush to Buddy Guy because Rush was a left-handed guitarist like Hendrix was. Sure, he may have been influenced to some extent by Rush, but I don't think we have to mention everybody who may have been influenced by him in the article. Just a few notable ones are enough. In comparison to the other players mentioned in the article, I think Rush's influence on Hendrix is not easily recognizable, and he did not do any of Rush's songs (as far as I think of...). For this reason, I undid this revision. I hope you understand. Thanks.--Sumori 13:56, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] William Sanford Pennington

Hi, you seem to have changed W.S. Pennington's membership in New Jersey State Council in 1801-1802 to membership in the New Jersey Senate. Is this because the State Council was the Senate in that period of time (I don't know about New Jersey but in some other states it's a totally different organ, in Massachusetts it's known as the governor's council)? The NGA biography states that he was a member of the State Council (no mention of NJ Senate service) and virtualology states his membership in the NJ Assembly but does not mention a membership in the state senate. 128.214.205.4 08:11, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

  • "House of Assembly" was generally used to refer to the New Jersey General Assembly in this period, and a myriad of other terms for the New Jersey Senate. I will dig deeper to pin this down and would appreciate any links to alternative sources on the matter for Pennington. Alansohn 12:03, 5 July 2007 (UTC)