Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> I'm not clear on two things: (a) why, if space expands, don't the things 
>> in the space expand, and (b) why would gravity "overcome" the expansion 
>> of space.
> 
>   Gravity deforms space, as does the expansion of the universe. Gravity
> resists the expansion.

That was kind of what I was getting at with
"""
(other than "new space" only appearing where curvature from gravity is 
flat enough)
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>   Perhaps you are thinking about gravity as a force?

It *is* a force, depending on your definition of "force". :) As in 
"F=ma". If you're going to argue gravity isn't a force, then magnetism 
isn't a force either, nor is pushing on something.

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     It's not feature creep if you put it
     at the end and adjust the release date.

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