1 Feb
2001
1 Feb
'01
5:55 p.m.
plz see remarks below ...
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Duell" <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: OT: Put Down Engineers" Week
>At an air show, you know how fast the
skydivers are falling.
Or at least I can calculate it...
That's not so easy ... remember, the effect of the air on velocity is
Vo*e^-(bt/m) where b is the balistic constant of the parachutist. That can
vary considerably with long-terme effects of diet, exercise, etc.
...
> >And you might be an engineer if:
> >
<snip