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[mlmbd]

Like I said, Kamog. I rest my case. Check this link: http://www.shrapnelgames.com/cgi-bin...;f=23;t=007479

I have been waiting!!

mlmbd

[Kamog]

All right, I admit it... you're right... Your questions work. Yes, I am an engineer. I graduated in engineering physics.

It's nice to be in this forum with many other fellow technical people - engineers, computer programmers, physicists, and other scientists. I find that a lot of people out there aren't very interested in discussing technical matters...

[ November 27, 2002, 07:02: Message edited by: Kamog ]

[Kamog]

Here's another way to tell whether someone's an engineer: ask them what the square root of -1 is.

If they're not an engineer, they'll either give you a blank look, or tell you that the answer is i.

Engineers will tell you that it is j.
(We don't use i for square root of -1 because it could be confused with I as in electrical current.)

[DavidG]

Originally posted by Kamog:
Does it really make a difference whether you spend $200 or $2000 or $20,000 on it? Given that the different priced rings have exactly the same functionality, it is logical to choose the most cost-efficient one.

Well I've never bought an engagement ring but I'm thinking spending $200 may end up in the female not functioning as intended.

[Ruatha]

Originally posted by Kamog:

It's very difficult to calculate how fast the skydivers are falling, because skydivers have an irregular shape, and therefore the math for the air resistance is complex. The calculation is easier if we are considering falling spheres, but it is still not that simple. It would probably be easier to empirically determine a skydiver's speed of descent by observing many skydivers and measuring their speeds. Once you have some statistics on the speeds, you will know the ballpark figure. If you know the distance from yourself to the skydiver and you have a stopwatch, you can roughly calculate the speed by seeing how far they go down in a period of time.

When I used to skydive we almost always fell at the same speed. AS we can adjust the speed by making ourselfs have a greater or lesser air resistance. You want to fall as fast as the other skydivers so that you can do formations.,
If I recall rightly (Haven't jumped since 1994) we calculated that the avarage speed we fell at was about 190 km/h, wich we could increase up to over 300 km/h by either going headfirst, feet first or if several people in a circle put their feet in the middle making a wedge shaped formation with the point downwards. How much we could reduce this speed I don't remember but I do remember that it hurts when someone below you reduced their speed, "flying" into you from below.

I myself have hit a formation from below, sending them hurtling all over the skye, unfortunatly there was a video phografer present outside the formation documenting it

It looks like a locomotive hits a standing crowd!
(we all have to be newbies sometime (or as it's called in skydiving , turkeys (a bird that doesn't fly)))

[Ruatha]

Originally posted by Kamog:
By the way, Reverse Polish Notation (RPN) calculators are the best! RPN is more convenient because intermediate values are placed on the stack and can be viewed and manipulated.

Are you a FORTH programmer aswell?

[mlmbd]

FLASH! Live Update from LURKER LAND.

This is, mlmbd reporting. I will be making a full report tomorrow. As usual. However this was just way to important to wait. So;

HAPPY TURKEY DAY, EVERYONE!

What we're really talking about is a wonderful day set aside on the fourth Thursday of November when no one diets. I mean, why else would they call it Thanksgiving? ~Erma Bombeck

I now end this FLASH UPDATE.

So for NOW, This is; mlmbd , Signing off till next we meet!!

I "THANK YOU", And I bid you WELL!!