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- From: jac@ds8.scri.fsu.edu (Jim Carr)
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- Subject: Re: Subject?
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- Date: 31 Aug 92 17:06:40 GMT
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- In article <17mijiINN7de@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> lyn@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Myself) writes:
- >
- > Terminal Velocity- the typing speed at which your keyboard starts to smoke,
- >causing you to either A) slow down to just below said velocity, or B) talk to
- >rec.pyrotechnics.
- >
- > Well, that clears that up. On to other things (like another type of
- > terminal velocity ;-} )
-
- Not quite. Terminal velocity is the maximum speed of a terminal dropped
- from a great height.
-
- There are other experiments one can do with computers, some of which were
- summarized in an article by Walt Benenson that appeared in the "New
- Scientist" of 6 May 1989, page 68. They include the Tower of Pisa expt
- with different sized computers, studying the coefficient of friction by
- tipping the table until one slides off, etc. Most amusing stuff.
-
- --
- J. A. Carr | "The New Frontier of which I
- jac@gw.scri.fsu.edu | speak is not a set of promises
- Florida State University B-186 | -- it is a set of challenges."
- Supercomputer Computations Research Institute | John F. Kennedy (15 July 60)
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