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- Subject: Re: Elevator mayhem
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- From: a_rubin@dsg4.dse.beckman.com (Arthur Rubin)
- Date: 15 Sep 92 22:04:50 GMT
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- In <mcirvin.716585471@husc8> mcirvin@husc8.harvard.edu (Mcirvin) writes:
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- >hsieh@math.toronto.edu (Paul Hsieh) writes:
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- >>Well, I've though about this once (not too seriously) and figure that if your
- >>timing is good enough that you could jump up at the last second before impact
- >>to actually reduce the speed. Then you could end up with method 2) with
- >>lesser impact. :) I don't know if there is any merit to what I've just said
- >>but I'm wondering if there is anything fundamentally flawed with it (besides
- >>the amazing timing that would be required).
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- >There is a fundamental flaw... Think about what happens when you come
- >back down at the end of your jump. Remember, you've jumped off of a
- >floor that is traveling downward at high speed, and you land on a floor
- >that has stopped moving! All you've done is delay the injury a fraction
- >of a second.
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- No, actually, it seems that does have merit. If you jump while the
- elevator is falling, and land after it stops, you have (assuming no rebound
- of the elevator) reduced your impact velocity.
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