OT: Put Down Engineers" Week

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Thu Feb 1 22:37:35 2001

plz see wisecrack below, plz.

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Kolb" <dankolb_at_ox.compsoc.net>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: OT: Put Down Engineers" Week


> On Thu, 01 Feb 2001, Richard Erlacher wrote:
> > > > >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.
>
> Assume a spherical parachutist, as in all good Physics problems? ;-)
>
Gee! ... He must've been snacking mightily between meals!
>
> Hmmm...I've just thought that I've been lurking on this list for some
time,
> and posted once or twice, but never really introduced myself. So, for the
> purposes of brevity:
>
> Hi all :) I'm a student who likes lots of old kit, but doesn't have the
space
> or the money to store and buy some really nice stuff. Most I manage to get
> from skips or University department clearouts. I don't seem to have
anything
> as interesting as you guys have at home, but for those who care: Sharp
> MZ-80K, Apple ][c, Acorn BBC B, Perkin-Elmer DataStation 3600, Microvax
3600,
> MicroVAX 3800, Data General mv2700 (IIRC), a Sun 3/50, and assorted PCs,
some
> Amstrad Word Processors, and a couple of other Suns. I may have missed
some
> things out.
> I'm here to learn as much as possible about any equipment, and maybe even
> contribute something useful at some point :-)
>
> Dan
> --
> dankolb_at_ox.compsoc.net Oxford University Computer Society Secretary
>
> --I reserve the right to be completely wrong about any comments or
> opinions expressed; don't trust everything you read above--
>
>
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