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From: Michael Hohensee <michael@sparta.mainstream.net>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 14:35:47 -0400
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Matt Chatterley wrote:
>
> According to my (mis)calculations, the arrow in the example figures would
> strike a target 100 metres away with a net collision force of 3N.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!
You can't report a collision by saying it was 3N! How long does this 3N
force get applied? If it is applied instantaniously there will be no
effect, since force is kg*m/(s^2). I wanna know what the
*impulse* imparted by this arrow is. You know, the integral of force
with respect to time! grrrrr. ;)
> 3N being
> equal to the force exerted by a 300g mass in earth's gravity. To quote
> someone whom I have forgotten, "I think.. not."
>
You're setting the acceleration due to gravity to 10 m/(s^2)? ewwwwww.
Sorry, I was all wound up from working on CSGMUD, that I had to do
something. Thanks for letting me take it out on you Matt. :)
--
Michael Hohensee michael@sparta.mainstream.net
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