Kevin Wayne Williams wrote:
> CL wrote:
>> Simon wrote:
>>
>>> The muzzle velocity isn't important, just the velocity of the bullet 
>>> on it's way back down. 
>>
>> If I remember Mr. Science, correctly, the time / speed / distance 
>> thingy plots out as a bell curve where the apex is zero speed, zero 
>> acceleration.  If you draw a line parallel to the base through both 
>> legs of the curve, the speed is the same and the acceleration is 
>> exactly the opposite -- e.g. traveling at the same speed, but it is 
>> decelerating at the same rate on the way up that it is accelerating on 
>> the way down.
>>
>> Then again, I have two liberal arts degrees and a non-science advanced 
>> degree, too ... no one needs to go "engineer" or "physicist" on us ...
> 
> Of course, it may work out differently if you reject the Copernican view 
> of the universe, too. http://www.fixedearth.com/knowledge%20impact.htm 
> should fill you in on the ultimate in what happens when no one "goes 
> physicist."

Ewww ... and that type don't even do decent illustrations.  If you're 
going to dispute Copernicus you've gotta' have at least half a dozen 
really well done drawings of Valkyrie with their titties half hanging 
out holding big swords and shields and, maybe a couple of impossibly 
muscled guys with no shirts for the school girl / gaye boi crowd.  You 
know, something like an early Schwartzneger movie on peyote.  Or the 
Norse God, Narnia, Middle Earth, Hello Kitty thing.  Whatever.  Just 
don't use so many words, even if they're mostly small one- or 
two-syllable ones.

CL