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echo: locsysop
to: Keith Richardson
from: Bob Lawrence
date: 1996-05-20 13:33:04
subject: USR 28.8 Modems

KR> no idea, he was obviously very unlucky. i do wonder sometimes
 KR> when i see people firing guns into the air, what damage the
 KR> bullets do when they land. 

  It's not as bad as you think. If you fire an M16 it leaves the muzzle
at Mach-3 (990m/s), but if you drop the bullet from an infinite height
it's terminal velocity in the atmosphere is around 70m/s (160mph). It's 
energy is 200-times less and would only give you a nasty bonk on the head.

Regards,
Bob
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