Subj : Re: Safety Gear
To   : StormTrooper
From : Gamgee
Date : Mon Mar 27 2023 20:54:00

-=> StormTrooper wrote to Gamgee <=-

 Ga> You're making a lot of assumptions here, and they're all wrong.  "By
 Ga> the time it reaches the ground..." depends on how high up it was dropped
 Ga> from.  Also, no matter how high up it was dropped from, it will be
 Ga> traveling at nowhere *NEAR* the velocity of a bullet.  Not even close.

 St> Well yes, of course.  I'm working on something like 30 or more
 St> floors. If you work on the theory that each floor is some 2.5m,
 St> comes out to ~38m/s. I'm also expecting said nut to be pretty
 St> hefty, so while you're right the velocity is going to be slow
 St> compared to any bullet.  But it is going to deal comparitively
 St> more or similar kinetic energy due to mass.

Okay.... but, more assumptions.  It's never good to make assumptions 
when talking about science.  You're assuming I (and others) was able to 
read your mind about the 30 floors up, and that the nut was "hefty".  
None of that was specified or clear in the original message.

In the end, the biggest/worst assumption was that a safety helmet 
wouldn't do any good.  I certainly *might*, under some scenarios, such 
as a glancing blow to the helmet (instead of the skull).



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