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Alice Grove MCDT - NEW COMIC! - October 2014
Aziraphale:
--- Quote from: Zebediah on 04 Oct 2014, 06:27 ---I like "evil ego car". I've seen a few evil ego cars on the road.
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I thought Willis beat Jeph to the Evil Ego Car.
nosaJay19:
--- Quote from: Aziraphale on 03 Oct 2014, 15:49 ---A Soviet-era fighter pilot ejected from his plane at insanely high altitude -- over 10,000 feet-- and survived. It's possible to fall from tremendous heights and live. It just depends on how you land, and on what. What kind of shape she'd be in, assuming she lived, would be something else altogether.
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When falling from extreme heights, I think passing out and going limp is a big factor in surviving. Stay conscious and you'll go rigid, and that doesn't end well.
Also, to add to the conversation about her scaling the turbine, I believe that turbines have winches to let maintenance workers down by rope in cases of emergency. The other character is running with a purpose in clothes not fit for running, and then gives the universal symbol for help. This could be an emergency situation, which makes the potential outcome of this accident even more tragic. Oof. :-(
Is it cold in here?:
Cheating on anagrams
I like "Ace love rig" and "Veil or cage".
Method of Madness:
I wish Jeph did the "Patrons get the next strip early" every time, I wanna know what happens!
HiFranc:
--- Quote from: Loki on 03 Oct 2014, 16:34 ---[...]
I believe due to the way terminal velocity works, after a certain point it doesn't make that much difference how high you are.
Of course, I don't know if 10k feet is after that point.
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Gravity is approx 9.8 m/s2 (i.e. your speed increases at 9.8 m/s every second if you ignore wind resistance)
Wind resistance is proportional to the square of the velocity
You reach terminal velocity when the wind resistance balances the force of gravity
The terminal velocity of a person depends on their orientation. If their body is parallel to the ground they present the greatest surface area and, therefore, the lowest terminal velocity. I've heard it said on TV programmes the a sky diver has a terminal velocity of appox 120 mph. A quick check on-line shows that that's appox 54 m/s (you can call it 55 if it makes the maths easier).
In a vacuum, it'd take approx 5.5-6 seconds to reach that velocity. With wind resistance, it'll take longer as the acceleration gets less with time. However, as wind resistance is proportional to the square of the velocty, the acceleration will be almost normal until later. Therefore, it won't take that much longer to reach terminal velocity.
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