Re: analytical Skill for Java Development

On Wed, 8 Feb 2006 17:19:32 +0000 (UTC), bcd@xxxxxxxxxxx (Bent C
Dalager) wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :

I doubt you could do that as it would tell you that floor 82 is twice
as hard on the balls as floor 81, and this is unlikely to be the case.
Some elementary physics here.

Energy available to break the ball

e = m * v * v;

m = mass, v = velocity

v = a * t;

d = 1/2 * a * t * t;

a = acceleration due to gravity, t = time.

Do a little algebra and you have the energy at any distance (floor).

Still if the ball breaks at 3 feet, none of this means anything.

These same physics will have you questioning Bush's story about he
collapse of the World Trade Towers. They fell too fast in the early
part of the fall for gravity to account for it.
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