Re: warheads (tech related)

["Gary Gore" <ggore@mail.transdata.ca>]

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> From: Bill Garmer <bgarmer@tsc.net>
> To: Mailinglist 'MP' <MP@nostromo.gate.net>
> Subject: Re: warheads (tech related)
> Date: Tuesday, April 15, 1997 11:15 AM
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> Gary,
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> Please take no offense from my question or response - as I said it is a
side point.  I have heard this qouted many times but I have never found a
good arguement for why its correct when you look at the physics of the
problem.  It is probably started as an approximation qouted to simplify the
discussion and has lived on pasted the point where it was a good
approximation.  
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> Gary - I have a lot of respect for what you have done on this list and on
your web page.  I was curious.
> 
> 
> Bill

None taken.  

The only argument I can give, is thats what is being taught and used on
most courses.  There is most likley are real equation that takes into
account all those other points that must be addressed but that may make it
real long and complicated.

I think I'll bounce this question off of one of the newsgroups out there,
someone may know what the answer is to it.

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Gary..
ggore@mail.transdata.ca
http://www.transdata.ca/~ggore/morrow.htm