"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
I always liked the fun fact that if you fire a bullet horizontally, and drop a bullet at the same time from the same height, both rounds hit the ground at the same time.
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"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
I always liked the fun fact that if you fire a bullet horizontally, and drop a bullet at the same time from the same height, both rounds hit the ground at the same time.
A supersonic M-16 round has a max range of 3600m, or about 2 and a quarter miles. At the equator the earth has a circumference of about 25k miles. Figure middle latitudes of the United States, approximately half way up the northern equator, and we're talking about maybe 18k miles (not going to do the math). 2 miles out of 18k is so close to zero change in elevation due to curvature that it might as well be zero.
Your statement is moot.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
That animated GIF though, It bugs me how the ball hangs in the air before dropping.
Is the truck just driving really fast, then they speed the video back up?
Edit: Yeah, they speed it as soon as the truck leaves the frame, then slow it again on the bounce.
I saw the sideways toaster thing on Reddit a few weeks ago, but don't most toasters squeeze the bread once it is depressed into the toaster? The bars would squish into the melted cheese.
