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Title: Subnuclear, is this you?!?
Post by: OregonStrosFan on July 10, 2012, 01:16:10 pm: Okay, its not, but still an 'entertaining' piece... Relativistic Baseball: What would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light? (http://what-if.xkcd.com/1/)
Title: Re: Subnuclear, is this you?!?
Post by: das on July 10, 2012, 01:23:23 pm: Quote from: OregonStrosFan on July 10, 2012, 01:16:10 pm
Okay, its not, but still an 'entertaining' piece... (http://what-if.xkcd.com/1/)

That's really funny.
Title: Re: Subnuclear, is this you?!?
Post by: MusicMan on July 10, 2012, 01:26:41 pm: Let's play, Global Thermonuclear War.
Title: Re: Subnuclear, is this you?!?
Post by: Fredia on July 10, 2012, 01:52:55 pm: gosh i miss war games and movies with all those top notch stunts
Title: Re: Subnuclear, is this you?!?
Post by: subnuclear on July 10, 2012, 03:00:23 pm: It wasn't me. I wouldn't use the term "fusion zone" since most of the reactions would be proton-induced fission, inelastic ion and electron collisions. I also would have stuck the term bremsstrahlung (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bremsstrahlung) in there somewhere.
Title: Re: Subnuclear, is this you?!?
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 10, 2012, 03:05:23 pm: Quote from: subnuclear on July 10, 2012, 03:00:23 pm
I also would have stuck the term bremsstrahlung (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bremsstrahlung) in there somewhere.

I certainly do every chance I get.
Title: Re: Subnuclear, is this you?!?
Post by: Mr. Happy on July 10, 2012, 03:16:23 pm: I had no fucking idea. Seems like some of my fastballs just imploded in on themselves and left bats at .9c!
Title: Re: Subnuclear, is this you?!?
Post by: OregonStrosFan on July 10, 2012, 04:44:19 pm: Quote from: Mr. Happy on July 10, 2012, 03:16:23 pm
I had no fucking idea. Seems like some of my fastballs just imploded in on themselves and left bats at .9c!

Well done sir!