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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Fyron, what is the source of that?</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Current World record for 100m ? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/rolleyes.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hmmm 100m in 9.79s = 36.7km/hr ??

Re: OT: And you thought the world was sane...
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Fyron, what is the source of that?</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Current World record for 100m ? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/rolleyes.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hmmm 100m in 9.79s = 36.7km/hr ??</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">And that is 23 mph http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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Source of that... umm... go look on google? I don't have a source on-hand and do not care to find one. I just know that humans can not run anywhere near 60 mph (or 30 mph for that matter)... (and assuming what others posted about the world record for 100m dash is accurate, there is some supporting evidence http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif ).

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Actually, the best mark for human speed are the Last 100m of 200m sprint. Classic 100m results are compromised by the acceleration phase. Still, 25 mph is an upper limit for us.

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Here's some insanity for you:

http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/09/19...veraward030919

I think Canada must have the most f-up legal system in the world. Some cases that come to mind.

- Gang rape a 12 year old. convicted and sentanced. NO jail time.
- Build the bomb that blows up an airliner. Jail time 5 years.
- Help abduct rape and kill 3 girls - 12 years

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I checked; it seems I was remembering falsely with the 60 mph statement; I'd remembered reading about a person breaking the minute mile barrier, but it had actually been the four minute mile barrier (in 1995 by Roger Bannister, specifically). My mistake. 25 mph isn't quite the current upper limit, but it's close to it.

[ September 19, 2003, 23:24: Message edited by: Jack Simth ]

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I checked; it seems I was remembering falsely with the 60 mph statement; I'd remembered reading about a person breaking the minute mile barrier, but it had actually been the four minute mile barrier (in 1995 by Roger Bannister, specifically). My mistake. 25 mph isn't quite the current upper limit, but it's close to it.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wow not bad for a 66 yr old guy. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif (hehe just kidding he actually did it in 1954)

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Gah! Confusing bibliography section; the article the article got it's information was from was from 1995, not the run; I read it wrong. Oh well. Happens.