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September 21st, 2002, 09:43 AM
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Re: PBW down
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Originally posted by Spoo:
I've been saying it all along...
Assume you have a 1kg squirrel
E=mc^2
E=1kg(3x10^8m/s)^2=9x10^16J
which, if I'm not mistaken, is equivilent to roughly a 50 megaton nuclear bomb.
Fear the squirrel.
Ahhhh...but assume the squirrel eats 20 grams of peanuts (about 3/4 of an ounce)
By my calculations:
E=(1/50kg)(3x10^8m/s)^2=9x10^16J
which, if I'm not mistaken, is equivilent to roughly a 1 megaton nuclear bomb.
The squirrel should fear the peanut!
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