Strategy guide?

tictoc · #1 February 26th, 2001, 09:31 PM

Wow.

tic

Spyder · #2 February 26th, 2001, 09:50 PM

Well, I TRIED to lighten this, but.....<shakes his head>

Suicide Junkie....Unless I dramatically failed Physics and didn't know it...E=MC^2 is the formula with which you convert matter to energy. It has nothing to do with loss of mass during a nuclear reaction (there's a whole nother, page-long, equation for that

).

Spyder, Chairman of the Arachnid Consortium (A Nuke-free Society)

Triumvir Emphy · #3 February 26th, 2001, 10:02 PM

Please sir,... mercy mercy,... my he'd 'urts
no more science explanations pleazzzzzzzzz

(nice squirell by the way)

Lastseer · #4 February 26th, 2001, 10:09 PM

From what I understand the loss of mass in a nuclear reaction is converted directly to energy at E=mc^2. That is party what makes a nuclear explosion so powerful. When the nucleous is split (where talking fission) here the resulting smaller nucleii don't add up to the same mass. The rest is pure energy. Of course this is usually a small fraction of the original critical mass. (btw this is usually on the order of fractions of grams if I remember correctly).

That is why anti-matter bombs are potentially so powerful (atleast 100's to 1000's times more powerful than nuclear fission devices). Because instead of losing a small amount of matter in the explosion you get 100% conVersion or the orignal mass (not less than 1%).

Spyder · #5 February 26th, 2001, 10:45 PM

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Originally posted by Lastseer:
From what I understand the loss of mass in a nuclear reaction is converted directly to energy at E=mc^2. That is party what makes a nuclear explosion so powerful. When the nucleous is split (where talking fission) here the resulting smaller nucleii don't add up to the same mass. The rest is pure energy. Of course this is usually a small fraction of the original critical mass. (btw this is usually on the order of fractions of grams if I remember correctly).

That is why anti-matter bombs are potentially so powerful (atleast 100's to 1000's times more powerful than nuclear fission devices). Because instead of losing a small amount of matter in the explosion you get 100% conVersion or the orignal mass (not less than 1%).

Yep, I'll buy that...its figuring exactly how much mass is lost (as energy) that is the long formula of which I spoke. Of course, I'm old & gray and don't remember much....

Spyder, Chairman of the Arachnid Consortium

Instar · #6 February 27th, 2001, 01:39 AM

So this squirrel has to hit something (to transfer the kinetic energy, which however would be inefficient) and be made of antimatter. Wow thats one rare squirrel. Plus the velocity you used would probably make the squirrel into mush as it is.

ColdSteel · #7 February 27th, 2001, 01:48 AM

If the squirrel is made of anti-matter then all it would have to do is grab a normal everyday squirrel for a little tussle and *baboom*, instant conVersion of mass to energy. Matter/anti-matter reactions are very good at making the conVersion. Of course, it would react with the atmosphere's positive particles first but that just ruins a good story.

That squirrel would not perish alone.