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480 * 12 is 5760! And that's assuming no time is spent accelerating and decelerating.
by epo 13y ago
480 * 12 is 5760! And that's assuming no time is spent accelerating and decelerating.
- foobarbazqux 13y agoI had to reread that... I'm quite curious as to how he arrived at 5757.87.
- bencollier49 13y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_FDIV_bug http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_FDIV_bug ?
- morpher 13y agoIt's also 2560 m/s, or ~8 x the speed of sound. Good thing the article is satire and not some misguided historical proposal...
- shawabawa3 13y agoAssuming it never goes above 5g (which from googling seems to be a realistic maximum sustained g-force limit), it would roughly mean accelerating at 5g for 1 minute, followed by 3 minutes of 6600mph, followed by 5g deceleration for 1minute Sounds fun :)
- dasil003 13y agoYeah that would be an intense minute, followed by 3 minutes of terrifying anticipation, followed by some nasty seat-belt marks. Had they invented the 4-point harness in 1825?
- 6d0debc071 13y agoMaybe they expected you to swivel your seat around =p