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To: ccmay
Oh, please! What a crock of used food. This guy never heard of the inverse-square law.

What's the inverse-square law, if you don't mind me asking?

57 posted on 01/01/2004 8:55:06 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (EEE)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
What's the inverse-square law,

Any point source that spreads out equally form the origin point obeys the physics of inverse square -- The intensity of the influence at any given radius r is the source strength divided by the area of the sphere.

This is evidenced in things like the blast damage at the OKC bombing being greater at distances farther away from the blast than directly in front of it ... OOOOOPS ... well maybe the inverse square law has some flaws or exceptions.

93 posted on 01/01/2004 9:06:29 PM PST by templar
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Check out the link at #30. Good graphic of the Inverse Square Law.
97 posted on 01/01/2004 9:08:57 PM PST by Rebelbase (If I stay on topic for more than 2 posts something is wrong. Alert the authorities.)
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