On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Kirk Olsen wrote: > On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Colin Calder wrote: > > > All you need is a ping pong ball, a piece of thread one foot long, and a > > protractor > > > > Wind speed in ms-1 = 8.1 * sqrt(tan(angle of thread)) > > Wind speed in mph = 18 * sqrt(tan(angle of thread)) > > You can do sqrt(tan(angle of thread)) in your head? > > I'm not worthy.... i could do the sqrt in my head, and it would probably keep my mind off the wind in the first place... but i have forgotten far more trigonometry than i ever learned ;-) and can't even remember how to figure tangent... the 18 * wouldn't be easy, though i'd just use 20!! i think i could guess as accurately as my math in my head!! bottom line, hanging my head down, i'm not worthy either... #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com----http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark ---- # mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/paddler [index to club websites i administer] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page -- Fortune: "In a world without fences, who needs 'Gates'" -- Scott McNealy "In a world without walls, who needs 'Windows'" -- Dave Livigni *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Oct 16 1998 - 12:02:54 PDT
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