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Old July 4th 03, 11:58 AM
gbaikie
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Buddha is sitting on prayer mat. He is wearing a seat belt. In a
buttoned upper left hand pocket, he has a pack on Camels and a Bic
lighter. He is sitting in the middle of 20' diameter chunk of plate
steel- about 1/4" thick. This disc is attached to a pipe which is 20'
diameter and is 400' long with wall thickness of 1/4". At other end of
the pipe is 3 spokes which meet in the center of pipe. Attached at
this center point is 1/2" steel cable which is 100' long. At the other
end of this cable is attached to a solid iron ball which is a meter in
diameter. The ball weighs about 4 tons and the rest of structure
weighs about 1/4 million lbs.
[The steel has a PSI yield str of 40,000 psi (normal pipe steel
strenght).
40,000 divided by 240" times 1/4" times 2 equals 83 psi.
So walls can hold 80 psi and assume cap can hold 90 psi.}

So, the Buddha is sitting in the center of the top of pipelauncher,
the pipelauncher is inside some unimaginably huge airplane which
flying at 40,000 ft. And this airplane is flying at 300 mph over deep
ocean in which there are wind gusts up to 30 mph.
Now, at this point in time the airplane drops the Buddha and the
pipelauncher out the back of the plane.
What happens?
Does Buddha get wet?
Is possible that after the Buddha leaves the airplane, that the Buddha
can lit a Camel cigarette?
What kind of things could this enlightened being notice from time he
leaves the airplane to the time he finishes smoking his cigarette?
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Old July 5th 03, 10:52 PM
ZZBunker
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(gbaikie) wrote in message . com...
Buddha is sitting on prayer mat. He is wearing a seat belt. In a
buttoned upper left hand pocket, he has a pack on Camels and a Bic
lighter. He is sitting in the middle of 20' diameter chunk of plate
steel- about 1/4" thick. This disc is attached to a pipe which is 20'
diameter and is 400' long with wall thickness of 1/4". At other end of
the pipe is 3 spokes which meet in the center of pipe. Attached at
this center point is 1/2" steel cable which is 100' long. At the other
end of this cable is attached to a solid iron ball which is a meter in
diameter. The ball weighs about 4 tons and the rest of structure
weighs about 1/4 million lbs.
[The steel has a PSI yield str of 40,000 psi (normal pipe steel
strenght).
40,000 divided by 240" times 1/4" times 2 equals 83 psi.
So walls can hold 80 psi and assume cap can hold 90 psi.}

So, the Buddha is sitting in the center of the top of pipelauncher,
the pipelauncher is inside some unimaginably huge airplane which
flying at 40,000 ft. And this airplane is flying at 300 mph over deep
ocean in which there are wind gusts up to 30 mph.
Now, at this point in time the airplane drops the Buddha and the
pipelauncher out the back of the plane.
What happens?
Does Buddha get wet?
Is possible that after the Buddha leaves the airplane, that the Buddha
can lit a Camel cigarette?
What kind of things could this enlightened being notice from time he
leaves the airplane to the time he finishes smoking his cigarette?


If Buddha is dropped from 40,000 ft and doesn't have a
US Army Ranger parachute on, he then is in the same medical
status as all Iraqis, astronauts, commienauts, and marines.
Both he and his camel are deadmen walking, so whether
or not he gets wet walking on water is somewhat besides the point.
 




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