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Re:Why the Culture Wins: An Appreciation of Iain M. Banks (2... by zrail on Monday October 16, 2023 @02:30AM (#37896476)
Shielding technology that can be miniaturized to protect a single person. Person-sized shields were tuned to only protect against higher velocity kinetics because if it goes too low it stops allowing air exchange.
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Re:Why the Culture Wins: An Appreciation of Iain M. Banks (2... by varjag on Monday October 16, 2023 @02:51AM (#37896566)
Which is a goof since air molecules at room temperature whizz at about 500m/s.
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Re:Why the Culture Wins: An Appreciation of Iain M. Banks (2... by otabdeveloper4 on Monday October 16, 2023 @03:35AM (#37896786)
It's probably tuned to momentum, not velocity. (Momentum is really what we talk about when we talk about "speed" colloquially anyways.)
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Re:Why the Culture Wins: An Appreciation of Iain M. Banks (2... by varjag on Monday October 16, 2023 @03:49AM (#37896877)
How would it work then though, as the momentum of air draft is still much less than that of a slow striking blade.
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Re:Why the Culture Wins: An Appreciation of Iain M. Banks (2... by moffkalast on Monday October 16, 2023 @06:43PM (#37907652)
I think the problem is that you're trying to apply logic to a plot device.
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Re:Why the Culture Wins: An Appreciation of Iain M. Banks (2... by WithinReason on Monday October 16, 2023 @04:06AM (#37896966)
maybe it's in kg/s
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Re:Why the Culture Wins: An Appreciation of Iain M. Banks (2... by Evidlo on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @04:27PM (#37934348)
kg*s ?
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